In eighth grade, I had a wonderful pair of teachers, Ms. Huntley and Mr. Petrarca. In their English and Social Studies classes, we spent an extensive period of time on World War II and the Holocaust, and in this unit we read the Goodrich and Hackett version of “The Diary of Anne Frank” play. I knew instantly that I wanted to be a part of a production of this show – more specifically, I wanted to direct this show. So, I stole the text book containing the script from Ms. Huntley’s English class, and began to retype it. Now, almost four years later, I am finally getting to fulfill this huge dream I created in eighth grade. So, there are a million and one people to thank for helping me get to this point, after years of planning. First and foremost, I have to thank my Capstone mentor, Linda Vars, for helping me solve every problem along the way and helping me clean up the show and make it audience-ready in the past week. Then there is Kevin Zahm, who printed my scripts, flyers and programs and helped calm most of my anxieties in connection to the show. Also, Jennifer Vaillancourt and my mother, Nicole Vanasse, for their support and encouragement throughout this process. Next there is the Middletown Public Library for allowing me to use their meeting room to hold rehearsal over the last four months. A huge thank you goes out to this amazing cast, whom I love very much for giving their all to me over the rehearsal process. And lastly, I’d like to thank Ms. Huntley for introducing me to this play and not jumping on stage after reading this to yell at me for stealing the book, and Mr. Petrarca for instilling a love of history in me. Oh, and there is one more group of people to thank about, everyone who came out tonight to support me and my Capstone,