The story of Anne Frank, reimagined through an intersectional, multiethnic, genderqueer, Afro-Latin hip-hop lens.
In 2022, a viral tweet asked "Did Anne Frank ever acknowledge her white privilege?" While many rejected labelling Anne Frank this way, others argued that her story should be viewed through the lens of modern privilege politics.
Slam Frank imagines what happens when a progressive theater company asks themselves that same question, applying the rules and tropes of progressive theater to The Diary of Anne Frank. Transcending all taste and decency, they transform Anne Frank’s true story into an intersectional, multi-ethnic, genderqueer, decolonized, anti-capitalist, hyper-empowering Afro-Latin hip-hop musical.
This play-within-a-play is one of the most shocking and talked-about theatrical satires to hit off-Broadway in generations. And you, the audience, have the privilege of witnessing it.