Diary of Anne Frankenstein Will Premiere in NYC

Playbill.com – By Kenneth Jones

Presenting a title that is sure to offend someone, Theatre A L’Orange will produce the world premiere of The Diary of Anne Frankenstein, an absurdist re-imagining of the Mary Shelley classic by Ilya Sapiroe, to begin Oct. 1 at Off-Broadway’s 13th Street Rep.

Elizabeth Elkins directs the new work (opening Oct. 4), which “follows Anne, a lowly hermaphroditic Franken-girl with big dreams and an even bigger diary, as she comes of age in the attic of an abandoned genetics laboratory in Bavaria in 1945,” according to production notes…