Did Anne Frank ever acknowledge her white privilege?”
This question — asked and debated by real people in a massive 2022 twitter thread — is the inspiration behind Slam Frank.
Our musical satire imagines what happens when a progressive community theater company decides, you know what, maybe now is not the time for us to center these privileged, straight, white European Jews (who spent three years in an attic, hiding from Nazis).
And so, in an effort to make our world a better place, this heroic fictional theater troupe transforms Anne Frank’s true story into an intersectional, multiethnic, genderqueer, decolonized, anti-capitalist, hyper-empowering Afro-Latin hip-hop musical.
And you, the audience, have the privilege of witnessing it.
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CREATIVE TEAM
ANDREW FOX (CONCEPT, MUSIC & LYRICS)
In 2020 Andrew co-wrote The Last Magic Negro with Jamil Ellis, which was as successful as you’d expect a show with that title to be. Orchestrations include Starkid: Homecoming and Twisted: The Untold Story of a Royal Vizier. Andrew produced the SONDHEIM IN THE STYLE OF... visual album, and the viral video “A Thousand Giant Steps”, which has more views than it deserves.
JOEL SINENSKY (BOOK)
Joel was the recipient of a Humanitas “New Voices” Grant, a Nicholl Fellowship, and was a 2024 fellow with the Almanack Screenwriters Colony. Over more than a decade in Hollywood, he has worked on numerous high-profile productions including “Roadies” for Showtime, “Daisy Jones & The Six” for Amazon, and the “Wicked” films for Universal Pictures, as well as selling and developing
some really great shows that never aired. He is repped by CAA and Artists First.
STEVEN BRANDON (PRODUCER)
Hailing from Australia, Steven was a successful theatre producer before moving to LA where he sold a comedy pilot to ABC Family and was staffed on the CBS sitcom “Friend Me.” Steven co-wrote and directed Lost: The Musical in 2014 and its remount in 2019. He also co-wrote and produced the LA, San Diego, and Off-Broadway runs of Shame of Thrones: The Musical. Steven produced the
successful Los Angeles and Off-Broadway runs of Lewberger and The Wizard of Friendship. Most recently, Steven produced and directed the world premiere of The Jewish Priest, The Gangster, & The Magician at the 2025 Hollywood Fringe Festival.
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