Staging The Diary of Anne Frank definitely comes with a sense of purpose and of responsibility.
The struggle of many teens is our conflict in finding and accentuating our identities. As an Italian-Jew, my features are far more Mediterranean than Ashkenazi.
Last summer I went to New Orleans to rebuild. I assumed most of the work was done. Plenty of volunteer groups have visited, plenty of celebrities have contributed, and I thought New Orleans was almost cured.