Anne Frank and Emmett Till meet in an imagined afterlife, sharing their stories of injustice and hope. This powerful one-act play reminds us that prejudice in any form must be confronted. Their voices, silenced too soon, speak directly to us today.

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Content is mature and includes references to violence, racism, and religious persecution.

An award-winning one-act play by Janet Langhart Cohen.

What might happen if two young voices, silenced too soon, were allowed to meet across time?

In this moving theatrical work, Anne Frank, the Jewish teenager who perished in the Holocaust, and Emmett Till, the African American boy whose brutal lynching in Mississippi helped ignite the Civil Rights Movement, come face to face in an imagined afterlife. Through their conversation, they share their personal dreams, their fears, and the injustices that defined their short lives—revealing the haunting parallels between hatred rooted in racism and antisemitism.

Anne & Emmett is more than a play; it is a powerful call to compassion, a reminder of history’s darkest lessons, and an urgent appeal to confront prejudice in all its forms. Audiences leave deeply moved, inspired to reflect, and challenged to ensure that such tragedies never happen again.

Join us for this profound theatrical experience that speaks as urgently today as it did in the times of Anne and Emmett.

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About the Playwright: Janet Langhart Cohen

Janet Langhart Cohen, President of Langhart Communications, is an Emmy-nominated journalist, author, and playwright.

Janet began her television career on CBS in Chicago. During her 25-year career, Mrs. Cohen has appeared on ABC, CBS, NBC and BET; hosted ABC’s “Good Day in Boston ;” covered special assignments for Entertainment Tonight; and produced several programs, including “On Capitol Hill with Janet Langhart.” As an overseas correspondent, she covered news in Europe, Africa and the Middle East.

Mrs. Cohen was also a mentee of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and was active during the Civil Rights Movement.

Throughout her career, Mrs. Cohen interviewed many major newsmakers and leaders of the 20th century. Among the prominent people she interviewed are President Bill Clinton, who acknowledged her during his last State of the Union address, President Jimmy Carter, Margaret Thatcher, Rosa Parks, Mel Gibson, Bill Cosby, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Denzel Washington, Dan Rather, Oprah Winfrey, Whoopi Goldberg, Barbara Walters, and Larry King as well as David Duke former head of the KKK.

Janet Langhart Cohen has also worked as a columnist for the Boston Herald, U.S. News and World Report and served as a spokeswoman for Avon Cosmetics. She has been a judge for the White House Fellows Program and served as a judge for the Miss America Organization an unprecedented 4 times.

Mrs. Cohen is the wife of former Secretary of Defense William S. Cohen. She was known as “First Lady of the Pentagon,” due to her active and visible public role to support the military and their families while her husband was in office.

She wrote her first book, a memoir entitled, From Rage to Reason: My Life in Two Americas in 2004. In 2007, she and her husband co-wrote Love in Black and White, a memoir about race, religion, romance and the bonds Langhart and Cohen share over similar life circumstances and background. She was also awarded with an Honorary Doctorate from Emerson College.

Most recently, Mrs. Cohen has written a one-act play – “Anne and Emmett” – an imagined conversation between Nazi child victim, Anne Frank, and child victim Emmett Till, of the Jim Crow southern United States. She was also is actively involved in the provision of higher education for underprivileged children.