Playing the title character in "The Diary of Anne Frank" brings a lot of responsibility with it, said Sydney Davis, a 14-year-old freshman at Statesboro High School who will portray Frank in the play's Friday premiere at the Averitt Center. "She's a figure in history who is not fictional," Davis said. "She is real and her story is so powerful and truthful, I want to give her complete respect and learn her role as much as possible.