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All Stars Talent Show Network Brooklyn Audition Saturday, January 30, 2010 at 1:00 pm	The Task January 22 � February 21, 2010	The Grapes of Wrath March 12 – 21, 2010	Ch� / Risky Revolutionary May 7 � June 6, 2010
Long before Castillo was performing the world it was performing the city, and the All Stars Talent Show Network is the name of that performance. For over two decades Director of Youth Programs Pam Lewis and her All Stars have been a source of young talent, and those vibrant performances continue this year�across the five boroughs and in cities around the country.	The promise of revolution comes to Jamaica in 1799, as the timeless themes of love, loss and betrayal collide in a challenging play by acclaimed German avant-gardist Heiner Müller. Castillo continues expanding the boundaries of political theatre as popular director Gabrielle L. Kurlander mounts the first-ever American production of Müller's The Task performed by an all-Black cast. With Fred Newman's avant-garde songs, Billy Taylor's gospel, R&B classics and rap, this is New York City experimental theatre at its best.	Frank Galati’s skillful and stirring adaptation of John Steinbeck’s classic story won a TONY award for Best Play in 1990. In this City Lights/Youth Onstage! co-production, the struggles of Tom Joad and his family are given voice by our young people: "Maybe a fella ain’t got a soul of his own, but on’y a piece of a big one."	An evening of plays featuring Ch� Guevara: physician, author, revolutionary leader and pop cultural icon. In Ch�, Mario Fratti imagines the final moments of the revolutionary leader. With his execution both certain and near, Ch� remains defiant to the authorities, and compassionate and loving to the people around him, including the guards who will soon be his firing squad. In Fred Newman's magical love story, Ch� is the Risky Revolutionary, reappearing decades after his murder to urge his old comrade Fidel Castro to take the greatest risk of all
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	Castillo Culture Talk: "Theatrical Experiments: Approaching Müller’s The Task” Sunday, February 7 at 4:15 PM � Free Admission Following the 2 pm performance of Heiner M�ller�s play, join leading theatre artists in a discussion of the production, exploring how we can perform our way toward human development. Onstage will be Karla Boos, Artistic Director of Pittsburgh’s experimental Quantum Theatre, which will be presenting The Task in April; Gabrielle L. Kurlander, director of Castillo’s production of The Task and President and CEO of the All Stars Project; Charles Weldon, Artistic Director of the Negro Ensemble Company and a member of that company since 1970; and moderator Dan Friedman, Castillo’s dramaturg and the editor of Müller in America. A reception will follow. Castillo Theatre 543 West 42nd Street Box office: 212-941-1234		Black History Month Play Festival Performance: “Dr. May Edward Chinn” Friday and Saturday at 8 pm, Sunday at 3 pm February 26 - 28, 2010 Lawrence Holder’s captivating play about the first Black woman doctor at Harlem Hospital; starring Kim Yancey, directed by Imani, set by Tony Davidson, costumes by Ali Turns, lighting by Antoinette Tynes, stage managed by B.J. Pierce Astwood, produced by Woodie King, Jr. Following the Sunday matinee, there will be a panel discussion featuring Drs. Lenora Fulani, Vernille Lillie, and Ethel Walker. Tickets $20.00 by phone: 866-811-4111 Or click here.