CURRENT SEASON 2012-2013
"I Know How to Love"
Read the Season Statement here.
The Proverbial Loons
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September 21 - November 4, 2012 Katori Hall’s play — in its American premiere — is set 15 years after the Rwandan genocide. We meet a group of teenagers whose fathers are being released from prison after serving time for the mass killings of their Tutsi neighbors. How will these innocents — young people who don’t even remember their fathers — live with this brutal legacy? Can they go beyond it, or will they be shaped by their tragic heritage? Castillo’s production of Children of Killers, directed by Emily Mendelsohn, comes on the heels of Katori Hall’s Broadway triumph last season, with her Olivier-Award-winning play The Mountaintop.
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All Stars Talent Show: Harlem Audition
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Admittance: $5 per person Bring your whole group! 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. Sponsored by the nonprofit All Stars Project, the All Stars Talent Show Network (ASTSN) is an after-school, performance-based enrichment program for inner city youth. Each year, thousands of children and young adults, ages 5-25, participate in several dozen All Stars events. These include auditions, rehearsals, talent shows and performance workshops that take place in local school auditoriums and at the All Stars Project headquarters on 42nd Street. Call 212 941-9400 ext. 347 or 387 for more information. |
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Monday, November 12, 2012 Save this date in your calendar. Details will follow soon! |
Dr. DuBois and Miss Ovington
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February 23 through March 10, 2013 Under the direction of David Nackman, Demonstration 2013 incorporates song, poetry, documentary footage, oral history, and selections from Castillo’s repertoire of theatrical productions, to examine the legacy of the cultural and political movements of the 1960s. The play is a family photo album of sorts, telling stories of the activists who helped build Castillo and the unique independent performance community from which Castillo emerged and which Castillo has helped shape over the last four decades. With roots in the Epic Theatre of Erwin Piscator and Bertolt Brecht, Demonstration 2013 draws its inspiration from three previous “Demonstration” pieces conceived by the late Fred Newman, Castillo’s artistic director and playwright-in-residence from 1989 to 2005. The cast is composed of seasoned stage performers working side-by-side with Castillo volunteers and activists and graduates of the Youth Onstage! Community Performance School. The production is anchored by Ava Jenkins, winner of the 2012 AUDELCO “Viv” Award for Best Actress in a Musical for her role as Sally Hemings in the Castillo production of Sally and Tom (The American Way). |
Plenty of Time
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April 4 through May 5, 2013 By John Shévin Foster Directed Jackie Alexander In 1968, Black Panther member Corey (22) and debutante Christina (17) meet in Oak Bluffs, a Black section of Martha's Vineyard. Despite their differences, the two share a night of passion. In conversation the morning after, the details of their conflicting worlds unfold. For the next thirty-three years they meet annually to continue their sometimes illicit affair. Each time they return to the same private beach house and bring with them their personal growth and experiences, as well as the effects of ongoing social and political changes in the diaspora of American history. Starring Jackie Alexander and Traci Tolmaire.
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Carmen's Place (A Fantasy)
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April 26 - June 16, 2013 (No performance Memorial Day weekend) Carmen's Place (A Fantasy) is a musical like no other. Carmen is a young waitress who grew up Puerto Rican and working class in the projects behind Lincoln Center. She's been in love with her boyfriend, José, a beat cop, since they were 10. One day, three young opera singers, on a break from rehearsal for the opera, Carmen, come in to the Opera Diner where she works and strike up an unlikely friendship with Carmen. A new romance is sparked. Will Carmen, José, and their new friends fall under the spell of the drama and tragedy of the opera? Or can they create a new kind of love? Carmen’s Place features an original pop score by Annie Roboff and Fred Newman, and in its show-within-the-show, some of the best-loved and familiar operatic numbers ever performed. Directed by AUDELCO Award winner Gabrielle L. Kurlander, Carmen's Place will only be delighting audiences for a few more weeks. So don't miss it! |
Otto Rene Castillo Awards for Political Theatre
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The fourteenth annual Otto Awards will be held on Sunday, May 19, 2013 at 2:00 p.m. The Otto René Castillo Awards for Political Theatre were established in 1998 to recognize and support theatre companies and artists the world over engaged in creating political theatre, using their stages and talents to make positive and humane social, political, moral, philosophical and aesthetic statements. For more information, please contact Diane Stiles at 212 - 356 - 8412. |
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Saturday, June 29, 2013 The marathon is FREE, seating is on a first-come, first-served basis. |
Back to School with the All Stars Talent Show
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Selected Saturdays throughout the year |
Hip-Hop Explosion
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August 16, 17, 23, 24, 25, 2013 The Hip-Hop Explosion workshop brings together two vital aspects of Castillo Theatre tradition — hip-hop and Heiner Müller. Using the German avant-garde playwright’s text Description of a Picture/Explosion of a Memory as a spark, this workshop production explodes into playful song, dance, and rap, directed by Madelyn Chapman and Antoine “RL” Joyce. For those who love hip-hop or avant-garde theatre — or anyone who likes being entertained while being engaged — the Hip-Hop Explosion is a must-see.
Mario Fratti - Fred Newman Political Play Contest
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