Poetry Snap: Word on the Street

This is Your Ridiculous Life!!

All Stars Talent Show Network

Showtimes
Friday, November 14 – Sunday, December 14
Fridays & Saturdays at 7:30 pm
Sundays at 2:00 PM

Special Five-Play Marathon Day!! Saturday, December 6

Individual Program: $25 / 3-Program Festival Pass: $35

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For the first time ever, Castillo presents a series of new plays by young, socially-engaged playwrights and directors new to the Castillo stage.

The five festival scripts were developed in ongoing workshops led by Dan Friedman, Artistic Director of Youth Onstage!, and Fred Newman, Castillo’s artistic director from 1989 to 2005. The festival productions are being created by members of the Youth Onstage! acting ensemble and the faculty of the YO! Community Performance School.

Purchase a Festival Pass and join us for all five of these exciting world-premiere productions:

Program A
(Nov. 15-7:30 PM, Dec. 6-2:00 PM, Dec. 7-2:00 PM, Dec. 12-7:30 PM)

Holy Nightie by Eddie “eXeMt” Melendez
Directed by Ellen Korner
When it comes to love, how do you define what’s normal? You’ll find the answers at a lingerie store in this hilarious satire of religion and sexual freedom.

Coming of Age by William Santos
Directed by Anneka Fagundes
A Black family struggles with poverty, H.I.V., and generational conflict, as they discover that, no matter how old you are, growing up can be hard to do.

Program B
(Nov. 16-2:00 PM, Nov. 22-7:30 PM, Dec. 6-4:00 PM, Dec. 13-7:30 PM)

Hunter's Rite by Michael Reyes
Directed by Craig Pattison
In the woods of Minnesota, a family hunting trip turns dark, as two men stare at one another across a generational and a political divide. .

Color Me Green by Andrea Harrison
Directed by Brittney Jensen
"How much have things changed?" In this bittersweet romance, the unfinished legacy of the Civil Rights movement hangs over the relationship of a young interracial couple.

Program C
(Nov. 14-7:30 PM, Nov. 23-2:00 PM, Dec. 6-7:30 PM, Dec. 14-2:00 PM)

The Words Next Door by Snigdha “Sita” Sarkar
Directed by Shira Milikowsky
"I birthed these Words, so maybe / I too am a product of them." Through poetry, movement, and inventive wordplay, this experimental drama investigates our ideas of language, love, and revolution.