On Tuesday, June 3, 2008 the All Stars will be celebrating its grand re-opening of the newly redesigned performance and development center on 42nd Street. Hundreds of people from the All Stars community of theatre goers, youth, community and business leaders and supporters will celebrate this exciting and historic event which will include tours of the center. We'll be celebrating the success of the All Stars as a national and international center— a cultural jewel of New York.
The Compass Project Sunday, May 18, 2008
Monday, May 19, 2008
Friday, June 13, 2008
Saturday, June 14, 2008
Youth Onstage! invites you on a theatrical journey exploring gender and its many roles. Created in collaboration with the young women of the viBe Theater Experience, The Compass Project investigates what it means to be a man or a woman, from the perspective of contemporary young people. Join us for this dynamic performance from two of the city’s most cutting-edge youth theaters!
Who but Castillo would dare to perform your life! It’s improv with a psychological twist, as volunteers from the audience come up onstage to chat with a therapist, then watch as Castillo’s fearless improvisers turn their lives into hilarious and heartfelt scenes and songs.
When a young African American Harvard undergrad gets on an Amtrak train to visit his grandfather in Florida and sits down next to the impossibly old Satchel Paige on his way to spring training, you know you are in for a strange ride.
The National Black Touring Circuit in association with the Castillo Theatre present: A Rose Among Thorns (Rosa Parks)
Friday, February 15, 2008
Saturday, February 16, 2008
Sunday, February 17, 2008
A Rose Among Thorns (Rosa Parks) explores the famous incident that sparked the modern civil rights movement in the 1950's segregated South. The play looks beyond the iconic figure to see Rosa, a woman with quiet dignity as well as a quiet fire of human emotions, strengths, weaknesses, humor, and triumphs..
Our City Special Performances
Thursday, November 15, 2007
Friday, December 14, 2007
Youth Onstage! is bringing its hit 2005 production, Our City, on tour! Inspired by Thornton Wilder’s classic play Our Town, Our City presents a vibrant portrait of New York, with the young performers taking on a diverse range of characters from all five boroughs. YO! will be bringing this exciting and innovative show to public schools and other community venues all across the city this fall.
Who but Castillo would dare to
perform your life! It’s improv comedy with a psychological
twist, as volunteers from the audience come up on stage, chat
with a therapist, and then watch as Castillo's fearless
improvisers turn their lives into scenes, sketches and songs –
right on the spot!
Youth Onstage! And the All Stars Talent Show Network invite you to come to the cabaret you won’t see on Broadway! Hip-Hop explodes on 42nd Street, with the hottest acts straight out of Bed-Stuy and Brownsville, Jamaica, Harlem, the Bronx... dancers who amaze, rappers who dazzle with political rhymes, comedians, crooners, poets, steppers, and more!
This world premiere play by Fred Newman explores the history of the early women’s movement and its relationship to the abolitionist movement. Featuring Madelyn Chapman as Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Gabrielle L. Kurlander as Susan B. Anthony.
Famed dancer Desmond Richardson will direct 15 young performers from the All Stars Talent Show Network and Youth Onstage! in this season’s follow-up to the acclaimed production of Have You Ever Seen a Dream Rapping?
America (A Conversation) February 16 - March 4, 2007 Fridays and Saturdays 7:30 PM
Sunday 2:00 PM
America (A Conversation) places Youth Onstage!'s freshest young actors in a dialogue with their country, their audience, and with themselves, asking "Who speaks for America? What does America have to say? Who is America anyway?"
Over There/Over Here is a provocative new play written by 22-year-old Iraq war veteran Michael Reyes in collaboration with the performers of Youth Onstage! It is a drama created by young people about the war
Outing Wittgenstein October 20 - December 10, 2006
Fridays and Saturdays 7:30 PM
Sunday 2 PM
When the brilliant (and uptight) Austrian philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein meets his gay alter ego "Wiggy" on a popular reality TV show, "This is Your Death", nothing will ever be the same again.
A wild and witty look at the Broadway (and Off-Broadway) theatre season, this improv review/revue presents The Great White Way as only next-door neighbors can.
What happens when a married social worker falls in love with a client — and that client is another woman? To celebrate Gay Pride Month, Five Points Presents... continues its tradition of presenting plays about strong, independent women by strong, independent women; this is a debut production by new playwright Maggie Zarillo-Gouldin. Directed by Fred Newman and Mary Fridley.
All Stars Hip-Hop Cabaret May 12 - June 3, 2006
Fridays and Saturday at 7 PM, Thursday, June 1st at 7 PM
Youth Onstage! and the All Stars Talent Show Network invite you to come to the cabaret you won’t see on Broadway! Hip-Hop explodes on 42nd Street, with the hottest acts straight out of Bed-Stuy and Brownsville, Jamaica, Harlem, the Bronx… dancers who amaze, rappers who dazzle with political rhymes, comedians, crooners, poets, steppers, and more!
Combining storytelling, dance and drama, Youth Onstage! brings its always risky experimentation to Left of the Moon, a poetic play about the beginnings of the cultural movement that we now call "The Sixties." This workshop production of the play, written by Fred Newman, is directed by Dan Friedman and Franceli Chapman.
The Castillo Theatre celebrates 20 years of producing Müller American-style with its upcoming production Heiner Müller: A Man Without a Behind. This avant-garde variety show features the writings of the East German playwright, along with original music, sketch comedy and video — designed especially for an American audience (not to mention by an American theatre company!)
Castillo celebrates Black History Month with performers from the All Stars Talent Show Network, who bring to the stage a new evening of performances honoring the life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr..
Our City November 11 – December 4, 2005
Fridays and Saturdays at 7 PM, Saturdays and Sundays at 2:30 PM
Always working to expand the borders of 'youth theater' this year the YO! Experimental Theatre Workshop will present its own updated version of Thornton Wilder’s classic play Our Town, set in contemporary New York City.
Sally and Tom (The American
Way) October 7 – December 4, 2005
Friday and Saturday at 7:30 PM, select Thursdays at 7:30 PM,
Saturday and Sunday at 2 PM.
DNA tests now prove that Thomas
Jefferson and his slave Sally Hemings had five children. Their
story comes to the stage in this classic Castillo musical by
Fred Newman and Grammy Award-winning songwriter Annie Roboff.
Hidden Images October 7th – 30th, 2005
Opening reception: Friday, October 7, 7:00 – 8:30 p.m.
Press reception: Friday, October 7, 11:00 a.m.
Gallery hours by appointment: 212-941-1234. Call for times of
guided tours by the artist.
"Hidden Images" will display the
powerful paintings of Austrian artist Wolf Werdigier, created
through interviews with Palestinians and Israelis exploring
their generations-old conflict through personal histories and
dreams. For this show done in conjunction with Castillo's
Sally and Tom (The American Way), Werdigier has conducted a
series of interviews with Theatre For the Whole City audiences
and is creating new paintings specific to racial issues in
America. Social dreaming Matrix workshops will be conducted in
conjunction with the exhibition. This is the American premiere
of "Hidden Images," which has previously been shown in Tel Aviv,
Ramallah and Jerusalem.
Youth Onstage! And the All Stars
Talent Show Network invite you to come to the cabaret you won’t
see on Broadway! Hip-Hop explodes on 42nd Street, with the
hottest acts straight out of Bed-Stuy and Brownsville, Jamaica,
Harlem, the Bronx… dancers who amaze, rappers who dazzle with
political rhymes, comedians, crooners, poets, steppers, and
more!
Written by Jean-Luc Lagarce,
France’s most popular playwright when he died of AIDS at the age
of 38 in 1995, Rules is a satire of middle class niceties — with
no story, no characters and no dramatic conflict. It’s a
modernist monologue transformed into a postmodernist performance
piece. Don’t miss the cutting edge of Chicago’s vital theatre
scene right here on 42nd Street.
