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New Castillo Drama Explores Historic Race and Gender Battle |
For the first time in American history, the two most celebrated candidates in a presidential primary contest are a woman and an African American. But it's not the first time that America has been faced with a choice between race and gender. In 1870, America ratified the 15th Amendment to the Constitution guaranteeing the right to vote for former slaves (males only) and, in doing so, rejected the early women’s movement’s many-year effort to legalize ...  |
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| Youth Onstage! Breaks New Ground |
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Using Langston Hughes' poem "Let America Be America Again" and Allen Ginsberg’s poem "America" as springboards, a cast of ten young performers, ages 15 – 23, from Brooklyn, the Bronx, Manhattan and Queens, created a unique Black History Month stage work entitled America (a conversation). Produced by Youth Onstage!, the youth theatre of the All Stars Project, America (a conversation), which opened February 16 under the direction
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| Dance Great Desmond Richardson Creates Original Dance/Theatre Production with Youth |
| World-renowned dancer/choreographer Desmond Richardson, working with young people from the All Stars Project, created a brilliant dance-theatre production entitled Homeland Security: Bringing Dr. King Up to Date, which ran March 9 to April 1. Directed and choreographed by Richardson and produced by the Castillo Theatre, this experimental developmental dance-theatre piece received raves from
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| Ntozake Shange Choreo-Poem is Staged at Castillo Theatre |
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Woodie King, Jr.'s New Federal Theatre in association with the Castillo Theatre, presented It Hasn’t Always Been This Way, an evocative and visionary choreo-poem by Ntozake Shange. It Hasn’t Always Been This Way, which opened February 21 and ran for 10 performances, featured original music composed and arranged by Olu Dara and was directed and choreographed by Dianne McIntyre. “At its core,” said Ms. Shange ...
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 | New Jersey All Stars Brings Development to Newark Renaissance |
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Through their participation in the All Stars Project, young people are continuing to take center stage in the renaissance of Newark. At the end of April, the Development School for Youth graduated 52 students, and the program will place as many as 80 graduates in corporate internships starting in July. The All Stars Talent Show’s spring audition, held at Barringer High School, attracted over 225 young people and volunteers ...
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| Atlanta All Stars: Four Years of Youth Development |
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The Atlanta All Stars, an independent community organization, was launched in June 2003 to reach young people in the greater Atlanta metropolitan area. Under the leadership of Executive Director, Murray Dabby, All Stars veteran Nichelle “Browneyes” Brown, and a team of dedicated volunteers, Atlanta All Stars has to date produced six talent shows, a theatre performance of Have You Ever Seen A Dream Rappin'?, a performance/art gallery benefit ...
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| Los Angeles All Stars Brightens the Lives of Young People in South Central! |
| The Los Angeles All Stars, sponsored by the St. John's Well Child Center under the direction of James Mangia, was launched in April 2003. To date, several hundred young people and volunteers have participated in three talent show cycles. Upcoming talent show events include an audition on Saturday, July 21, 2007 and a show on Saturday July 28, 2007. In the fall, an auditions and workshop will be held November 10, 2007 ... |  |
| Boston All Stars: Growing in Beantown! |
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Boston All Stars, an independent community organization producing the All Stars Talent Show Network, began in August 2004 with its first event in the Bromley Heath area of Boston.To date, Boston All Stars has produced several youth performance workshops, talent shows and two productions of Have You Ever Seen a Dream Rapping? Boston’s next talent show audition will be held in ...
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| Announcing the Chicago All Stars! |
| Led by program director David Cherry, the Chicago All Stars was officially launched on March 24, 2007 with an All Stars talent show at Bogan High School on the South Side. Cherry brings expert knowledge of the social issues that confront inner-city youth and 20 years of experience in grassroots organizing in diverse communities across America; he is committed to establishing a vibrant community of growth and development for Chicago’s inner-city youth ...
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