From: Castillo Theatre
Contact: All Stars Project, Inc/Castillo Theatre
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For Immediate Release
A Season in the
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Epic Play of Congolese
Brought to the Stage by
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Youth Cast to Raise Funds to Support Youth in the
With daily articles on the war raging in the Congo and America electing it’s first African American President, New York City youth from Youth Onstage! are mounting an epic production about the 1960’s Congolese Independence leader Patrice Lumumba called A Season in the Congo written by the late Martinician poet and political leader Aimé Césaire. Hoping to draw attention to the dire situation in central
A Season in the Congo: Friday, March 6 and runs through Sunday, April 5, Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30 p.m. and Sundays at 2:30 p.m., at the Castillo Theatre, 543 West 42nd Street admission $25 adults; $10 students and senior citizens: A Season in the Congo is an action-packed epic with environmental staging by director Brian Mullin that covers the first year of Congolese independence during which the popular independence leader Patrice Lumumba faced turmoil from within and sabotage from abroad.
The 20 performers in A Season in the Congo are mostly graduates of the Youth Onstage!
The Martinique playwright Aimé Césaire was one of the leading surrealist poets of the 20th Century and a founder of the Negritude movement that laid the groundwork for the Black Power Movement in the
To purchase tickets and for more information, please visit: www.castillo.org or call 212-356-8449
WHAT: A Season in the
WHEN/WHERE: Friday, March 6 – Sunday, April 5, 2009
Fridays and Saturdays 7:30 p.m. and Sundays at 2:30 p.m.
Castillo Theatre,
ADMISSION: $25 adults; $10 students and senior citizens; TDF accepted;
group rates available
Public Relations Director
All Stars Project, Inc./Castillo Theatre
212-356-8449