January 2010: The Task by Heiner Müller, music and lyrics by Fred Newman, directed by Gabrielle L. Kurlander, translated by Carl Weber
February 2010: Dr. May Edward Chinn by Laurence Holder, directed by Imani (co-production with NBTC)
March 2010: The Grapes of Wrath adapted by Frank Galati, based on the novel by John Steinbeck, directed by Rob McIntosh (youth co-production with City Lights Youth Theatre); Let Freedom Ring written and directed by Ted Lange (NFT play reading)
May 2010: Dark Meat on a Funny Mind by Wesley Brown (NFT play reading); Che by Mario Fratti, directed by Madelyn Chapman; Risky Revolutionary by Fred Newman, directed by David Nackman
June 2010: Children of Killers by Katori Hall (youth workshop & conversation with Katori Hall and Anthony Banks of National Theatre UK); Macbeth directed by Craig Pattison (youth production)
August 2010: Mario Fratti-Fred Newman Political Play Reading Series by various playwrights and directors (youth production); Musical Improv Comedy at Castillo (A work in progress), directed by David Nackman
November 2010: Playing with Heiner Müller presented texts by Heiner Müller, with songs by Fred Newman, directed by Gabrielle L. Kurlander, choreography by Lonné Moretton
January 2011: Mr. Hirsch Died Yesterday by Fred Newman, directed by Woodie King, Jr.
February 2011: Shirley Chisholm: Catalyst for Change by Ajene Washington, directed by Imani (NBTC co-production)
March 2011: Young Playwrights from Castillo (Part One) written by Youth Onstage! graduates, directed by Youth Onstage! faculty (youth production); The Past is the Past by Richard Wesley and 5 Mojo Secrets by Kathleen McGhee-Andersen (Roscoe Orman play readings)
April 2011: The Proverbial Loons! in Musical Improv Comedy at Castillo directed by David Nackman; License to Dream book and lyrics by Fred Newman, music by David Truskinoff, directed by David Nackman, choreography by Javier Dzul
June 2011: Young Playwrights from Castillo (Part Two) written by Youth Onstage! graduates, directed by Youth Onstage! faculty (youtb production)
August 2011: Mario Fratti-Fred Newman Political Play Reading Series by various playwrights and directors
October 2011: The Learning Play of Rabbi Levi-Yitzhok, Son of Sara, of Berditchev by Dan Friedman, directed by Moshe Yassur; The Proverbial Loons! in Musical Improv Comedy directed by David Nackman; Pubery Rites by Elaine Jackson, directed by A. Dean Irby (NFT co-production)
January 2012: Performing Fred Newman: A Tribute Marathon of Plays, various readings and directors
February 2012: Zora Neale Hurston by Laurence Holder, directed by Wynn Handman (NBTC co-production); Sally and Tom (The American Way) book and lyrics by Fred Newman, music by Annie Roboff, directed by Gabrielle L. Kurlander
March 2012: Court-Martial at Fort Devens by Jeffrey Sweet, directed by Mary Beth Easley (NFT co-production)
April 2012: Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare, directed by Craig Pattison (youth production)
May 2012: The Proverbial Loons! in Musical Improv Comedy at Castillo directed by David Nackman
August 2012: Mario Fratti-Fred Newman Political Play Reading Series, various playwrights and directors
September 2012: Children of Killers by Katori Hall, directed by Emily Mendelsohn; The Proverbial Loons! in Musical Improv Comedy at Castillo directed by David Nackman
October 2012: Sowa’s Red Gravy by Diane Richards, directed by Woodie King, Jr. (NFT co-production)
February 2013: Dr. Du Bois and Miss Ovington by Clare Coss, directed by Gabrielle L. Kurlander (NBTC co-production)
March 2013: Demonstration 2013 by Dan Friedman, directed by David Nackman
April 2013: Plenty of Time by John Shévin Foster, directed by Jackie Alexander (NFT co-production); Carmen’s Place (A Fantasy) book and lyrics by Fred Newman, music by Fred Newman and Annie Roboff, directed by Gabrielle L. Kurlander, with excerpts from Carmen, music by Georges Bizet, words by H. Meilhac and L. Halevy; The Proverbial Loons! in Musical Improv Comedy at Castillo directed by David Nackman
June 2013: Performing Fred Newman: A Tribute Marathon of Plays, various readings and directors
August 2013: Hip-Hop Explosion Workshop featuring the text of Explosion of a Memory/Description of a Picture by Heiner Müller, directed by Madelyn Chapman and Antoine “RL” Joyce
September 2013: Mario Fratti-Fred Newman Political Play Reading Series, various playwrights and directors; Waiting for Godot (performed in Yiddish) by Samuel Beckett, directed by Moshe Yassur, translated by Shane Baker (New Yiddish Rep co-production); The Proverbial Loons! in Musical Improv Comedy at Castillo directed by David Nackman
October 2013: Stealin’ Home (A Baseball Fantasy) by Fred Newman, directed by Charles Weldon; In the Wine Time by Ed Bullins, directed by Mansoor Najee-ullah (NFT co-production)
January 2014: Dr. Du Bois and Miss Ovington by Clare Coss, directed by Gabrielle L. Kurlander (NFT co-production)
March 2014: Performing Fred Newman: A Tribute Marathon of Plays, various readings and directors
April 2014: The Fabulous Miss Marie by Ed Bullins, directed by Woodie King, Jr. (NFT co-production)
May 2014: The Donut Play (A Love Story in 24 Conversations) by Dan Friedman, directed by David Shmidt Chapman
August 2014: Performances from Our Youth, scene readings from various political plays, various directors (youth production)
October 2014: Accept “Except” LGBT NY by Karimah, directed by George Faison (NFT co-production)
November 2014: Still on the Corner book and lyrics by Fred Newman, music by Annie Roboff, directed by David Nackman
January 2015 (and first Saturdays throughout the year): The Proverbial Loons! in Musical Improv Comedy at Castillo directed by David Nackman
February 2015: Dutchman by Amiri Baraka, directed by Woodie King, Jr. (NFT co-production); Sizwe Bansi Is Dead by Athol Fugard, directed by Marlon Campbell (Caribbean American Repertory Theatre co-production)
March 2015: Seltzer Nights – a production of the New Yiddish Repertory Company in association with the Castillo Theatre; Mississippi Goddamn by Jonathan Norton, directed by Imani (Artistic Director play reading series)
April 2015: Emmett, Down in My Heart by Clare Coss, directed by Erica Gould; Through Others an exhibition of paintings by Irley Leal
May 2015: Let Our River Pass a workshop and performance by members of the Rios de Encontro project of the Transformance Institute in Cabelo Seco, Brazil (youth production); Most Dangerous Man in America (W.E.B. DuBois) by Amiri Baraka, directed by Woodie King, Jr. (NFT co-production)
June 2015: Welcome Home Sonny T. written and directed by William Electric Black (Artistic Director play reading series); Performing Fred Newman: A Tribute Marathon of Plays, various readings and directors
July 2015: Youth Onstage! Performs, scene readings from various plays, various directors (youth production)
August 2015: Mario Fratti-Fred Newman Political Play Reading Series, various playwrights and directors; Praise Songs for Our Days and Nights compiled by Dan Friedman, directed by Leigh Walter
September 2015: Antigone re-created by Youth Onstage! alumni, based on the play by Sophocles, directed by Craig Pattison (youth production)
October 2015: Death of a Salesman (performed in Yiddish) by Arthur Miller, directed by Moshe Yassur (New Yiddish Rep co-production); In White America by Martin Duberman, directed by Charles Maryan (NFT co-production)
April 2016: Votes by Fred Newman and Jacqueline Salit, directed by Gabrielle L. Kurlander
May 2016: Even Under Bitterness featuring the poems of Otto René Castillo, directed by Hans Melzer
June 2016: Performing Fred Newman – selections from the playwright’s work performed by members of the Castillo Theatre community!
October 2016: Ain’t Never Been Easy by Dan Friedman, directed by Allie Woods; Zora Neale Hurston by Laurence Holder, directed by Woodie King, Jr.
February 2017: Adam by Peter DeAnda, directed by Ajene D. Washington (a production of the New Federal Theatre in association with the Castillo Theatre)
June 2017: Biko Rising created by Rudolf Shaw and Mandla Mbothwe (a production of the Caribbean Repertory Theatre and Voza Rivers’ New Heritage Theatre Group in association witht the Castillo Theatre)
August 2017: Performing Fred Newman – selections from the playwright’s work performed by members of the Castillo Theatre community!; Mario Fratti-Fred Newman Political Play Reading Series, various artists and directors
September 2017: Rhinoceros by Eugene Ionesco, directed by Moshe Yassur (a production of the New Yiddish Repertory Theatre in association with the Castillo Theatre); How to Succeed as An Ethnically Ambiguous Actor written by Zenobia Shroff and Arpita Mukherjee, directed by Molly Houlahan (a production by Hypokrit Theatre Company in association with the Castillo Theatre)
October 2017: The Store: One Block East of Jerome by Fred Newman, directed by Imani; Freight: The Five Incarcerations of Abel Green by Howard L. Craft, directed by Joseph Megel
February 2018: Harriet’s Return: Based on The Legendary Life of Harriet Tubman written by Karen Jones Meadows, directed by Clinton Turner Davis (NFT co-production)
April 2018: Matata and Jesse James: An American Tradegy written by Dan Friedman, directed by Allie Woods
May 2018: Call Mr. Robeson: A Life, With Songs written by Tayo Aluko, directed by Olusola Oyeleye (a production by The Workers United Film Festival, in associate with the Castillo Theatre)
June 2018: Tuesdays in June: Ntozake Shange Play Reading Series, various playwrights and directors (NFT co-production)
August 2018: Performing Fred Newman: A Participatory Play Reading Tribute, various readings and directors
October 2018: Dishwasher Dreams written by Aladdin Ullah, directed by Gabriel Vega Weissman
January 2019: Castillo’s Pop-Up Improv Show, various performers, directed by JB Opdycke
February 2019: Billie, Malcolm & Yusuf written by Fred Newman, directed by Gabrielle Kurlander; Looking for Leroy written by Larry Muhammad, directed by Petronia Paley (NFT co-production)
June 2019: Castillo’s Pop-Up Improv Show, various performers, directed by JB Opdycke; Performing Fred Newman: A Participatory Play Reading Tribute, various readings and directors; Tuesdays in June: Ntozake Shange Play Reading Series, various playwrights and directors (NFT co-production)
August 2019: Mario Fratti-Fred Newman Political Play Reading Series, various playwrights and directors; Castillo’s Pop-Up Improv Show, various performers, directed by JB Opdycke
September 2019: Artistic Director’s Play Reading Series, various playwrights and directors
November 2019: Our City, Too by Jared Glenn, based on a story created by Dan Friedman & Brian Mullin, directed by Jared Glenn; Castillo’s Pop-Up Improv Show, various performers, directed by JB Opdycke
December 2019: Castillo’s Pop-Up Improv Show, various performers, directed by JB Opdycke
