NYC Arts: The Complete Guide to Art and Culture

The All Stars Project (ASP) is dedicated to promoting human development through the use of an innovative performance and development based model. The ASP creates outside-of-school, educational and performing arts activities for tens of thousands of poor and minority young people. It sponsors community and experimental theater, develops leadership training and pursues volunteer initiatives that build and strengthen communities.

All Stars Talent Show Network, now in its 20th year, uses a "performance-learning" approach to foster the emotional and social development of young people. Each year, thousands of urban youth between the ages of 5 and 25 participate in several dozen All Stars events including auditions, rehearsals, talent shows and development workshops.

The Joseph A. Forgione Development School for Youth is a leadership training and career education program for young people ages 16-21. It is at the forefront of a new trend in education, known as supplemental education, that recognizes non-school-based learning opportunities as critical to children's success in school and in life.

Youth Onstage! is developing the city' s new generation of political theater artists. YO! involves young people who want to create theater that has something to say about the world.

The Castillo Theatre is an independently-funded experimental off-off Broadway theater on 42nd Street that produces postmodern political theater, exploring contemporary topics in ways that are both thought-provoking and entertaining. It offers our diverse audiences new ways of seeing social issues, historical events, and contemporary life.

• Directions: Subway: 1/2/3, N/Q/R, S, 7 to 42nd Street/Times Square or A/C/E to 42nd Street/Port Authority Bus Terminal. Walk west on the north side of 42nd Street.

• ADA Compliant Restrooms
• Box Office: Group rates available. To purchase tickets or for more information, please call (212) 941-1234.
• Disability Access: Wheelchair access available.
• Tours: Please email Craig Bannister at volunteer@allstars.org for information about the weekly Introduction to Volunteering tours.

Get involved with All Stars Project/Castillo Theatre

• Donations through NYCharities.org
• Donations through All Stars Project/Castillo Theatre's Web site: Visit www.allstars.org and click on the Donate tab. Donations accepted through active.com
• Volunteer Opportunities: Twice named the "Best Volunteer Site in NYC", our Talented Volunteers are involved in more than 40 different kinds of activities, including theatre tech (lights, sound, video), talent show production, costume design, fundraising, and performance workshops for young people. There is no minimal commitment, and hours are varied and flexible. Please email Craig Bannister at volunteer@allstars.org for information about volunteering with the All Stars Project.
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