Premiered on: November 4th 2021 at the Theater for the New City, NYC/ with Lisa
Monde playing the role of Romina (Mina) Castello
State: Closed on November 21st 2021
Creators: Written and directed by Barbara Kahn
Featuring: JC Augustin, Drew Brock Baker, Grace Canahuati, Christine Fiala,
Christopher Lowe, Lisa Monde, Adara Totino, Ciaran Walsh, Sam James, Rebekah
D. Wilson.
Produce issued: Playbill, postcards, poster
Brief Summary: They came to the Castle: Immigrants, a Tenor and Lola Montez is
as historical play set in the mid-19th century in a now landmarked building in
Battery Park – the entry point to the United States prior the facility on Ellis Island.
Newly-arrived travelers share their hopes and dreams, seeking love and success in
a new land. An Irishman fleeing the potato famine; an Italian man who escaped
from forced child labor in the sulfur mines of Sicily; the sole survivor of a pogrom
(organized violence against Jews) in a Russian village; a woman who “always felt
different” and ran from an arranged marriage; a freeborn African American woman
who works for the NYC Commission on Immigration. Castle Garden was briefly a
prominent entertainment center. In a reimagining of a night’s entertainment, the
Italian tenor Lorenzo Salvi performs and the infamous dancer Lola Montez
recreates her notorious “Spider Dance”.
Cast:
JC Augustin – Lorenzo Salvi, Italian opera star
Drew Brock Baker/ Sam James – Aldo, Italian worker on transatlantic ship
Grace Canahuati – Lola Montez, dancer-actress
Christine Fiala – Clara, Russian immigrant
Christopher Lowe – Jimmy Rogan, Irish immigrant
Lisa Monde – Romina “Mina” Castello, Italian American
Adara Totino – Lily, Polish immigrant
Ciaran Walsh – Jimmy Rogan/ Announcer
Rebekah D. Wilson – Rose, Freeborn African American
Crew:
Set design – Mark Marcante
Lighting design – Alexander Bartenieff
Costume design – Everett Clark
Sound design – Joy Linscheid
Original music – Allison Tartalia
Choreography – Robert Gonzales Jr
Stage manager – Selear Duke
Graphic design – Virginia Asman
Photo and video services by Joe Bly, Shane Maritch
Purchase tickets at 212 254 1109, or https://theaterforthenewcity.net