Castro's Children

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Event Castro's Children
Venue Gasworks Main Theatre, Albert Park, VIC
First Date 5 July 2024
Last Date 13 July 2024
Dates Estimated No
Status Professional
World Premiere Yes
Description Six children – three boys, three girls. Sent away from Havana by their parents in the first year of Castro’s regime, to live among strangers in the USA. Would they ever see their parents or their homeland again? Who would take that gamble with innocent young lives? And why?


The six in ‘Castro’s Children’ are fictional, but they represent the 14,048 real children who were sent out of Cuba under ‘Operation Pedro Pan’, a collaboration between the CIA and the Catholic Church that changed the lives of those children and their parents forever: some for good; some not.
Description Source Website
Primary Genre Music Theatre
Secondary Genre Historical
Documentary Drama
Subjects 1960s
1980s
War
Organisations
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Fem Belling Actor and Singer Mother
Zak Brown Actor and Singer CIA agent Culpepper, Mr. Ruiz
Madeleine Featherby Actor and Singer Adult Olivia
Bryce Gibson Actor and Singer Luis, adult Pepe
Tom Green Actor and Singer Father Walsh, Snow
Drew Lane Actor and Singer Mr. FErnandez, adult Raul
Tod Strike Actor and Singer James Baker
Noah Szto Actor and Singer Activist, agent Frost
Daisy Valerio Actor and Singer Mrs Ibanez, adult Ana
Gabrielle Ward Actor and Singer Sister Jerome, adult Maria
Paul Watson Actor and Singer father
Laura Wong Actor and Singer Mrs Ruiz, Waitress
Sarah Davies Assistant Director Child Cast
Laura Fitzpatrick Assistant Director
Liz Cope Assistant Stage Manager
Peter Fitzpatrick Book and Lyrics Librettist
Val Hardie Chaperone Child Liaison
Simon Stone Composer
Jannette Raynes Costume Designer
Peter Fitzpatrick Director
Stephanie Adamson Ensemble Member child Ana
Aria Aninipoc Ensemble Member child, understudy Ana
Sasha Babushkin Ensemble Member child, understudy Maria, Ensemble captain
Kailee Baulk Ensemble Member child
Bessie Blaze Ensemble Member child Maria
Elliot Frankeni Ensemble Member child
Chase Kendall Ensemble Member child
Scarlett May Ensemble Member child
Archie Mendelssohn Ensemble Member child Pepe
Lira Mollison Ensemble Member child Olivia
Jaylen Nagloo Ensemble Member child
Daniel Nunan Ensemble Member child Raul
Lia Scantlebury Ensemble Member child, understudy Olivia
Coco Shelmerdine Ensemble Member child
Campbell Van Elst Ensemble Member child Carlos
Jacquie Martin Graphic Designer Logo & artwork
Ian Scott Lighting Designer
Elli Haskett Make-up Specialist
Sarah Jeffs Make-up Specialist
Maureen Walker Marketing/Box office/Sales Program
Roman Berry Movement Director
Simon Stone Musical Director
Jacqueline Stone Musician: Bassist
Simon Chiodo Musician: Drummer
Andrew Corbel Musician: Flautist Reed #2
Ruth Stone Musician: Flautist Reed #1
Evgeny Chebykin Musician: Hornist French
Joyce Chahine Musician: Keyboardist #2
Sam Loomes Musician: Keyboardist #3
Simon Stone Musician: Keyboardist #1
Toby Bender Musician: Percussionist
Adam Grech Musician: Trombonist
Bruno Siketa Musician: Trumpeter #2
Matthew Tubman Musician: Trumpeter #1
Teresa Madgwick Photographer
Mark Featherby Producer
Jon Madgwick Producer
Mark Raynes Production Manager
Jannette Raynes Properties Mistress
Julie Cavanagh Publicist
Michael Large Set Designer
Darren O'Shea Set Designer
Ben Anderson Sound Operator/Engineer
Leane Maddren Stage Manager
Works
Text Nationality Australia
Production Nationality Australia
Data Source
Source Description
Review https://simonparrismaninchair.com/2024/07/06/music-theatre-melbourne-castros-children-review/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR0M49b_EzYWwtMWOQyO24as8ZgmtjZXBVjGTJRABjmY2rM1LTxFyjgLpGU_aem_JApDLYFgcutyWv-J9nufDg
Web
Programme Jamie Henson collection
Data Set AusStage
Event Identifier 206507