The Castle to Be Filmed

Bainbridge Performing Arts Changes Sprin...

By Andy Propst • Nov 30, 2009 • New York

Angel Ramos, Casmiro Torres (at back)
Vilma Ortiz Donovan, Kenneth Harrington
(© Filip Kwiatkowski)

Phillip Messina will direct the screen version of the Off-Broadway play The Castle, which will feature Vilma Ortiz Donavan, Kenneth Harrigan, Angel Ramos and Casimiro Torres -- all of whom share their own real-life stories about being in prison. Shooting will take place in Manhattan beginning on December 7, with a portion of the film to be filmed before convicts in a New York Correctional Facility.

The Castle was conceived and directed Off-Broadway by David Rothenberg, who founded The Fortune Society, a non-profit organization that helps put men and women, recently emerged from prison to reenter society.

For further information, visit: www.www.fortunesociety.org.