Ava Jenkins, Adam Kemmerer to Star in Castillo’s Sally and Tom (The American Way)

Ava Jenkins and Adam Kemmerer will play the title roles in Castillo Theatre’s production of the Fred Newman-Annie Roboff musical revival, Sally and Tom (The American Way), to run February 17-March 25.

Sally and Tom (The American Way) examines the 30-year relationship between Thomas Jefferson and his slave Sally Hemings, a relationship that produced five children and embodies the wrenching conflict between democracy and slavery, and its legacy of racism that continues to shape America to this day. In this polarizing presidential election year, the meaning of “the American way” is itself being hotly contested.

The cast will also include Sean Patrick Gibbons (James T. Callenda), Brian D. Hills (Madison Hemings), David Nackman and Jacqueline Salit (James Madison).

Under the direction of Gabrielle L. Kurlander, the play is performed on three stages in its own surreal “history museum.” The audience is seated throughout the performance space and among the exhibits, and is encouraged to interact with the conflicted history of our nation.

Musical direction is by David Belmont with Michael Walsh, choreography by Lonné Moretton; sets by Joseph Spirito and costumes by Emilie Charlotte Knoerzer.

For more information and tickets for Sally and Tom (The American Way), click here.