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Castro, Andrés
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1917-2000
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Andrés Castro was the owner Teatro Las Máscaras in Havana. Castro, born July 27, 1917, in Havana, Cuba, was from an affluent family that was in the furniture business. He and Antonia Rey married in 1958. Reportedly they tied the knot during the intermission of a show they were rehearsing at the time. He and his wife moved to New York in 1961, where Castro also stayed in the theater world. He earned his B.F.A from the Senior Dramatic Workshop of the New School for Social Research. He founded the Westside Repertory Theater 81st Street in Manhattan, where he was the director and an educator for 25 years. He was also the director of the Senior Dramatic Workshop at Carnegie Hall. He passed away on September 2, 2000.
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Biographical note written by Kate Villa, 2020-2021 UGrow Fellow for Manuscripts and Archives Management.
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Paid Notice: Deaths CASTRO, ANDRES - The New York Times (nytimes.com)