Castro's Children

Castro’s Children is an exciting new musical based firmly on historical fact: the story of Operation Pedro Pan, a covert collaboration between the Catholic Church and the CIA in which 14,048 Cuban children between the ages of 10 and 14 were evacuated to the United States in the early stages of Castro’s regime – without, apparently, anyone noticing that something highly unusual was going on.

The story of Operation Pedro Pan is remarkable in itself, but it is also a richly representative fable for the stories of displaced children and stolen generations that are all too familiar in so many other cultures.  

Music by Simon Stone
Book & Lyrics by Peter Fitzpatrick
Cast for The Concept Album: Stephen Amos, Melanie Bird, Maddy Corbel, Sian Crowe, Madeleine Featherby, Laura Fitzpatrick, Blair Gibson, Jack Green, Tom Green, Poppy Huggett, Peter Jenkins, Tess McClintock, Jacqueline Stone, Holly Sweeney, Noah Szto, Matilda Whalen, Maya Wilkinson-Thurley