ABOUT CAP21
CAP21 is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to
the creation of
new work,
the development of
new talent,
and the building of
new audiences.
In 2000, The
New York Times called CAP21’s production of The
Immigrant “a deeply satisfying new musical.”
Most recently, CAP21 produced
Debra Barsha’s
A Womb With A
View, Pages: A New Musical by Will Van Dyke and Josh
Halloway and The 60’s Project
(conceived
and written by Janet Brenner, directed by Richard Maltby,
Jr) which went on to GoodSpeed Opera House and is
scheduled for a national tour in 2007.
Other productions include John Pielmeier’s The
Classics Professor, Goddess Wheel
with music by Galt MacDermot and lyrics by Matty Selman;
Stuart Ross and Debra Barsha’s Radiant Baby;
and a new version of Starmites by
Barry Keating and Stuart Ross.
The CAP21 Conservatory was founded in 1993 by Frank
and Eliza Ventura
as a response to the need for in depth acting training
in musical theatre. The mission of the Conservatory is
to train actors who sing and dance as well as to provide
performance outlets for its students. Since 1995,
over 60 CAP21 alums have been cast in 70 different
Broadway shows including 42nd Street, Annie Get Your
Gun, Cabaret, Fosse, Hairspray, Jane Eyre, Les
Miserables, Mamma Mia, Man of La Mancha, Oklahoma!, The
Crucible, The Full Monty, The Producers, The Radio
City Rockettes, Gypsy, Little Shop of
Horrors, Thoroughly Modern Millie, The
Light in the Piazza, The Woman in White, A Chorus Line,
and
Spring Awakening not to mention national and
international tours and regional theatre productions
across the country.
Currently, the Conservatory trains over 400
students annually and has a 65-member faculty.
CAP21 BOARD OF DIRECTORS
|
Nancy Truitt
|
President |
|
Lois
Fichner-Rathus, Ph.D
|
Vice
President |
|
Pearl Berman
|
Secretary |
|
Patricia Schaupp
|
Treasurer |
|
Janet Brenner |
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|
Barry Finkelman |
|
|
Moira Girard |
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|
Candace Leeds |
|
|
Susan Rasmussen
Rogot |
|
| Robert
H. Sandow |
|
|
Eliza Ventura
|
Founder and
Artistic Director |
|
Frank Ventura
|
Founder and
Executive Artistic Director |
| Ann
Weiss-LaGravenese |
|
CAP21 ARTISTIC COUNCIL
|
Lynn Ahrens
Jim Dale
Jamie deRoy
Tovah Feldshuh
Stephen Flaherty
Shirley Herz
Linda Lavin
|
Karen Mason
Joanna Merlin
Cass Morgan
Mrs. Jerry Orbach
Harold Prince
Abbie Strassler
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