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Collaborative Arts Project 21, known more commonly as CAP21, is a New York City professional musical theatre training conservatory and Off-Broadway theatre company. It has a core faculty with many associate faculty who are also working professionals. The conservatory has produced many Broadway performers, as well as actors in off-Broadway, regional, and international theatre, television, film, and other performance media. Until 2012, it was in partnership with the New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts. In 2014, CAP21 joined forces with Molloy University. [1] [2]

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History

As a producing organization, CAP21 began in 1994. Its productions take place at CAP21 or at venues in New York City and around the United States. Each season, three new works are produced for a two-week “work in progress” run. In addition CAP21 works in development with twenty new musicals and plays providing public and in-house readings. CAP21’s season features diverse productions of new and classic plays and musicals, drawing audiences from the greater New York metropolitan area. Nearly 200 theatre artists are engaged each year to create and present new and classic work.

In 2012 the CAP21 Theatre Company won a GLAAD award for Outstanding New York Theatre: Off and Off-Off Broadway, for its production of the new musical Southern Comfort. [3] The production starred Jeffrey Kuhn and Natalie Joy Johnson. [4] Some faculty include: Lori Leshner, Lawrence Arancio, Sean Dougherty, Jillian Carucci, and Chris O'Connor the Chair of the program (https://www.molloy.edu/academics/undergraduate-programs/molloy-cap21-theatre-arts-program/faculty-profiles).

Alumni

Well-known performers who have been part of the CAP21 theatre group include Lady Gaga, [5] Alex Brightman, Adam Jacobs, Javier Muñoz, Jason Tam, Ali Stroker, Matthew Morrison, [5] Kristen Bell, Julie Benko and Sosie Bacon.

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  2. ↑ "A Musical Education Full of Sweat and Sequins (Published 2014)". 2014-11-08. Retrieved 2023-08-22.
  3. ↑ "CAP21 Kicks Off Residency at Molloy College". Broadway World. October 17, 2013. Retrieved May 9, 2018.
  4. ↑ David Rooney (Oct 12, 2011). "Seeking Acceptance, and Family, in One's Shifting Gender". New York Times. Retrieved May 9, 2018.
  5. 1 2 "Molloy University: CAP21 Musical Theatre Conservatory : Notable Alumni". teenlife.com. Retrieved June 24, 2023.
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