CAP21 Announces Summer Training Programs

Collaborative Arts Project 21 (known as CAP21) has announced its musical theater training programs for the summer of 2003.

The CAP21 Conservatory trains undergraduate drama students from New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts in musical theater. The summer session has been developed to allow participants the opportunity to continue their education through an intensive course of study. Three training programs will be offered in the summer of 2003; all classes will be held at CAP21 Studios, 18 West 18th Street, NYC.

The professional and part-time professional programs (June 30-August 8), designed for students 18 years and older, offer courses in acting, dance, music theory, vocal technique, vocal performance, and audition technique, as well as master classes. The full-time professional program, which includes 210 hours of training, runs Mondays through Fridays from 10am to 6pm at a cost of $2,750; the part-time program, which includes all of the courses listed above except dance, runs from 2pm to 6pm on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays and from 1pm to 6pm on Tuesdays and Thursdays at a cost of $1,950. Private voice training is also available. According to conservatory director Michon Peacock, “The professional program is for college and post college students who wish to immerse themselves in an intensive, broad-based training program as a stepping stone to a professional career in musical theatre.” Participants may obtain academic credit from New York University by applying through the Tisch School of the Arts; phone 212-998-2292 for further information.

CAP21’s pre-college program, also six weeks in length (June 27-August 7), is for high school juniors and seniors. Admission is through vocal/acting auditions which will take place in NYC in February, March and April, 2003 by appointment. The program includes courses in acting technique, vocal technique, vocal performance, dance, improvisation, and music theory. Classes meet Monday through Friday from 10am to 5pm, and the cost is $2,350. Again, private voice training is also available. This program, says Peacock, “exposes high school students with similar interests to all the major disciplines of musical theater…and prepares them for the top college theater programs.”

Founded in 1993, CAP21’s mission is to develop new works, new talent, and new audiences for the theater. To obtain an application and/or additional information about the summer 2003 programs, phone 212-807-0202 or visit the website at www.cap21.org.