Awards and Acclaim

The New York Times has announced that the new musical Southern Comfort will appear in The Public Theatre's 2016 season. This new musical was developed and produced by the CAP21 Theatre Company. CAP21's production of Southern Comfort won the 2012 GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding New York Theater: Off-Off Broadway. The GLAAD Media Awards recognizes and honors media for fair, accurate and inclusive representations of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community that inspire change. CAP21's production was also a New York Times Critic Pick and went on to an additional production at The Barrington Stage Company followed by being featured in the Fall NAMT New Musicals Festival, and is now slated for production in The Public Theatre's 2016 season.

See the New York Times article HERE

*For FIVE CONSECUTIVE YEARS, musicals chosen for development and given full productions by the CAP21 Theatre Company have received the prestigious Jonathan Larson Award Grant!

  • 2010: Daniel Maté for The Trouble With Doug
  • 2011: Michelle Eliiott & Danny Larsen for Cloaked 
  • 2012: Julianne Wick Davis & Dan Collins for Southern Comfort
  • 2013:  Joshua Salzman & Ryan Cunningham for Next Thing You Know
  • 2014: Shaina Taub for The Daughters

*Southern Comfort, produced by CAP21,won the 2012 GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding New York Theater: Off-Off Broadway.

*Following CAP21's production of the new musical Cloaked, Michelle Elliott received the Kleban Prize for Excellence in Musical Theatre Writing. 

Reviews for When We Met:

"...playful, lyrical, heartbreaking...CAP21 with founders Frank Ventura and Eliza Ventura at the helm, has produced yet another example of smart, moving, genuinely affecting musical theater."


Reviews for  F#%KING UP EVERYTHING:


Nominated for Best Musical Off-Broadway by The Off-Broadway Alliance (2012)

The New York Times Critics' Pick: CAP21 Theatre Company was an Associate Producer for the hit rock musical, F#%king Up Everything. Read the review from The New York Times here.

Acclaim/ Reviews for Southern Comfort:

GLAAD Award Winner: CAP21 Theatre Company's production of Southern Comfort won the 2012 GLAAD Award  as Outstanding New York Theater: Off-Off Broadway. 

The Advocate: Southern Comfort is selected for 
The Advocate's 2011 year-end Best New York Theatre Top 10 List.


The New York Times: "…this affecting folk-bluegrass musical by Julianne Wick Davis and Dan Collins makes a heartfelt bid to shift perceptions..." To read the full review click here.

The NY Post: "As touching as it is idiosyncratic, "Southern Comfort" effectively redefines the term 'family musical'." To read the full article click here.    


Time Out NY: "Southern Comfort is different, beautiful and lovable, just like its heroes." To read the full review click here.


The Advocate:"…uplifting and devastating…" To view the full review click here.


GayTheatreNYC.com: "Annette O'Toole...throws herself into the role of Robert Eads in a fearless and full-bodied performance. " To read the full review click here.
 

Stagebuzz.com: "With Southern Comfort, CAP21 continues their tradition of presenting intelligent and moving new musicals." To read the full review click here.