Eliza Ventura is the Artistic Director and co-Founder of CAP21. Eliza has produced over 30 new musicals as well as 9 Festivals of new work for CAP21. She created the Monday Night Reading Series, the Round Table Reading Series and established the Writers Co-op. She is responsible for choosing the artists and overseeing each project. She was the lead dramaturge for the following CAP21 productions: The Immigrant ( Stephen Alper, Sarah Knapp, Mark Harelik ) moved to Denver Center Theater, Coconut Grove and New World Stages; Rebel Girls of Common Street (Tina Lear and Elise Forier); The 60's Project (Janet Brenner) moved to Goodspeed; A Womb With a View (Debra Barsha) moved to the Public Theatre, Passages Theater; One Child Born-The Songs of Laura Nyro (Kate Ferber and Louis Greenstein) moved to Joe's Pub at the Public Theatre; Pages (Will Van Dyke and Josh Halloway); Cloaked( Danny Larson and Michelle Marie Elliot) moved to The Village Theater; The Usher's Ball (Mary Fengar Gael and Dennis McCarthy); The Trouble With Doug (Daniel Maté and Will Aronson) chosen NAMT Festival Fall '10; The Giver (Scott Murphy and Nathan Christianson), chosen NAMT Festival Fall'10; Six of One (Scott Burkell and Paul Loesel).
