Second Stage at CAP was started in 2008 with the move of the Cultural Arts Playhouse to their new Plainview location.  The mission of the Second Stage program is to produce plays and small musicals to audiences that might not otherwise get a run in a mainstage setting.  Utilizing the best in Long Island talent, Second Stage at CAP also functions as a teaching program in which students can learn the art of directing, stage managment, choreography, lighting and sound and set building and design from experienced professionals in the Long Island theatre scene.  All members of the production team participate on a volunteer basis, working only for the experience of teaching the next generation and giving them the benefit of their experience and expertise so that they can become successful.

Second Stage at CAP wants to hear your ideas!  Anyone interested in proposing a show for the program should contact the administrator, Jeff Pangburn at jeff@culturalartsplayhouse.com for more information.

Our first production will be the Musical Violet!

Violet is a musical by Jeanine Tesori with libretto by Brian Crawley. It tells the story of young disfigured woman who embarks on a journey by bus from her farm in Spruce Pine, North Carolina, all the way to Tulsa, Oklahoma in order to be healed. It opened Off-Broadway at Playwrights Horizons on March 11, 1997. Directed by Susan H. Schulman with choreography by Kathleen Marshall, It won the Drama Critics' Circle Award and Lucille Lortel Award as Best Musical.

Second Stage at CAP

625 Old Country Road, Plainview

Presents

Violet

A Musical by Jeanine Tesori and Brian Crawley

Cast

Violet – Kelly Conrad

Flick – Kevin Knight

Monty – Steve Cottonaro

Father – Heath Cohen

Young Violet – Brooke Grossman

Preacher – Thomas J. McKenna

Bus Driver – Jeff Pangburn

Old Lady – Rosemary Kurtz

Music Hall Singer/Mabel – Candis Alek

Ensemble: Diane Marmann, Paul Lichtman, Terry Ginzburg, Kyle Petty, Pete Marmann, Kristina King, Tricia Russell, Jimmy Donohue, Mikey Marmann, Kristin Grieg, Samantha Marmann, Eliana Kleiner-Lichtman.

Director: Jeff Pangburn, Stage Manager: Diane Marmann, Musical Director: Gary Piacentini, Choreographer: Kristina King.

Apprentices:

Stage Managers: Samantha Marmann, Jimmy Donohue

Choreography: Eliana Kleiner-Lichtman