Colin Hanlon, Jeremy Jordan Join CAP21's NEXT THING YOU KNOW Reading, 2/22

Broadway vet Colin Hanlon and ROCK OF AGES star Jeremy Jordan have joined the cast for the upcoming reading of the new musical, NEXT THING YOU KNOW. The reading will be presented by CAP21's Theatre Company. NEXT THING YOU KNOW is by the Drama-Desk nominated creators of I LOVE YOU BECAUSE, featuring book and lyrics by Ryan Cunningham and music by Joshua Salzman. The reading is directed by John Simpkins.

According to press notes, "Real life comes fast. One day you wake up, and instead of a hangover, you have a job. Instead of a fling, you have a live-in girlfriend. And instead of naive dreams, you have reality. The joys and compromises that bring us into adulthood are brought to life in this new musical."

Colin Hanlon has been seen on Broadway in Rent and Off-Broadway in I Love You Because and The Pirates of Penzance. He starred in the George Street productions of The Last Five Years and tick, tick . . . BOOM!, and he has also performed at Syracuse Stage and the Prince Music Theatre. Hanlon was also involved in the workshops of Wicked, Taboo and Fanny Hill. Most recently, Hanlon was featured in the NYMF production of Whatever Man by Benjamin Strouse.

Jeremy Jordan is currently alternating the role of Tony in West Side Story. Broadway: Rock of Ages. Regional: The Little Dog Laughed at Hartford TheaterWorks (Connecticut Critics Circle nom.) and Big River at Goodspeed. NY: Sing, But Don't Tell; The Greenwood Tree; a whole lot of readings and concerts. TV: "Law & Order: SVU." BFA from Ithaca College.

The reading of NEXT THING YOU KNOW will take place on Monday, February 22nd at The Shop at CAP21 at 7:30pm. Tickets for the reading are free and may be reserved by visiting www.ovationtix.com or by calling 866-811-4111.

Collaborative Arts Project 21, a.k.a. CAP21, was founded in 1993 by Frank and Eliza Ventura to create a home where theatre artists could bring their work to life and continue honing their skills in a collaborative environment. As a professional theatre company with a conservatory, CAP21 is dedicated to creating new work, developing new talent and building new audiences. CAP21 replenishes the American musical theatre by training the next generation of performers and infusing the entertainment industry at large with talent and source material. The goal is to create programs that achieve substantial and lasting contributions to the future of the arts.

As a producing organization, CAP21 began in 1994 and continues to provide programming for new works for production at CAP21 or to move on and be produced at venues in New York and around the country. 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 offerings of new and classic plays and musicals for a multi-generational audience of more than 3,800 people from the greater New York metropolitan area. Nearly 200 theatre artists are engaged each year to create and present new and classic work.

The CAP21 Conservatory provides an in-depth actor training program specializing in musical theatre performance. The school, which began in 1994, is now an internationally recognized musical theatre conservatory. Currently, through its various programs, the Conservatory annually trains over 400 emerging performers who come from all over the United States and internationally.

For more information, visit CAP21.org.

Photo Credit: Ben Strothmann