Cathy Caplan was a Lila Acheson Wallace American Playwright at The Juilliard School in '93-'94. Her plays include "Lapis Blue Blood Red" (based on the 17th-century rape trial and paintings of Artemisia Gentileschi); "Silver Nitrate" (inspired by photographic studios in 1930’s Berlin); "Model" (live re-creation of a mid-seventies fashion shoot), "hair-blood-vinyl" (with Rinde Eckert and Juggernaut Theatre Company). These plays have been produced or had readings at PS 122, HERE, NY International Fringe Festival, Naked Angels, Blue Heron, The Lark, HB Playwrights Foundation, Theater Project (Baltimore), Stamford Center for the Arts, and Guild Hall (East Hampton). These plays have received funding from NYSCA, National Council Jewish Culture, Bel Geddes, Laurie Tisch Sussman Foundations...
Cathy Caplan was a Lila Acheson Wallace American Playwright at The Juilliard School in '93-'94. Her plays include "Lapis Blue Blood Red" (based on the 17th-century rape trial and paintings of Artemisia Gentileschi); "Silver Nitrate" (inspired by photographic studios in 1930’s Berlin); "Model" (live re-creation of a mid-seventies fashion shoot), "hair-blood-vinyl" (with Rinde Eckert and Juggernaut Theatre Company). These plays have been produced or had readings at PS 122, HERE, NY International Fringe Festival, Naked Angels, Blue Heron, The Lark, HB Playwrights Foundation, Theater Project (Baltimore), Stamford Center for the Arts, and Guild Hall (East Hampton). These plays have received funding from NYSCA, National Council Jewish Culture, Bel Geddes, Laurie Tisch Sussman Foundations, Liman Foundation, and AE Ventures. Ms. Caplan was resident artist at Mabou Mines and Women’s InterArt. "Lapis Blue Blood Red" is published in "Women Playwrights: Best Plays of 2002", "Playscripts", and "Actors Choice: Monologues for Men".