CATE CAPLIN Director, Producer, Choreographer

CATE CAPLIN has produced, directed and choreographed over 100 productions in theaters and performance venues in Los Angeles and internationally at the Edinburgh Arts Festival in Scotland. She is a 34 times regional and international dance champion and her work has been seen on television, in films and in a variety of prestigious venues across the country and world wide including the White House, the Kennedy Center, the Metropolitan Opera House, Ford's Theatre, the Hollywood Bowl, the Paris Opera House, Rockefeller Center, the Ritz Carlton, Caesar's Palace, the Hollywood Palladium, the Los Angeles Theatre Center, the Orpheum Theatre, the House of Blues, The Palace of Fine Arts and the Broadway stage. Cate is also a freelance journalist and coaches and instructs both dancers and actors. She has directed "Beyond Therapy", "Wait Until Dark", "Greater Tuna", "Heartbeat of Chernobyl", "Hollywood! Hollywood!", "Smokey Joe's Cafe", "Little Shop of Horrors", "Dames At Sea", "Damn Yankees", "Jake's Women", "The All Night Strut", "Cinderella", "She Loves Me", "Tango Fiesta", "Fahrenheit 451", "Sylvia", "Importance of Being Earnest", "South Pacific", "As Thousands Cheer", "ShowGirl of 52nd street", "Now & Then A Hero", "Rocky Horror" and Horton Foote's "Carpetbagger's Children". She has also choreographed "My Old Friends", "Playboy of the Western World", "Man of La Mancha", "Into the Woods", "Blue Dahlia", "Skin of Our Teeth", ÒDo Re MiÓ, "Two Gentlemen of Corona", "Merchant of Venice", "Romeo & Juliet", "As You Like It", "Mating Dance of a Werewolf", "Tuesdays with Morrie", "Most Happy Fella", "Grand Hotel", "Ragtime", ÒJeckyll & Hyde", "King & I", "Camelot", "Camille", "Dancing at Lughnasa", "Funny You Don't Look Like A GrandMother", "The Matchmaker", "Jubilee", "How To Succeed in Business Without Really Trying", "Dear World", ÒHouse of Bernarda Alba", "Floyd Collins", "Roberta", "Master Harold and The Boys", "Jimmy Bishop Goes to War", five episodes of both "Frasier" and "General Hospital" and a tango for ABC's "Port Charles". Cate coached David Hyde Pierce for 9 months in preparation for his play "Six Dance LessonsÉ" at the Geffen Playhouse, again as he prepped for the Broadway production of "Spamalot" and she most recently coached and finetuned his dancing for his starring role in "Curtains". David won Best Actor in a Musical on Broadway for his performance in this production. Cate performed in the West Coast Premier of "Swing!" at the Carpenter Performing Arts Center and won an Ovation Award for her work in the show. Women in Theatre honored her with a "Red Carpet Award" for her contribution as a theatre Producer/Director/Choreographer and she received a Garland Award for her choreography in "Grand Hotel" at the Colony Theatre. Cate is a five times "US Open" and three times World Champion in Theatrical ShowDance and has won multiple gold medals in a "World's Performing Arts Competition" with her dance partner, Gary Franco. Her production company, Night & Day Entertainment, is shared with creative partner Vernon Willet and specializes in custom designed entertainment for private parties, corporate events, and industrial trade shows. Cate wrote and directed her first feature film, "MATING DANCE" which won an Accolade Award and is currently playing the festival circuit. It is scheduled for release later this Spring and produced by CINEVILLE/KEYSTONE.

As of 10/28/08