Charlie Capen

Born somewhere in the hills of San Francisco, Charlie grew up surrounded by arts and media with parents in radio and literary fields. These parents would be the foundation for his theatrical essence, imaginative doggedness: a father radio DJ whose skits constantly tested his program director's patience and a mother who would go on to raise to two boys on her own. By age seven, he had traveled across the US five times and spanned the near entirety of Western Europe, Mexico and Mediterranean lands. By age 11, Charlie booked his first commercial, his first play at 13. Award-winning archer, poet and wrestler by the age of 15, Charlie was also bilingual by 16. Subsequently, his studies drove him towards the arts of translation and physical therapies. But his dreams wouldn't be dashed and in a moment of frustration he finally decided to pen a list of his loves, his hobbies, his ambitions. This list was so long and varied, the sheer weight of the thing could not be held by any single profes