Formed in 2009, Capital Talent Agency, LLC (CTA) represents actors and designers based in Virginia, Maryland and Washington, DC who work nationally in theater, film, television and audio recording. Created in response to the needs of this growing population of artists in the nation’s capital, CTA was built around the personal and professional needs of our clients, not only providing representation, but also career planning, financial guidance, travel support, and much more.
Roger has made Washington, DC, his home for more than twenty years during which he has practiced law with two major, international law firms. He has been involved in the arts from an early age. As a student in high school on the East End of Long Island, Roger performed in several productions and as a member of jazz and rock bands. He continued playing music throughout college and law school and helped finance his education by playing keyboards in New York and in Florida. Roger's law career has taken him around the world representing Fortune 100 companies and individuals in trials and transactions of all types. He graduated in 1980 from the University of Florida with a Bachelor of Arts in Education and from Stetson College of Law in 1985 with a Juris Doctorate, summa cum laude.
For the past nine years, Jeremy has been based in Washington, DC. In that time he served for two years as Producer of the Source Festival, Washington’s original city-wide festival for the arts. Before that, he served for six years as the Artistic Director of Theater Alliance where he produced 22 productions that garnered 22 Helen Hayes nominations. Elsewhere in the DC area, he has directed for Signature Theatre, Round House Theatre, Theater J, Olney Theatre Center for the Arts, Everyman Theatre, Rorschach Theatre, Forum Theatre, Keegan Theater, The Hub Theatre, Adventure Theatre, University of Maryland, Catholic University, St. Mary’s College and The National Conservatory for Dramatic Arts. Outside of Washington, Jeremy has directed, produced or taught all over North Carolina and in New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, Atlanta, Wilmington, London, Oslo, Galway, Kilimanjaro, Tokyo, Macau and Tai Pei. Jeremy is a Member of the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society and is a graduate of the North Carolina School of the Arts.
In addition to an acting career in the DC area of over thirty years, Fred brings just as many years of business experience to the agency. Since 2002, he has been the Business Manager at The Curious Grape, a high-end wine and specialty foods shop in Shirlington, VA. Prior to that, he was Executive Vice President in charge of new business at DC’s Abramson Labus Van De Velde, a full-service advertising and marketing firm. He has a decade’s experience in banking and served as both AVP/Branch Assistant Manager, as well as AVP/Staffing & Development, where he headed up both Teller and Customer Service Representative training. He was General Manager of Herb’s Restaurant at which time he also served on the Board of The League of Washington Theaters. His accounting training was with the American Bankers Association, where he pulled a 4.0 GPA.