Capathia Jenkins

The Brooklyn-born and raised singer/actor, Capathia Jenkins, premiered her new show, The Voices That Changed Music, with the Princeton Symphony Orchestra, with subsequent performances in Houston, Baltimore, Reno, Anchorage, and several other cities. She premiered her solo show, She’s Got Soul, with the Houston Symphony in 2022, followed by performances with The Cleveland Orchestra, Seattle Symphony, and Utah Symphony, among many others.

Jenkins starred as Medda in the hit Disney production of Newsies on Broadway. She made her Broadway debut in The Civil War, where she created the role of Harriet Jackson. She then starred in the Off-Broadway 2000 revival of Godspell before returning to Broadway in The Look of Love. Jenkins then created the roles of The Washing Machine in Caroline, Or Change and Frieda May in Martin Short: Fame Becomes Me. In 2007, she went back to Off-Broadway and starred in (mis)Understanding Mammy: The Hattie McDaniel Story, for which she was nominated for a Drama Desk Award. She was also seen in Nora Ephron’s Love, Loss, and What I Wore.

An active concert artist, Jenkins has appeared with numerous orchestras around the world including The Cleveland Orchestra, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra (with Marvin Hamlisch), Cincinnati Pops (with John Morris Russell), Philly Pops, San Francisco Symphony, San Diego Symphony, Hong Kong Philharmonic, and many others. She was also a soloist with the Festival Cesky Krumlov in the Czech Republic. 

Jenkins had the great honor of performing in the “Broadway Ambassadors to Cuba” concert as part of the Festival De Teatro De La Habana. She has also performed at Carnegie Hall with the New York Pops multiple times and sang in a Tribute to Marvin Hamlisch at the Library of Congress. 

 Jenkins is a founder and board member of Black Theatre United.

Follow Jenkins on social media @capathianyc