Van Kaplan is the executive producer for the Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera. Kaplan, who was hired by the Civic Light Opera in 1997, has 28 years of experience in the arts as producer, director and actor.

By Alice T. Carter, The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review Aug. 3--For Van Kaplan, Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera executive producer, putting "West Side Story" on this season's schedule had a particular urgency.