William Strauss is an author, historian, playwright, theater director, and lecturer.

• Co-founder (with Elaina Newport) and director of the Capitol Steps, a professional satirical troupe, for whom he still performs occasionally.

• Co-author of ten books, including Chance and Circumstance, Generations, The Fourth Turning, Millennials Rising, and, recently, Millennials and the Pop Culture (with Neil Howe).

• Playwright of three musicals, MaKiddo (a parody of The Mikado, about gifted teenagers at a high-stress high school) and Free-the-Music.com (about music downloading, with music by Bo Ayars and Steven Rosenhaus), and Anasazi (about Hopi legend and prophecy, with music by Peter Kater), and two plays, The Big Bump (about a reversal of time) and Gray Champions (about generations in history).

• Co-founder (with Judy Bowns) and director of The Cappies, an international high school theater program through which students attend and review each others’ plays and musicals, publish their reviews in major newspapers, and vote for awards that are presented at Cappies Galas. There are currently fourteen Cappies programs in the U.S. and Canada.

• Producer (with Bowns) of numerous Cappies events, including the Katrina Aid fundraiser, Cappies Showcase, and Cappies International Theater. For this year’s C.I.T. program, he is overseeing a team of student composers, lyricists, and script writers who are crafting a new musical comedy about teenagers and technology.

• Lecturer and consultant for numerous public and private organizations about generational trends, including MTV, Paramount Pictures, Hearst Magazines, Time, Pepsi, Disney, Procter & Gamble, the Ford Motor Company, the U.S. Armed Forces, and many others.

• Graduate of Harvard College (1969), Harvard Law School and the Kennedy School of Government (1973).

• Father of four children, aged 22 to 29.

• Husband of Janie Strauss, member of the Fairfax County School Board.

• Resident of McLean, Virginia.