	Kapur started her teaching career as lecturer in English in Delhi University's Bharati College. However, she was always sure that she wanted to pursue theatre as a profession. During her student days, she had been a member of the theatre group Dishantar led by Om Shivpuri, and acted in a number of plays, including Adhe-Adhure by Mohan Rakesh. She obtained leave from the college to study for a master's degree in drama and theatre arts at the University of Leeds, UK, where she eventually completed a Ph.D.