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Our Mailing Address:
CAPS
60 Point View Drive
East Greenbush, NY 12061
Phone #: (518) 788-1311
Fax #: (518) 479-4511
Who We Are....
Welcome to Capital Area Productions. CAPS is a youth theater group based in East Greenbush,
NY and dedicated to fostering a love of theater in children ages 5-18. CAPS welcomes and invites all children from the Capital
District to participate - previous theater experience is not necessary. We teach all aspects of theater - from behind
the scenes to performing live on stage. Children receive coaching in voice (singing), dancing and acting. CAPS believes that
a positive theater experience builds self-esteem, fosters creativity, and promotes team work - all while having fun and making
new friends! Check our audition schedule so that you, too, can be there when the next curtain goes up!
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President: Kristina Kennedy-Babcock
Kristina
has appeared on stage all around the Capital District in shows such as CR Productions/Cohoes Music Halls production of Anything
Goes, Spotlight Players Annie Get Your Gun, Schenectady Light Opera Companies production of Gypsy ( Mazzeppa),
OOPS production of Cinderella (Wicked Stepmother), and Steamer 10’s Suessical is right at home on the
stage and also behind the scenes. She has also performed in and choreographed Spotlight Players Annie, and also received
2 TANYS (Theater Association of NYS) Awards for her work on Annie Get Your Gun and Oliver. Kristina choreographed
Confetti Stages's production of Disney's High School Musical and is a judge for the Schaghticoke Fair Talent competition.
She studied acting and dance at the New York State Theater Institute (NYSTI), trained in tap, jazz and lyrical ballet for
over 18 years and is a certified Country Line Dancing Instructor. She has performed in Nashville, TN on the Wildhorse Saloon
Television show, and is currently a dance instructor for The Isabelle School of Dance and the Susan O'Dell Taylor School.
Kristina is also a volunteer with the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, Genet PTO, Hudson Valley Girl Scouts, The Town
of East Greenbush and other local charities. Kristina is mom to 12 year-old Jessica and 7 year-old Belle! She wishes to thank
her parents for their love, support and help with the girls! Jessie & Belle, always follow your dreams! To my husband,
my angel John above, I miss you so much, always watch over us…
Frank Leavitt
(Musical Director)
Rebecca Straight
(Costumer/Production Assistant)
Lisa Franklin
(Vocal Coach)
Nathan Meredith (Music
Director) is excited to make his CAPS debut with 13! He is the resident sound designer for C-R Productions, where
he music directed The Wizard of Oz and Footloose (Cohoes Music Hall). A graduate of Syracuse University,
he has had the pleasure of music directing for SU Drama, First Year Players, and the a cappella group Orange Appeal.
This past summer he was a production electrician and sound engineer at Surflight Theatre, NJ - where he also music directed
the intern cabaret - and worked as a sound shop technician for the national tours of The 101 Dalmatians Musical and
Cats.
Dr. Joseph Eppink (Music Director) is
Coordinator of Music Education and Associate Professor of Music Education & Organ at The College of Saint Rose in Albany
New York. He also conducts The College of Saint Rose Women’s Chorale. Dr. Eppink also serves as Organist/Choirmaster
at St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church in Albany. He has earned degrees from Western Michigan University, Indiana University
and his doctorate at Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana. Dr. Eppink was an Elementary Music Specialist, teaching grades
K-6 for the Elkhart Community Schools in Elkhart, Indiana for 10 years. During that time he also served as the Organist/Choirmaster
at the Episcopal Church of St. John the Evangelist in Elkhart and the Conductor/Founder of the Elkhart Boys Choir. The Elkhart
Boys Choir gave several performance tours and even performed for the Indiana State Music Educators Association under his direction.
Dr. Eppink has given numerous national and international organ recitals in addition to music education and church music workshops.
His area of research is in alternative assessment strategies in the music classroom. He has been published in Teaching
Music, The American Organist and General Music Today. He enjoys traveling around the world, exploring new
adventures, and bringing groups of students to experience new cultures through the wonderful world of music!
Jennifer Pyle (Parent Production Assistant) has been
with CAPS since Annie in July of 2008 and does a fantastic job of assisting at rehearsals and watching over our cast while
at rehearsals and working backstage during the shows!
Barry
Streifert (Sound Designer) is happy to work with Capital Area Productions.
His first CAPS show was sound design for Annie Jr in 2008. Barry recently completed runs of Into the Woods as Cinderella's
Father and How To Succeed in Business as Mr. Ovington at Home Made Theater and was also Sound Designer on both
shows. He was also seen as Harry Danvers in Confetti Stage's Live and Unrehearsed, part of the 4th Annual
Short Play Festival. Other productions he's worked are HMT's Sideman (lighting), The Snow Queen, The Real Inspector
Hound, The Fifteen Minute Hamlet (sound), and the Youth Conservatory's production of Fiddler on the Roof, Jr (props).
Past highlights include Co-Set Designer for the Hackensack (NJ) Theater Company's production of The Rocky Horror Show,
and pit orchestra drummer for Debuts Theater Company's recent productions of You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown and Zombie
Prom.
We have many other volunteers and staff to thank for their help also!
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