Maggie: Up in Lights

She is a true storyteller who has shared her talents over the past 30 years as the Producing Artistic Director of Capital Repertory Theatre.

We invite you to join us as we celebrate Maggie Mancinelli-Cahill at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, September 17, 2025 at Wolferts Roost in Albany. Cocktails, passed hors d’oeuvres and food stations, and lively reminiscing with Maggie will be the highlights of this fundraising event.

During her tenure at theREP, Maggie has directed more than 125 productions, workshops, readings, and created numerous literary and local history-based plays for the REP’s On-the-Go Touring productions which reach more than 10,000 students annually. Maggie has helped guide the organization through changes in leadership, the development of a new venue during a global pandemic, launch scores of careers in the arts, and most importantly has introduced thousands of residents to new productions and sparked a love for theatre in generations of children in upstate New York.

Proceeds from the event will support theREP’s education programs which offer powerful arts experiences that instill creativity, compassion, and self-esteem in local students.

This event will be held at Wolferts Roost Country Club, 120 Van Rensselaer Blvd, Albany, NY

Ticket levels and benefits:

Empowerment Committee – $500/person
As an Empowerment Committee member, your name will be prominently listed on our webpage, digital signage at theREP, the invitation, event signage, and the event program.

Honorary Committee – $250/person
As an Honorary Committee member, your name will be prominently listed on our webpage, the invitation, and the event program. 

Patron Ticket – $175/person

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Empowerment Committee
Wallace Altes
Carolyn Anderson and Barbara C. Brenner
Richard & Peggy Becker
Debbie Brown
Richard and Lou Ann Carlstrom
Prentiss Carnell
William (Bill) & Linda Chalmers
Michele & Randolph Collins
Albert De Salvo
Joan Dembinski
Mona Golub
Nancy Hoffman and Thomas Spagnoletti
Jack & Connie Hume
Harold & Lauren Iselin
Kimberly & E. Stewart Jones
Stephen & Mary Madarasz
Charles & Barbara Manning
Jeffrey Mirel
Kevin & Thomas J. Murphy
Alfred & Meryl Norek
Chet & Karen Opalka
John Privitera and Louise Tarantino
Martha Rozett
Bob & Kathy Sheehan
Rabbi Scott Shpeen
Herb & Cynthia Shultz
Stewarts Shops
Edward Swyer and Elizabeth Wild
Frank & Joanna Walsh

Honorary Committee
Betty Carol Barlyn & Lyle Barlyn
Michael & Linda Barnas
Mary Bintz and Joe Ladue
Ellen Brickman
Carol Bullard
James Cochran & Fran Pilato
Beth Fecteau
Teddy Foster
Elizabeth Garry & Betsy Cahill
Mark & Karen Glaser
M Sherry Gold & Wendell Lorang
Worth Gretter
Holly Katz & William Harris
Donna, G. David, and Sarah Hershey
Lisa Kissinger
Jean Leonard
Bennett & Deborah Liebman
Steve & Vivian Lobel
Glen McConky & Christine Haile
Ira Mendleson
James H. Miller & Chandlee S. Gill
Philip Morris
John Nigro
Neil & Shari Piper
Ellen Prakken
Howard J. & Susan P. Read
Joseph P. Lalka & Teresa Ribadenerya
Rosemarie Rosen
Keith & Mary Scott
John & Margaret Sherman
Rider Stanton
Inga Tomson
Terry Tyson
Stephanie Wacholder
Paul Wing

*as of July 22, 2025

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