Stage 2 Saturdays Staff

Nupi Gokhale – Director of Youth Programming

Nupi is the Director of Youth Programming for Theatre Ancaster.  She has her B.A.H. B.Ed, and is a high school drama teacher in the Grand Erie District School Board.  Apart from teaching, Nupi directs her high school’s annual spring musicals, and is usually involved in Theatre Ancaster’s mainstage productions as well as the Board of Directors.  This fall she will be directing Theatre Ancaster’s Beauty and the Beast while overseeing the Stage 2 and Stage 3 youth programs of the company. She is the proud mother of three children, all who have participated in our theatre programs.

This is Krista’s third year as program director for Stage 2 Saturdays. She is the lifeblood of our program, and has been involved with Theatre Ancaster for many years now as an instructor and as a performer.  She is a graduate of The Randolph Academy for Performing Arts and is a current student at Redeemer University with hopes of pursuing teaching.  Krista also teaches vocal music and drama at Avalon Music Academy. Most recently Krista has appeared in Cabaret and The Full Monty at the Westside Concert Theatre, along with You're a Good Man Charlie Brown with The Essential Players.

Mandy is returning for a third year working as Stage 2 Saturdays Choreographer and Dance Instructor.  She is also a dance instructor for Stage 2 Jitterbugs Summer Program.  Mandy is a second year environmental sciences student at McMaster University, and is heavily involved in the performing arts.  She has both choreographed and performed in many local productions, as well as danced for 17 years.