The event was held on November 2nd, 2018 • 7:00-11:00 pm at the The Villa at Ridder Country Club • 390 Oak Street, East Bridgewater, MA 02333.
This year, our honorees included Teresa Capachione and Susan Silva and EB HOPE. We were pleased to highlight the impact these honorees have made to our community and thank them for their participation. A large group attended the gala, which was an opportunity to recognize their longstanding contributions to East Bridgewater as well as to support the Anne Kenneally Hynes Memorial Scholarship.
As we have done annually, the next AKHMS event will be in mid-June (at the time of Anne Hynes’s birthday), when we will dedicate a bench in honor of the 2018 honorees. You are all invited. There will be cake!
2018 Legends & Legacies Honorees
Teresa Capachione
- Graduate of East Bridgewater High School’s Class of 1978
- Studied at BFA Boston Conservatory of Music, Brown University, and Manhattan School of Music
- Performed as Beatrice in “A View From the Bridge,” Martha in “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf,” Lady Macbeth in “Macbeth,” Rose in “Gypsy,” Daisy in “Driving Miss Daisy,” and in many other productions
- Produced “Jesus Christ Superstar,” “Beauty & The Beast,” “Oliver,” “West Side Story,” and “RENT”
- Founded Capachione School of Performing Arts in 1986
- Studio Honors include:
- “Best Musical Theater School 2018” at the Access Broadway National Performing Arts Competition, earning an unprecedented number of Platinum Awards and winning first place in every vocal and acting category entered
- Recognition as an outstanding arts institution by the Yamaha Corporation
- Listed by Boston Parent’s Magazine in “Top 5 Programs”
- CSPA alumni are nationally recognized playwrights, producers and performers working in film, television, music and stage
Susan Silva and EB HOPE
Birthed out of the “Don’t be Blindsided” Opioid Awareness event in October 2011, EB HOPE was formed when Susan Silva approached former Police Chief John Cowan regarding the pressing need for substance abuse outreach services within the community. Since that time, EB HOPE:
- Became a Community Coalition in 2012; achieved Nonprofit Status 2013
- Has held Annual Community Overdose Vigils to Remember those lost to the Epidemic
- Partnered with the EB Public Schools in presenting “Sports Smart” and other educational awareness events
- Opened EB HOPE Outreach Drop-In Center in November 2015
- Merged with Plymouth Outreach in June 2017, forming Plymouth County Outreach HOPE, Inc.
In recognition of their work and achievements:
- PCO HOPE was awarded Massachusetts Dept. of Public Health earmark funds for its work in East Bridgewater
- Executive Director Silva received the 2017 Rotary Club Citizen of the Year Award and was the East Bridgewater Christmas Parade Grand Marshall