Registration opened July 10

Fall Class Dates:
Folsom Classes
Location: Jesus Culture- 625 Coolidge Drive, Folsom

Aug. 17, 24, 31 
Sept 14, 21, 28
Oct. 5
Showcase Oct. 12

Roseville Classes
Location: Acton Academy Placer- 725 Vernon Street, Roseville

Aug. 20, 27
Sept 3, 10, 17, 24
Oct. 8
Showcase Oct. 15
Students ages 8-18 registering for a class in Roseville are eligible to audition for Sleeping Beauty the Musical.
Students ages 8-18 registering for a class in Folsom are eligible to audition for Footloose.


NOTE* - Auditions for both fall shows are August 14 & 15. Students may indicate on their audition form if they are willing to be cast in either show.  Class location change requests (after casting) will be considered on a case by case basis. 

$275 Class Fee (total per session)
$250 Production Fee (ages 8 -18 who audition and are cast in a show)


CYT Sacramento offers classes over the course of three sessions during the school year: Fall, Winter, and Spring.  A variety of classes are offered in drama, voice, dance, and specialty classes each session. Most of the classes are small to ensure personal attention and growth. At the end of a CYT session, students will come away with improved skills in the area of emphasis. 

Classes may include but are not limited to:
  • Our Gang (Ages 5-7) 
  • Dance/Movement
  • Drama 
  • Voice
  • Musical Theater
  • Auditions and Callbacks 
  • Comedy and Improv 
  • Technical Theater; such as Makeup, Set Design, etc.
  • Stunts and Combat.
Classes are held once a week for two hours over a period of eight to ten weeks. The session culminates with a showcase in which each class performs a brief prepared presentation, showcasing what they have learned over the session. Every CYT student participates in the Class Showcase!  

Students aged 8 – 18 who are enrolled in a class have the opportunity to audition for a CYT Broadway-style musical! Younger students may serve as ushers at CYT shows, and students ages 14 and up may work on a backstage crew. Visit the Shows page for more information on auditions. 

CLASSES/CAMPS REFUND POLICY-
ATTENDANCE:
please make every effort to attend ALL classes.  Students missing more than two classes are in jeopardy of not performing at showcase and attendance may affect their role in a show, if they are currently cast in a show.

NO REFUNDS OF ANY KIND OR CHANGES 2 weeks before the first day camp/class begins. Prior to 2 weeks a $25.00 cancellation fee per class is applied to refunds. Refunds are returned to the original form of payment. Camp/class changes are subject to availability. Tuition must be paid in full in order to register online for camp/class.
If you are in need of financial assistance, please submit your application to ensure it is reviewed before registration opens.  Scholarship Information and Application  

Teachers

A CYT Teacher’s mission is to train and instruct students in such a way as to promote the development of character, self­ esteem, and confidence. CYT teachers are qualified and experienced in the area in which they teach. They have been trained in the CYT methods of instruction and agree with the CYT values and outcome goals. All CYT teachers have been background checked and adhere to our CYT Mission and Values. Our teachers truly care about their students and provide a constructive and fun environment for them to learn.

Showcase

Parents, friends, and relatives are invited to attend CYT's Showcase performance on the last day / evening of classes, free of charge! Showcase is the grand finale of each session of classes, at which every class makes a 5­-10 minute presentation of something they have learned and rehearsed during the session. Don't miss the action!

How to Register

Set up a Family Account before you register for classes:
  1. Click on the "person" icon at top right corner of our website (to right of "DONATE" on any page).
  2. Click on "NEW ACCOUNT" in the pop up window.
  3. Fill out the information required, with the parent's info first.
  4. To add a child to the account, click on the +Family Member button.
If you are already have a Family Account, then (while logged in) follow these steps:
  1. Go to the "Classes" page
  2. First select your "Student's Age"
  3. Click on the Class Name of your choice
  4. Click on the "Register Now" button
  5. Select the family member that will be in the class
  6. You will now have an option to sign up for audition times. Auditions are not required.
  7. If you don't sign up now, you will have that option later in your family account.

Current Classes:

Class: Age: Chapter: Location: Day: Time: Start: End:
Act I: Street Jazz: Musical Theater Dance 13-18 Roseville
(Fall 2026)
Acton Academy Thu 4:00pm - 6:15pm Aug 20 Oct 15
Act I: AND....Scene! - Teen Drama 13-18 Roseville
(Fall 2026)
Acton Academy Thu 4:00pm - 6:15pm Aug 20 Oct 15
ACT I: Beyond the Notes: Teen Voice 13-18 Folsom
(Fall 2026)
Jesus Culture Mon 4:00pm - 6:15pm Aug 17 Oct 12
ACT I: Built for Broadway: Dance 11-15 Folsom
(Fall 2026)
Jesus Culture Mon 4:00pm - 6:15pm Aug 17 Oct 12
Act I: Dance Break! Musical Theater Dance 11-15 Roseville
(Fall 2026)
Acton Academy Thu 4:00pm - 6:15pm Aug 20 Oct 15
ACT I: Dancin’ on the Ceiling 8-12 Folsom
(Fall 2026)
Jesus Culture Mon 4:00pm - 6:15pm Aug 17 Oct 12
Act I: Once Upon a Time - Our Gang 5-7 Roseville
(Fall 2026)
Acton Academy Thu 4:00pm - 6:15pm Aug 20 Oct 15
ACT I: Singin’ About Dancin’ 8-12 Folsom
(Fall 2026)
Jesus Culture Mon 4:00pm - 6:15pm Aug 17 Oct 12
Act I: Wake Up & Sing 8-12 Roseville
(Fall 2026)
Acton Academy Thu 4:00pm - 6:15pm Aug 20 Oct 15
ACT I: What’s in a Scene? Teen Drama 13-18 Folsom
(Fall 2026)
Jesus Culture Mon 4:00pm - 6:15pm Aug 17 Oct 12
Act II: CCT: The Second Annual - The Best Christmas Pageant Ever 19-79 Roseville
(Fall 2026)
Acton Academy Thu 6:30pm - 8:45pm Aug 20 Oct 15
ACT II: Acting Out! 8-12 Folsom
(Fall 2026)
Jesus Culture Mon 6:30pm - 8:45pm Aug 17 Oct 12
Act II: Creating Characters Through Physicality 8-12 Roseville
(Fall 2026)
Acton Academy Thu 6:30pm - 8:45pm Aug 20 Oct 15
Act II: Sing It Real 13-18 Roseville
(Fall 2026)
Acton Academy Thu 6:30pm - 8:45pm Aug 20 Oct 15
ACT II: Technique Tune Up: Teen Dance 13-18 Folsom
(Fall 2026)
Jesus Culture Mon 6:30pm - 8:45pm Aug 17 Oct 12
Our Gang Interest Request Waitlist 5-7 Folsom
(Fall 2026)
Jesus Culture Mon 4:00pm - 6:15pm Aug 17 Oct 12

Current Teachers:

Alison Hall

Alison had been a dancer from kindergarten through college. She has learned many different styles of dance including tap, ballet, jazz, lyrical, and contemporary. She went on to be a gymnastics coach at Tricks for a few years. Most recently, Alison has received a MA in Special Education Teaching and is working as a special education teacher at an elementary school in the San Juan Unified School District. She is excited for this opportunity to work at CYT.


Jeanette Hall

Jeanette Hall has been a CYT Mom since 2016. She has been on many different parent teams and driven countless miles to and from rehearsals and performances. With a Bachelor of Music in Vocal Performance from CSUS and a teaching credential from Simpson University, God has led her to join the Teaching Staff at CYT. Jeanette has performed in many musicals over the years both at CSUS and in the community. Some of her favorite roles include Newsboy in Working, Elsie Darling in Very Good Eddie, and Peter in Peter Pan. She currently works for a local construction company in Labor Compliance. CYT gives her the opportunity to use her education and experience to help students learn to glorify God through the arts.


Jenny Guemmer

From musicals, to solo performance, to accompanying, directing or singing in choirs, Jenny has been performing and teaching most of her life. She began teaching voice and piano at Broadway Academy in Sacramento, CA, and has continued teaching for more than 25 years. She received her BA in Vocal Performance and Teaching Credential from San Jose State University. Since then, Jenny has taught general music, choir, piano and music theory at every grade level in public, private and charter schools. Jenny has been a church choir director, a founding member of The Choral Project, and has sung ten seasons with the Sacramento Master Singers. Jenny has been the vocal director for numerous youth musical theatre classes and productions, including CYT Sacramento for the past ten years. Jenny greatly enjoys helping people grow in confidence in their musicianship, performing skills, and other God-given gifts. Her greatest joy is spending time with her husband, sons and pets.


Jessilee Windhaus

Jessilee Windhaus is an improviser, actor, instructor, and entrepreneur born and raised in Sacramento. She brings over 10 years of experience in leadership in the performing arts and over 20 years of expertise in improv performance and instruction. She is currently a Teaching Artist at B Street Theatre. Additionally, Jessilee is the Founder and Executive Director of Haus of Comedy (hausofcomedy.com), Co-Founder of Empire Arts Collective, and Founder of That Plus Chips live sketch and improv comedy group. Jessilee has trained with the Upright Citizen's Brigade, The Groundlings, and many other esteemed improv instructors. She holds a Bachelor's in Theatre from CSU Sacramento. She has performed both nationwide and locally at comedy hubs like Sacramento Comedy Spot, STAB! Comedy, ComedySportz Sacramento, Empire Arts Collective, Dinner Detective, and Sutter Street Theatre. She served as the Director of High School League at ComedySportz Sacramento, Tour Actor/Director with the world-renowned Missoula Children's Theatre and is proud to join the team at CYT!


Naomi Velebit

Naomi is a CYT alum, excited to be back! She has a Bachelors degree in theater arts from Vanguard University, with an emphasis in musical theater. She has a love for the arts, (both visual and performing) and loves theater, partly because it combines so many different artistic forms. She has been learning, teaching, and choreographing various styles of dance for many years, and loves the puzzle of creating exciting pictures for the stage. Some of her favorite shows she has been in are Tuck Everlasting, the Great Divorce, and Frozen jr. As a choreographer, she has created beautiful storytelling for Junie B. Jones, Cinderella and Alice by Heart.


Shelley Crowley

Shelley Crowley took her first ballet class at the age of seven, not knowing it would be the beginning of a lifetime filled with dance. By the time she was fourteen she had already started her professional career as a soloist with Santa Clara Ballet Company. Classically trained, in both Vaganova and Royal Academy styles of ballet, she was an apprentice for San Francisco Ballet, and later became a member of Pacific Dance Theatre and Peninsula Ballet all before graduating from high school. After graduation, she attended UCLA as a Dance major, and continued her dance career, in Southern California as an industry dancer. Years later she decided to return to the Bay Area to continue her education at San Jose State University in the Theater Arts Department. Shelley started teaching dance while attending SJSU, and later moved to the Sacramento area where she founded Roseville School of Dance in the 90s. She was the director and choreographer for Valley Dance Repertoire, a pro/am performance and competition company. Shelley has had the honor of judging for many national dance competitions, including KAR and Starbound, and has taught master classes throughout Northern California. She has taught classical ballet, commercial & musical theater jazz, lyrical, and contemporary for many studios in the Sacramento Valley, including Lines School of Performing Arts, KAST Academy, Dance Elite All-Stars, Aria’s to the Pointe, and most recently, Studio 65 Dance Company, where she was the Musical Theater Director. What seems like a lifetime later, Shelley is a very proud mama of three amazing adults, and feels so blessed to now be a part of the CYT Family.


Thais Doyle

Thais Doyle is a native Californian and was raised in the Bay Area. She graduated from San Jose State University with a B.A. in Music Performance and Music Education with an emphasis in voice, piano and choral music. She went on to receive her Masters degree from Hope University in Southern California in Worship Ministry administration and leadership. Thais has spent almost forty years working in churches as a Worship Arts Pastor; teaching piano and voice lessons and working with bands and choirs of all ages in church, school and theater settings. Thais joined the teaching and directing staff at CYT in 2021 and has since been honored to teach, direct and be a part of the amazing CYT Family!


Wendy Hoover

Wendy Hoover has worked professionally as a singer, actor and violinist. At age ten, Wendy’s love for the theater was sparked when she first took to the stage as one of the original students in the founding years of CYT San Diego. She co-founded CYT Sacramento in 2012 and in addition to teaching various classes, Wendy has directed and/or music directed more than fifteen shows. She also teaches private voice lessons and enjoys working with singers of all skill levels to cultivate beautiful and healthful singing. She sang before she talked, started studying the violin at age four, and eventually attended the University of New Mexico, earning her degree in Music with an emphasis in voice. After gaining experience in dinner theater, cabaret, musical theater and opera, Wendy returned to Southern California and went on to play lead and supporting roles in theater, television, and film. Wendy is a principal artist with The Classic Theatre here in Placer County. She has played a variety of onstage roles including The Narrator in CCT's production of Joseph, Madame Vodskaya in The Gift of the Magi, Alice in Alice in Modernland, Christine in The Phantom in Concert, Sandy in Grease, and she even starred in a one-woman show called Marilyn...Sleepless Nights at the American Theater in Kansas City. However, people get most excited about Wendy’s appearance in the Hallmark Movie, Santa Jr. (you sappy Hallmark fans know who you are!). She also worked as a principal actor in a number of national, regional, and local commercials. Wendy and her husband Cris moved to the Sacramento area with their three dynamic kids in 2010. She’s deeply grateful to God for allowing her to use her peculiar array of gifts to serve Him and to serve this wonderfully awkward CYT family.


Wesley Schofield

Wesley has been dancing since he was nine years old. He now enjoys teaching and creating choreography. His specialty is Hip-Hop and has competed in many competitions throughout California and the west coast for 3 years while training under a variety of excellent choreographers. Wesley is a CYT alumni and has participated in 19 CYT shows. He has been blessed by the CYT organization in countless ways. Wesley is excited to teach his first CYT class! He is looking forward to getting to know all of his students and hopes everyone will have a great time learning the exciting dance style of Hip Hop!


Zane Hall

Zane Hall is a CYT Alumni who has been a part of various shows such as Godspell, Newsies, The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, and more! He is currently in his sophomore year at American River College majoring in elementary education, and is continuing his hobby of theatre by participating in shows at community theaters in the Sacramento area. Some of his favorite things include baseball (Go A’s), Phineas and Ferb, and family game nights. He has worked and volunteered at his church with the children’s ministry for the past 4 years fulfilling his passion for teaching and telling young people about Jesus.