Instructors are qualified in teaching and/or performing, and strive to be excellent role models.
Learn More| Class: | Age: | Chapter: | Location: | Day: | Time: | Start: | End: |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Act I: A Very COOL Our Gang Class | 5-7 | Folsom (Winter 2027) |
Jesus Culture | Mon | 4:00pm - 6:15pm | Nov 16 | Jan 25 |
| Act I: Acting in Faith: Acting Intensive-Teens | 13-18 | Folsom (Winter 2027) |
Jesus Culture | Mon | 4:00pm - 6:15pm | Nov 16 | Jan 25 |
| Act I: All Together Now - Kids Drama | 8-12 | Roseville (Winter 2027) |
Acton Academy | Thu | 4:00pm - 6:15pm | Nov 19 | Jan 28 |
| Act I: Realistic Acting | 8-12 | Folsom (Winter 2027) |
Jesus Culture | Mon | 4:00pm - 6:15pm | Nov 16 | Jan 25 |
| Act I: Show Ready: Follow the Yellow Brick Road - Our Gang | 5-7 | Roseville (Winter 2027) |
Acton Academy | Thu | 4:00pm - 6:15pm | Nov 19 | Jan 28 |
| Act I: Sing AND Dance ?! | 8-12 | Roseville (Winter 2027) |
Acton Academy | Thu | 4:00pm - 6:15pm | Nov 19 | Jan 28 |
| Act I: Stories in Motion - Teen Dance | 13-18 | Roseville (Winter 2027) |
Acton Academy | Thu | 4:00pm - 6:15pm | Nov 19 | Jan 28 |
| Act I: Syncopation Nation: Rhythm & Voice | 13-18 | Roseville (Winter 2027) |
Acton Academy | Thu | 4:00pm - 6:15pm | Nov 19 | Jan 28 |
| Act I: Upbeat & On Your Feet - Kids Specialty | 8-12 | Folsom (Winter 2027) |
Jesus Culture | Mon | 4:00pm - 6:15pm | Nov 16 | Jan 25 |
| Act II: Audition Prep for Kids | 8-12 | Folsom (Winter 2027) |
Jesus Culture | Mon | 6:30pm - 8:45pm | Nov 16 | Jan 25 |
| Act II: Character Make Up Through the Ages | 11-18 | Folsom (Winter 2027) |
Jesus Culture | Mon | 6:30pm - 8:45pm | Nov 16 | Jan 25 |
| Act II: Side by Side - CCT Dance | 19-79 | Roseville (Winter 2027) |
Acton Academy | Thu | 6:30pm - 8:45pm | Nov 19 | Jan 28 |
| Act II: Syncopation Nation: Rhythm & Voice | 13-18 | Folsom (Winter 2027) |
Jesus Culture | Mon | 6:30pm - 8:45pm | Nov 16 | Jan 25 |
| Act II: Upbeat & On Your Feet - Kids Specialty | 8-12 | Roseville (Winter 2027) |
Acton Academy | Thu | 6:30pm - 8:45pm | Nov 19 | Jan 28 |
| Act II: Yes, Let's Improv! Teen Specialty | 13-18 | Roseville (Winter 2027) |
Acton Academy | Thu | 6:30pm - 8:45pm | Nov 19 | Jan 28 |
| Act II: Tap & Ballet Combo | 8-14 | Roseville (Winter 2027) |
Acton Academy | Thu | 6:30pm - 8:45pm | Nov 19 | Jan 28 |

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.

Iris is so excited to be teaching at CYT. She is a CYT alumni, and has been involved and been in love with theater since she was young. She has been providing childcare in one form or another for about 5 years. She is so grateful she gets to share her enthusiasm and passion for theater arts with your kids!

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.

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!

Kim has enjoyed doing hair and makeup since her early teens, and got her Cosmetology License at the peak of spiral perms, mullets and big hair. Her decade of professional experience included working as a hair stylist, teaching hair cutting techniques, doing makeup for a local photographer and competing in local and national hairstyling competitions. It has been her pleasure to volunteer on the hair and makeup team at CYT. She loves the challenges, such as learning to style wigs, create hair pieces like Queen Victoria's bun for the show A Little Princess, and how to create bruises. Most of all, Kim really enjoys getting to know the students and helping them bring their role to life. She is excited to share her skills with the creative, adventurous students at CYT.

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 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 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 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.

Zane Hall is a CYT Alumni who has been a part of various shows such as Little Shop of Horrors, Newsies, The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, and more! He is currently finishing his last semester 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 6 years fulfilling his passion for teaching and telling young people about Jesus.