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Learn MoreClass: | Age: | Chapter: | Location: | Day: | Time: | Start: | End: |
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Act I: Acting Your Subtext | 13-18 | Roseville (Fall 2024) |
Bayside Adventure Church | Thu | 4:00pm - 6:15pm | Aug 22 | Oct 17 |
Act I: Broadway Bound - Wiggles/Our Gang | 5-7 | Roseville (Fall 2024) |
Bayside Adventure Church | Thu | 4:00pm - 6:00pm | Aug 22 | Oct 17 |
Act I: Broadway Bound / Our Gang | 5-7 | Folsom (Fall 2024) |
Oak Hills Church | Mon | 4:15pm - 6:15pm | Aug 05 | Sep 30 |
Act I: Bust-a-Move Broadway | 8-12 | Folsom (Fall 2024) |
Oak Hills Church | Mon | 4:15pm - 6:30pm | Aug 05 | Sep 30 |
Act I: Creating Character | 8-12 | Roseville (Fall 2024) |
Bayside Adventure Church | Thu | 4:00pm - 6:15pm | Aug 22 | Oct 17 |
Act I: Jazz & Lyrical Dance | 8-12 | Roseville (Fall 2024) |
Bayside Adventure Church | Thu | 4:00pm - 6:15pm | Aug 22 | Oct 17 |
Act I: Music Theater & Partner Dance | 13-18 | Roseville (Fall 2024) |
Bayside Adventure Church | Thu | 4:00pm - 6:15pm | Aug 22 | Oct 17 |
Act I: Perfect Harmony | 13-18 | Folsom (Fall 2024) |
Oak Hills Church | Mon | 4:15pm - 6:30pm | Aug 05 | Sep 30 |
Act I: Specialty Makeup - from Swamp to Castle! | 11-18 | Folsom (Fall 2024) |
Oak Hills Church | Mon | 4:15pm - 6:30pm | Aug 05 | Sep 30 |
Act I: Tapitty Tap Tap Tap | 13-18 | Folsom (Fall 2024) |
Oak Hills Church | Mon | 4:15pm - 6:30pm | Aug 05 | Sep 30 |
Act I: The Good Kind of Drama | 8-12 | Folsom (Fall 2024) |
Oak Hills Church | Mon | 4:15pm - 6:30pm | Aug 05 | Sep 30 |
Act I: So You Think You Can Sing! | 8-12 | Roseville (Fall 2024) |
Bayside Adventure Church | Thu | 4:00pm - 6:15pm | Aug 22 | Oct 17 |
Act II: Behind the Lines | 13-18 | Roseville (Fall 2024) |
Bayside Adventure Church | Thu | 6:30pm - 8:45pm | Aug 22 | Oct 17 |
Act II: CCT - Dancing Through the Decades | 19-79 | Roseville (Fall 2024) |
Bayside Adventure Church | Thu | 6:30pm - 8:45pm | Aug 22 | Oct 17 |
Act II: Not Mellow Drama | 8-12 | Roseville (Fall 2024) |
Bayside Adventure Church | Thu | 6:30pm - 8:45pm | Aug 22 | Oct 17 |
Act II: Pitch Perfect | 13-18 | Roseville (Fall 2024) |
Bayside Adventure Church | Thu | 6:30pm - 8:45pm | Aug 22 | Oct 17 |
Act II: Toe Tappin' Fun | 8-12 | Roseville (Fall 2024) |
Bayside Adventure Church | Thu | 6:30pm - 8:45pm | Aug 22 | Oct 17 |
Act II: Umm...Line? Improv | 13-18 | Roseville (Fall 2024) |
Bayside Adventure Church | Thu | 6:30pm - 8:45pm | Aug 22 | Oct 17 |
Starting at age nine, Alyssa began performing in local church shows. She joined El Dorado Musical Theater and for five years took multiple dance, singing and acting classes (including advanced jazz and tap) and performed in numerous shows. At Ponderosa High School she’s enjoyed lead roles as Cinderella in “Into the Woods”, Dorothy in “Wizard of Oz” and Belle in “Game of Tiaras” to name a few. She also directed her first show “Radium Girls”. Most recently Alyssa performed at Sutter Street Theater as well as choreographed shows including “Be More Chill- The Revival” and “Legally Blonde”. In May, 2022 Alyssa will graduate from Ponderosa High School and Folsom Lake College with two associate degrees. She plans to continue in theater and teaching dance for many years!
Bianca, a CYT Sacramento alumni, is a recent graduate of William Jessup University, with her degree in Theatre, and her concentration in Musical Theatre. She performed in thirteen CYT productions and several other productions outside of CYT. Some of her favorite roles include Marian Paroo in Music Man, Sabine in The Three Musketeers, Olive in 25th Annual Putnum County Spelling Bee, and most recently Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz. Bianca is passionate about her relationship with Christ and would like to bring that passion to the performing arts community some day. She loves CYT and the family she has built there. She is excited about giving back where she discovered her love of the performing arts.
Dani has been thrown into the arts since she was four. Her adoration for story telling has driven her through life and has only grown with her. After graduating from CYT, she studied locally at Sierra College, and then continued on to get her Bachelor's in Theatre Arts at CSU Long Beach. Her passion for the arts and her nurturing nature has lead her to teaching. She's grateful for CYT and all the memories she made as a student, and she is looking forward to the new ones that are just around the corner!
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.
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.
Lydia Sandy is a graduate student at the University of Notre Dame earning her master of education through the Alliance of Catholic Education program. She currently works as a 4th-grade teacher at St. John Vianney Catholic School in Rancho Cordova, CA. Lydia graduated from Santa Clara University in 2023 with a BS in Child Studies and Religious Studies with a minor in Urban Education. She was born and raised in San Diego and grew up as a CYT/CCT kid from 5-18! At CYT San Diego she participated in over 15 shows and worked as a summer camp counselor. Her passions include Irish Dancing, tap dancing, and going on a Disney Cruise! She is grateful for this opportunity to give back to the program that shaped her into a better person today and is excited to join the CYT Sacramento family!
Naomi is a CYT alum, excited to be back! She is finishing up her 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.
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.
Tarah is a CYT alumni who has a passion for all things involving Jesus, music, kids, and dance. She has performed in many musicals in the ten years she has spent with CYT, as well as choregraphed for CYT-at-School classes. For the last year she performed and stage managed with the True Girl U.S. Tour, a ministry dedicated to bringing moms and daughters closer to Christ with a fun, musical, and Biblically-rooted event. This year Tarah is combining both her passions of ministry and the arts by starting at William Jessup University with a major in leadership and a minor in theatre. She is ecstatic to share her love of theatre and be back with 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!
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.