Alliyah Campbell

Alliyah has been teaching with CYT for some time now and after taking a small break she is back and excited to teach again! Alliyah has been a dancer for most of her life! Her favorite dance styles are Hip-Hop, Ballet, and Jazz. She has attended many professional workshops and classes to develop her skills and grow as a dancer/performer. She is passionate about all things dance and loves to share her knowledge with students. CYT is a family affair for Alliyah as her younger sister D’Lani is a current CYT student, her older Brother has directed, and her Mom is a member of the CYT Board. Not only is Alliyah passionate about dance but she is also passionate about kids, she has taught kids since the early age of 8 years old and has no plans on stopping. Alliyah is excited to work with your students!

Bobby Tschoepe

A native Texan, Bobby Tschoepe is recent graduate of Texas Lutheran University receiving his Music Education degree with Vocal Emphasis. Bobby has performed in many environments, including church dramas, choirs, and several worship teams, including his home church, Northpoint. Bobby is currently an active performer at the Magik Theater in San Antonio and has also been seen at the The Public Theater of San Antonio (Newsies as Crutchie) and has also recently performed at the Zilker Hillside Theater in Austin in The Little Mermaid (Jetsam) & Shrek the Musical (Pinocchio). As a CYT alumni, Bobby has been in shows including Peter Pan Jr. and Seussical the Musical, and he has assisted with several seasons of CYT shows in multiple capacities, including directing, choreography, music, green room, tech and backstage crew. He enjoys helping kids develop the gifts and abilities God has given them. Bobby looks forward to working further with our awesome CYT students and parents this year, and looks forward to an awesome season of classes and shows! Psalms 92 and 103

Chad Tulp

Chad Tulp has been involved with CYT SA/NB since 2019 with two of his kids being in several CYT shows. While his involvement has primarily been behind the scenes building sets, he is excited to join CYT as a teacher this session. He has a Bachelor's in Communications and Theology, and a Master's in Education and has loved music and theater since he was a kid. He is looking forward to working alongside his wife, Ms. Naomi, and investing in the lives of the students and families of this awesome CYT community!

Chelsea dePaula

Chelsea dePaula is a performer and choreographer whose passion is discovering other people’s strengths and creating opportunities for them to meet their potential. She holds a BFA in Dance and a M.Ed. in Talent Development from Texas State University, and has performed both in the USA and internationally (The Addams Family (Wednesday), RENT (Joanne), WILD (The Predator), Raw Arts Dance Festival (Dance Captain), Showtime Rock Festival, Jazz Nutcracker, Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade). Chelsea currently trains with The Broadway Collective, and can often be seen singing in the worship team at Hope Arise UMC. Chelsea is so excited to share her experience and coach musical theatre students with CYT! Jonah 2:10

Devon Zukowski

I'm a mother of 3 and wife to Joe! I have a vocal performance degree from the University of Mary-Hardin Baylor and LOVE jazz and blues and musical theatre! I'm so glad to be back teaching at CYT and to have my son and daughters try out for shows! We love our CYT family and think this is a very special safe place for kids to learn theater skills, music and dance. I have been the musical director for Aladdin Jr., Annie Jr. and Frozen Jr. and have also been the Director for The Little Mermaid!! My whole family was involved with CCT's Beauty and the Beast! We love CYT!

Ivy Cantu

Ivy Cantu is a recent graduate from Texas State University where she earned a Bachelor of Music in Vocal Performance. She is an accomplished soprano, with several world premieres and well known opera roles under her belt, including Mother in Hansel and Gretel, 1st Lady in The Magic Flute, Mrs. Gleaton in Susannah, Queen Dido in Dido and Aeneas, and a soloist in Howl (world premiere). She made her debut with Alamo City Opera in their production of Maria de Buenos Aires (2016),Texas Concert Opera Collective in their production of Susannah as Mrs. Gleaton (2019), Austin Opera in their production of Everest (2019), and Local Opera Local Artists (LOLA) in Dido and Aeneas as the lead, Queen Dido (2019). She recently won first place in the Edward Baird Singer of the Year competition at Texoma NATS in 2018 and third place in the Meistersinger Competition at AIMS in Graz, Austria in 2019. Miss Cantu had her own voice studio for two consecutive years of high school students at San Marcos High School in San Marcos, TX. She also has worked as a freelance make-up artist and has worked make-up backstage for several operas. She loves to create and is known for her bright spirit and encouraging demeanor.

Jennifer Acevedo

Jennifer is very excited to be teaching Voice for Teens this semester at CYT! After teaching private studio voice for 14 years, Jennifer is ready to be back to coaching the next generation in their singing endeavors. Jennifer studied Choral & Instrumental Music Education at Ball State University and went on to perform professionally with Gaylord Entertainment, Opryland Productions, Cedar Fair Ltd., and Showbiz International. 25 years ago Jennifer laid down her professional music career to get married, raise a family, and serve the local church.Jennifer has led worship since she was 12 years old, been part of many ensembles and recordings, and shared the stage with many lifelong friends because of music. Most recent CCT shows you may have seen Jennifer in are: The Sound of Music (2021), Little Women (2022), and Beauty and the Beast (2023). When Jennifer is not onstage, you can find her spending time with her husband of 25 years, Mike, and their three daughters Lydia, Sophia, and Victoria.

Jeremiah Jordon

For the past 10 years, Jeremiah has performed and choreographed all around the state of Texas. As well as in New York and New Jersey. He is proud to say for the past 7 years he has choreographed and instructed students in the art of dance at CYT San Antonio and also CYT Austin. Most recently was nominated for an ATAC award for choreographing The Color Purple, Texas premiere, Jeremiah has set out to make this one a show that will keep the whole family in awe. Based in the greater Austin area, he has been blessed to be around family and friends that drive him and his work to grow in ways he never thought possible. Equipping those with the talents and skills he has acquired over the years is one of his many passions.

Liz Wilson

Liz Wilson is a New Braunfels native. Blessed wife of Justin, and mother of 5. She has a theater background as well as ballet, tap, cotillion, karate, cheerleading, choir, and minor modeling. Recently she had the blessing of chairing props for CCT's Beauty and the Beast, and performing as an Enchanted Object! She also recently chaired props for Elf Jr and Tuck Everlasting! She and her family love being part of the CYT community. This is a place where we really are like family! She hopes you feel loved and welcomed as you enter this session with us!

Mary Tschoepe

Mary is blessed to be the wife of Steve and the mother of Bobby and Tim and the mother-in-love of McKenna. She has been teaching in some capacity for 37 years. She became a part of the CYT family in 2013 when Bobby joined Encore as a performer and has been a behind the scenes partner ever since, supporting the endeavors of Bobby leading and Steve performing. Mary is thrilled and honored to join the team as an instructor this session. Mary began her teaching career in the inner city of San Antonio until Bobby was born and then homeschooled until both sons graduated. She currently teaches at a 1 day homeschool academy called Kaleo, tutors several students, and ministers to the littles of Northpoint Church. She is excited to sow into the kids of CYT the truth that God has created them with talents and abilities and a calling to glorify Him. Ephesians 2:10

MelRae Ambs

MelRae is excited to take on a new role at CYT/CCT in teaching sewing and technical theatre classes. Bringing excellence to these supporting elements is rewarding and essential to telling the story! A mom of 8, former speech & debate director, with a tech background (lights, sound, computer), MelRae and her family have been a part of several CYT shows and have served in many capacities, including costuming, specialty prop building, lighting, and LED Panel design.

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Montana Hewitt

Montana recently moved from New Orleans to attend college at Texas State University! She is working on her theater education degree and has about a year left of school. She is so excited to be teaching her first theater class at CYT for the first time after assisting with classes in the Winter session.

Nikki Marquez

First and foremost Nikki is a lover of Jesus, a wife to Tony, and a mother to her 2 boys. Nikki has been an instructor for over 10 years in the San Antonio community and in March 2023, she attained a dual bachelor of education and Special Education. Such classes as Shakespeare, Improv, and theater makeup, with some CORE & STEAM subjects, are her staples. She has been blessed to come from a theater background in her formative years with various roles as an actress, and assistant director, and worked for stage crew in such shows as Romeo & Juliet, Much Ado About Nothing, Rosencrantz & Guildenstern are Dead, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, and Grease. Nikki was also a proud member of her level 2 Jazz choir and won state 2 years in a row and participated in drill and color guard teams. She has sung on her local churches' worship teams and ran the praise team for kids' church which included minimal dance. Most recently she was able to join the cast of Beauty and the Beast (summer 2023) and Seussical (summer, 2022) and had a blast! Nikki takes every opportunity to be involved with the arts and thoroughly enjoys supporting CYT and its awesome community!

Robyn Werner

Robyn is so excited to be returning as a teacher for another session! She has been married for 15 years and is the mama to five amazing kids. She first started studying musical theatre in high school at North East School of the Arts in San Antonio and went on to study musical theatre at Ouachita Baptist University in Arkansas. In recent years, she was Mrs. Potts in Beauty and the Beast in Midland, TX and in both CCT’s Sound of Music (Sister Berthe) and Suessical (Bird Girl) She enjoys working with children and is currently a preschool teacher at First Baptist New Braunfels. She has loved being apart of the warm, welcoming community here at CYT and loves that her children are apart of it too. Ephesians 3:20

Saundra Decker

Saundra Decker began her dance and performance journey (a long time ago) at the age of 6. She was a competitive dancer, twirler and singer throughout her childhood accumulating over 100 national titles as well as over 1,000 awards for her performances. She graduated from West Virginia University with a degree in Theater Arts and a minor in dance. She was crowned Miss West Virginia in 1987 and competed at the 1988 Miss America Pageant where she received a non-finalist talent award and the Cavalier Talent Scholarship award. She was co-owner and instructor of Performer's Academy in San Antonio, Texas, a studio providing ballet, jazz, tap and baton twirling for all ages for over 10 years. As a choreographer, Mrs. Decker has also coached numerous State Champion colorguards for high schools in Texas and surrounding states. She homeschooled her daughter, Cassidy Decker for 9 years and has loved giving her the opportunities to grow and blossom with her God given gifts and talents. CYT has been a second home to Saundra and her family and she is more than excited to help her CYT students to learn, grow and become proficient and expressive in their dance skills.

Valerie Lietz

An Illinois transplant, Valerie, Marty, her husband of 27 years, and her four children have made their home in New Braunfels since 2010. With a bachelor’s degree in Music Education, Valerie has been teaching instrumental and vocal music for over 30 years. Valerie directs the three choirs at Grace Preparatory Academy, teaches privately, and sings on the worship team at her church. At CYT, Valerie has musically directed numerous main stage productions and summer camps and directed the 2021 production of Shrek. She loves investing in the lives of the young men and women at CYT, encouraging them to develop their God-g0iven gifts. Valerie would like to thank her family for supporting her on this journey, and the almighty God for His hand of grace and mercy!