Alorah Lingo

I love to be involved in all things theater! I have been in productions throught my entire life. I am teaching pre k at First Baptist, but want to continue working with fellow thespian.

Alysen Sherburne

Anna Murphy

Anna is a recent TCU graduate with a degree in Theater Design and Technology. She has been a part of CYT for 5 years. While in college she worked as a stage manager for the TCU Theater Department for 4 years, worked in scenic painting and has interned with multiple regional theaters across Texas.

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 and most recently, The Hunchback of Notre Dame! We love CYT!

Gabriel Landes

HannahBelle Taylor

HannahBelle Taylor has been a part of CYT SA/NB since 2019, and she has been involved in many aspects of the organization, including teaching, making costumes, stage managing (CCT’s Little Women), and directing (Annie JR., CCT’s Seussical the Musical, James and the Giant Peach JR., Oliver JR.). HannahBelle was homeschooled, and she began writing and directing at the age of 14. She found her life’s calling at such a young age because her mom believed in her and enabled her to pursue her creative passions, so she knows the importance of giving students the tools and opportunities to begin the journey into their own God-given calling.  HannahBelle’s goal is to spark creative fire in students, for they are the next generation of storytellers, creative geniuses, and world-changers! CYT/CCT has been a huge part of HannahBelle's life, and she even met her husband, Josh, when they worked together on Little Women! She and Josh currently live in New Braunfels with their cat, Mochi, and they are excited to now be on the artistic team for Matilda JR. together!

Heather Stamper

Heather Stamper holds a B.A. in Theater and is a seasoned creative, spanning work in New York, Los Angeles, North Carolina, South Carolina and Texas. A huge proponent of how theater benefits people with greater confidence and superior communication abilities, Heather believes in the power of community and connectedness that theater offers. Her repertoire of expertise includes the consent-based practice of Intimacy Direction, utilizing over 200+ hours of training with top organizations in the country. She works with IntimacyonStage.com consulting for performance companies & schools of all sizes to embed these human-centric practices into the fiber of performance arts and recently earned the Intimacy Educator Advocate distinction. Previously, she served as Executive Director for two different performance arts organizations, and worked in corporate management, during which time she earned a Six Sigma Green Belt, and was a highly recognized train-the-trainer for innovation and ideation facilitation. Heather happily serves her local church on the tech crew, is a freelance writer and performer, bakes sourdough bread, and crochets. She and her husband have been married 21 wonderful years and they have two sons, Tim and Eli. On stage some of her favorite experiences have been Eliza in My Fair Lady, Maria in Sound of Music (twice!), and leads in both The Mikado and The Threepenny Opera. Psalm 104:33: "I will sing to the Lord all my life; I will sing praise to my God as long as I live."

Heather Stubblefield

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.

Jessica Appleford

Jessica is excited to be apart of another session at CYT! Her favorite part of teaching at CYT is watching the students grow in their talent and confidence. Jessica, her husband (Chris) and two children (Jakob & Ally) love being apart of CYT from productions to behind the scenes. Recently the family was on stage together in CCT’s Beauty and the Beast. Jessica studied Liberal Arts at Fresno State with a concentration in Children & the Arts. CYT classes taught include Acting 101, Reader’s Theater, Musical Theater, Shakespeare and her personal favorite, Voice Overs & Commercials. Jessica currently teaches middle school at New Braunfels Middle School.

Mary Grace Kunefke

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.

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.

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.