About BAC Stage Kids

BAC Stage Kids is the award-winning resident children’s theatre company at the BAC.

Our Mission

To provide a safe, professional and fun environment for local children to explore, create and learn through the art of theatre and provide a strong theatrical education to prepare them for advancement in the field.

Our Vision

The BAC Stage Kids program has been developed into a formal year-round children’s theatre program at the Brewery Arts Center, in which children are taught the basics and as their skills progress, more advanced techniques of theatre, music, movement and technical theatre in a more organized, formal setting.  This program provides a safe, professional environment for dedicated children to explore, create and learn through theatre.  It offers compensation for the decreasing arts programs in schools, and gives children the proper exposure and training needed before moving into high school and community programs.  Children participating in this program gain an increased appreciation and respect for the art and work that goes into theatre, and hopefully, a desire to continue in programs at the Brewery Arts Center and throughout the community.  Their involvement increases their skills both onstage and off.  This program offers a structured curriculum, and includes instruction in acting, music, voice, theatre technology, theatre appreciation and etiquette, as well as creates opportunities for children to perform in several full-blown theatrical productions, workshops and camps throughout the year.  Providing children with a solid foundation in these fundamentals will not only increase the quality of children’s theatre in the area, but will also increase the quality of Carson City’s high school and community theatre once these students reach those levels.

Our Values

The BAC Stage Kids program operates based on a set of values, including but not limited to:

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Meet the BAC Stage Kids Instructors 2011

Andie Anderson (Artistic Director; Director: BAC to Broadway Kids, My Son Pinocchio; Instructor: Playmaking) holds a B.A. in Theatre Arts from University of Nevada, Reno and an M.A. in Theatre Education from Emerson College, Boston.  She has served as artistic director and instructor for the BAC Stage Kids program since 2006.  She is also an accomplished actor, singer and dancer, having been a part of the Northern Nevada arts community since the age of six, and has been seen performing on stages coast to coast.

Scott Anderson (Assistant Director: BAC to Broadway Kids) has been elected Board President of the Brewery Arts Center. He has served on the Brewery Arts Center’s board of directors since 2009.  Scott has been involved with Carson City, Reno and Tahoe theater companies as an actor, technician, stage manager, set designer and builder, and promoter since 1991 and has been highly involved with the BAC Stage Kids Program since 2003. He was a founding member and board member of the Sierra Tahoe Theater Company.  By day Scott is Nevada Deputy Secretary of State for Commercial Recordings, a position he has held since 1997 that oversees the Division that processes and maintains the documents of more than 300,000 business entities on file with the Secretary of State’s office. Scott also serves on the governing board of the International Association of Commercial Administrators (IACA) and as a coach and executive board member of the Nevada Bighorns Baseball organization. Scott holds a business administration degree from the University of Nevada, Reno, and is a certified public accountant.  He lives in Carson City with his wife and family. 

Cassie Brockway (Choreographer: Music Man Jr.; Instructor: Musical Theatre Dance) has been dancing and performing since the age of 4.  She began her training in San Francisco, which led to many performance opportunities with the San Francisco Theatre Ballet, San Jose Civic Light Opera, and Marriott’s Great America.  Her career then led her to Lake Tahoe, Japan and Las Vegas.  Cassie settled down to marry and raise a family, yet continued to teach and choreograph at Western Nevada College while running her own Dance Studio in Carson City.  Cassie, with over 30 years of teaching experience, is currently owner/teacher of The Performing Arts Project of Northern Nevada in Minden.

Tami Castillo Shelton (Director: Music Man Jr.) has degrees in theatre and dance and works as a professional theatrical director, choreographer, arts educator, arts administrator and consultant. She is a Kennedy Center trained Residency Artist; and works with Sierra Arts as a Residency Artist and instructor of professional development for Classroom Teachers in the Arts Infusion Project for the Washoe County School District. She was chosen to represent the Pacific North West in the American Choreographers Awards and her work has been commissioned nationally and internationally by many festivals, universities and theater groups as well as the Portland Rose Festival Association in Portland, OR, the Bumbershoot Arts Festival in Seattle,WA, and the TenPass Dance Series in Manhattan, NY. As a performer she has had the privilege to work with acclaimed choreographers and directors such as Danny Lewis of Juilliard and Donald McKayle of the Alvin Ailey Company and collaborated in performance with many wonderful artists such as pianist Tom Grant. She is excited to be the new Director of Programs at the Brewery Arts Center and calling Nevada her home.

Briana Valley (Musical Director: Music Man Jr.; Instructor: Class Voice) graduated with a BM in Music Education from the University of Nevada, Reno.  She has been working as the Musical Director for the BAC Stage Kids for the past 4 years and recently finished her first year teaching Choir at Carson Middle School in Carson City, NV.