Instructors

Maryclaire Becan
Owner/Director

Classes: Homeschool Acting, Beginning Acting, Acting I, Sketch Comedy, Teen Acting, Beginning Ballet/Tap, Tap Workshop, Ballet Workshop, Halloween Cabaret Workshop, Teen Directing Workshop, Hit The Road, Wannabe Glee

Maryclaire is happy to call San Antonio home after moving here in highschool with her family.  She briefly relocated to the Dallas/Fort Worth area to pursue her bachelor’s degree at the University of Dallas (2005) and worked with several theaters in the area, as well as helping start children’s theater programs at Artisan Center Theatre and Plaza Theatre Company.  She returned home in 2007 to fulfill her lifelong dream of opening a youth theater company in San Antonio.

In the last 15 years, Maryclaire has been a part of over 100 stage productions, taking on nearly ever role from performer to director to costume designer to choreographer to technical staff.  Here in San Antonio, she has performed on stage at The Steven Stoli Playhouse and Backyard Theater, The Cameo, The Woodlawn Theater, The Josephine Theater and San Pedro Playhouse.  Her favorite on stage performances include Beehive: The 60s Musical!, Hello Dolly, Fiddler on the Roof, Singin' in the Rain, The Music Man and Zombie Prom.

She is a choreographer for theaters around San Antonio as well as for NISD and NEISD.  Recent projects include Thoroughly Modern Millie, The Pajama Game and Curtains at San Pedro Playhouse and Forbidden Broadway at Cameo Center Theater.   This fall she can be seen playing Bebe in A Chorus Line at the San Pedro Playhouse and next summer, she'll be choreographing their production of The King And I.

Maryclaire is also a playwright, with thirteen interactive plays for children that have been performed and licensed throughout Texas, a full-length production, and is working on a book collection of scenes and monologues for young performers.

Lizel Sandoval
Instructor/Director

Classes: Acting II, Advanced Acting, Halloween Cabaret Workshop, Jazz Workshop, Hit The Road, Wannabe Glee

Lizel is happy to be a part of the Stone Oak Youth Theatre family.  She holds a BFA in Theatre Studies from the University of Texas at Austin and her teacher certification in theatre.  She started dancing and performing at the age of 6 and hasn’t stopped!  She has been seen in several shows at The San Pedro Playhouse, The Magik Theatre, and Six Flags Fiesta Texas.  Some of her favorite performances include West Side Story, Zombie Prom, Thoroughly Modern Millie, Victor/Victoria, Junie B. Jones and a Little Monkey Business, and Seussical The Musical.  Lizel can be seen on stage this fall playing Diana Morales in A Chorus Line at the San Pedro Playhouse.

Jillian Cox
Instructor

Classes: Private Voice Lessons, Hit The Road, Wannabe Glee

Jillian Cox is a well-known performer in San Antonio and a recipient of the Alamo Theater Arts Council Globe Award for her roles in Carousel, Brigadoon, High Hair and Jalapeños, Man of LaMancha.  Jillian has worked with Childrens Theatres in Dallas, San Antonio, and Tokyo, Japan. As a recent graduate from the University of Texas at San Antonio, Jillian is a well-known voice teacher in San Antonio.  Onstage, Ms. Cox has been seen in various San Antonio theatres including the San Pedro Playhouse, the Cameo Theatre, the UTSA Lyric Theatre, and the Josephine Theatre.  After recently returning from a solo concert tour in Japan, Jillian is gaining international renown for her talents.

Terrie Becan
Front Desk/Instructor

Classes: Private Piano Lessons

If you’ve ever been to Stone Oak Youth Theatre, you’ve met the smiling lady behind the front desk who our students affectionately call “Mim”.  Terrie has a BA in Education from the University of Dallas with a specialization in Music. She has been playing and teaching piano for more years than she wants to say.  She absolutely loves music, and believes that her job as a piano teacher is to make sure her students keep loving it too, even as they are challenged to progress.

Besides music ministry in church throughout the years, she also has a theatre career, having played Miss Lynch in Grease (Josephine Theater), a Pick-a-Little Lady in The Music Man (Josephine Theater) and Mama Bear, Mama Duck, Mama Rabbit and various characters in kids’ shows (Steven Stoli Backyard Theater).

Laurie Kincer
Front Desk/Instructor

Tillie
Theater Dog