Experience the gift of storytelling through theatre arts.
Our Mission
City On A Hill Youth Theater provides a quality theatrical experience for home-schooled high school students.
We offer a vibrant peer community that enriches students’ artistic education, equips them with Biblical values, and empowers them with essential life skills, while producing wholesome stage plays that entertain the families in the Central Virginia region.
COAHYT has been telling stories since Fall 2011.
Entertain
We produce high-quality, God-honoring, family-friendly shows for our local Lynchburg community.
Educate
We supplement your homeschool curriculum by teaching skills in the performing arts and providing a living history experience through period dramas and comedies.
Enrich
We offer a vibrant peer community that allows students to create friendships and encourage each other while they grow as storytellers and as young adults.
Equip
We seek to prepare our students with essential life skills and Biblical values as they learn how to integrate their worldview into our modern culture.
Meet Our Team
John Knaus
Founding Co-Director
John Knaus, hailing from picturesque upstate New York, has always been drawn to the enchanting world of theater. His journey into the spotlight began in his formative years, where he honed his acting skills on the stages of his local high school.
Today, as John continues to inspire and uplift audiences with stage directions, he remains steadfast in his commitment to fostering a legacy of passion, perseverance, artistic excellence, and ministry for God for generations to come.
Alyson Wagner
Founding Co-Director
Alyson Wagner has a passion for teenagers that began when she was a student at Liberty University. She has taught literature, history, rhetoric, and worldview in the local homeschool community since 2006.
As a founding Director of City On A Hill Youth Theater, investing in the lives of over 250 teenagers who have participated in COAHYT is one of Alyson’s greatest privileges and responsibilities.
Jaymee Wagner
Production Manager/
Summer Production Director
Jaymee holds B.A. degrees in Theatre Arts: Production, Theatre Arts: Dramaturgy, and English from Liberty University. She has worked locally with Alluvion Stage Company and several community theaters, as well as Provision Theater in Chicago.
She loves using her skills to teach and invest in COAHYT’s students.
Peter Pan and Wendy
By Lauren M. Gunderson
Adapted from the play by J.M. Barrie
SHOWING: November 13-15 & 20-22
Bold, budding scientist Wendy Darling dreams of earning a Nobel Prize. When Peter Pan arrives at her bedroom window, she takes a leap and leaves finishing school behind, chasing adventure among the stars. Facing down fairies, mermaids, and the dastardly Captain Hook, Wendy, Peter, and their friends discover the power of standing up together for what’s right.
Adapted from J.M. Barrie’s classic PETER PAN, Lauren M. Gunderson's brand new script, is reimagined for a new generation of theatregoers as a bright, charming, and empowering play for all ages.
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