BACT Staff

Becca Posamentier has 18 years of administrative, teaching, and performing experience in theaters throughout California. A founding member of Bay Area Children’s Theatre, Becca is the Director of the Youth Education Program (YEP!). As the Camp and Family programs Manager at the San Francisco JCC, she directed extensive summer and vacation camps for children ages 5-12 in addition to creating a musical theater program for youth. Becca has taught performing arts at UCLA Unicamp, East Bay School of the Arts, University High School in Los Angeles, Stage Door Conservatory and the Berkeley and SF JCCs. She was the Academy Director at Playhouse West, and spent five years as an administrator and educator with Kaiser Permanente’s Education Theater Programs. She now a “Mom who Rocks” (recognized by Red Tricycle) to two children of her own, ages 7 and 4.

Derek Collard began his career in theatre as an actor at a young age. After years in NYC, he relocated to the Bay Area in 2009 to expand his interest in the arts. Since arriving here, he has worked with theatre companies such as TheatreWorks, ACT, Berkeley Rep, CenterREP, CCMT, Ray of Light, Bay Area Children’s Theatre, 42nd Street Moon to name a few. He has served as an Assistant/Associate Director with ACT, Berkeley Playhouse, McCarter Theatre and the Old Globe Theatre, as well as Director with the Arundel Playhouse, Gateway Playhouse, The Old Globe Theatre and Stars 2000. As an actor, he was recently seen as Lumiere in PCRT’s production of Beauty & The Beast. Prior to that, he has appeared in The Full Monty, Pinkalicious, A Year With Frog and Toad, A Christmas Carol, She Loves Me, Little Shop of Horrors (Shellie Award Winner – Best Supporting Actor in a Musical), Hairspray, Oliver!, Jubilee, Wildcat and High Spirits plus numerous readings and workshops. He has also worked with Disney, McCarter Theatre, The Old Globe Theatre, La Jolla Playhouse, San Diego Repertory, LA Reprise, City Center Encores and on several National and International Tours. Other Regional credits: Angels (Pre-Broadway), Christmas Carol, Nunsense A-Men, Bye, Bye Birdie, The Gold Wuthakee, A Funny Thing Happened … Forum, You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown, Funny, Pageant, Sweeney Todd, Rocky Horror Show, Drood!, Blood Brothers, My Favorite Year and Forever Plaid.

Min Kahng is a composer and playwright whose shows include Where the Mountain Meets the Moon: A Musical Adaptation, The Song of the Nightingale, and Tales of Olympus: A Greek Myth Musical. He is the recipient of the 2014 Theatre Bay Area Titan Award for Playwrights. Prior to his marketing work with BACT, he worked as a Marketing Manager for Safeway Inc. Min has also worked as director and musical director for many local theatre productions including the Youth Education Program productions of Beauty & the Beast Jr., Mulan Jr. and Aladdin Jr. www.minkahng.com

Eden moved to the Bay Area in 2010 where she served as an Artistic Intern, then as the first and only, Artistic Fellow, and finally as the Artistic Coordinator at California Shakespeare Theater. She studied acting at the University of Northern Iowa and earned her B.A. in Theatre Performance in 2009. Eden has acted in many productions and staged readings with companies all over the Bay Area and is a company member of Custom Made Theatre Company. She has performed on stage at BACT as Monkey 2 in Five Little Monkeys.

Alexis Oparah is a graduate of Duke University with a B.S in Neuroscience and Philosophy. While at Duke, Alexis developed a passion for music and the arts that culminated in her taking on the roles of house manager and head student administrator for Duke's Music Department. She came to the Bay Area in 2013 and put her administrative skills and love for working with children and music to work by directing Camp Doodles: San Francisco and joining the BACT team. Alexis is excited to learn more about the world of theater and continue growing her involvement in youth recreation and enrichment with Bay Area Children's Theatre!

Sandy Small is an audio engineer and sound designer. He holds a BAS in Sound Arts from Ex’pression College and has worked as a theater audio tech since 2009. He began working for Bay Area Children’s Theatre in the fall of 2011 as a crew member and has since contributed to their Youth Education Program as lighting designer and technical director, as well as to their production of Lyle the Crocodile as sound designer. He is also the co-progenitor and steward of BACT’s beloved Tapeball. Sandy records and very rarely performs experimental rock music under the monicker the Nondescript.

Austin joined Bay Area Children's Theatre in 2009 as a box office representative and is thrilled to continue on as the Patron Services Manager. He writes, performs, and teaches classes all around the Bay Area. For the Bay Area Children's Theatre main stage, Austin wrote and composed The Day the Crayons Quit - the Musical, and wrote Rudolph the Ugly Duckling. He was also the author and composer The Gold Rush Musical, Labcoats and Scapegoats: A Science Musicalamity, and Rock the Block: A Walk 'n' Roll Musical–all of which toured to schools throughout the Bay Area. He is in a bluegrass band. He is learning to juggle. He graduated from Stanford with a BA in Human Biology.

Francisco is a developing Theatre Maker with a background in Performance, Lighting Design and some Writing and Directing. With a B.A. in Theatrical Performance from San Francisco State University, he is continuing to learn and grow within the world of Children’s Theatre, with his amazing new family at BACT. Before returning to the Theatre, Francisco spent a number of years as a Veterinary Technician as well as a Counselor for youth battling mental illness. Francisco strongly believes in the magic of Theatre and its ability to transform lives, hoping to deliver this gift to as many children and adults throughout his lifetime.

Chelsea is thrilled to be part of the BACT family as an apprentice. She is currently studying Theatre in performance at Diablo Valley College, where she has appeared in The Children's Hour, and the 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee. She has recently begun studying technical theatre as well, working as an assistant stage manager and costumes in various shows. She is very thankful to have the opportunity to work with so many wonderfully talented people with BACT. She hopes to continue to learn and grow as a theatre professional.