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Meet Our Directors
Our talented team brings years of personal and professional experience—both on stage and behind the scenes. As homeschooling parents ourselves, we’re passionate about creating a positive, encouraging environment where every student can build confidence and develop a lifelong love for theatre!
Meet Our Directors
Our talented team brings years of personal and professional experience—both on stage and behind the scenes. As homeschooling parents ourselves, we’re passionate about creating a positive, encouraging environment where every student can build confidence and develop a lifelong love for theatre!
Director of Operations
Nikki Miller
Homeschool mom of 4 with an amazing voice and incredible presence, Nikki is also a holistic nurse with experience running multiple successful businesses and speaking on big stages to thousands of people as an international educator on health and wellness.
Mrs. Nikki does a lot of the "behind the scenes" planning for all of SHPA's classes, events, and shows! As a nurse and former EMT, she also serves as our on-site medical liaison should the need arise.
Program Director
Jackie Freeman
Ms. Jackie brings over 20 years of experience in theatre, spanning performance, technical crew, and directing. She participated in Honors Drama in High School and was inducted into the International Theaspian Society in 2003. After High School, she attended UNC-Charlotte majoring in Secondary Education with a minor in Dance before moving on to other adventures and starting a family. Her passion for the arts led her to direct a homeschool theatre group in New York, where she nurtured young performers and fostered a love for the stage.
In 2021, Ms. Jackie relocated to sunny Florida, a move that blessed her and her children with exciting new opportunities in this amazing homeschool community. She now proudly serves as the director and choreographer for all of SHPA’s productions, sharing her creative vision and love of theatre with the next generation of performers.
When she’s not in rehearsal, Ms. Jackie enjoys playing board games and traveling with her three children.
Music Director
Krystle Anderson
A grown-up theatre kid herself, Krystle Anderson will be joining the SHPA team with over two decades of experience. Known for her classical yet engaging approach, she has directed and performed in musicals, worship bands, youth ensembles, and choirs, and has taught private voice and piano lessons.
Krystle began her journey in the arts at Booker High School’s VPA Theatre Program in Sarasota before studying music at the University of Tampa. In 2017, Krystle and her husband settled down in Parrish to raise their three children. As a homeschool mom herself, she appreciates utilizing a bespoke and faith based approach to theater and the performing arts for the next generation of performers. Currently she is serving as the Director of Classical Conversations Homeschool community and as a worship leader at her home church, North River Church in Parrish.
Krystle is looking forward to working in all musical aspects—from auditions to final performance—while helping them grow in both skill and confidence. Soli Deo Gloria.
Welcome
Let Your Light Shine
Sarasota Homeschool Performing Arts is an educational homeschool cooperative with a focus on the arts. Our goal is to help homeschool students learn to grow in the talents they were blessed with in an inclusive and uplifting environment. We want our students to learn to shine His light on and off the stage!
Join us for our fall semester.
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Meet Our Directors
Our talented team brings years of personal and professional experience—both on stage and behind the scenes. As homeschooling parents ourselves, we’re passionate about creating a positive, encouraging environment where every student can build confidence and develop a lifelong love for theatre!
