Meet the Team

Kidstock!'s team of creative professionals are trained educators, as well as singers, actors, and comedians themselves! ​

Brian MilTON
FOUNDING CREATIVE DIRECTOR

Brian is the founding creative director of Kidstock! Creative Theater. He is a life long resident of Winchester, a graduate of Tufts University and occasionally a florist/special events designer.  His past directing and design credits include work with the Boston Children’s Theatre, the Winchester Cooperative Theater, and the Lyric Stage Company in Boston where he produced the family theater series “Once Upon A Time with Kidstock!”  Brian directed 15 productions at Winchester High School over more than 10 years including an award winning production of Taming of the Shrew.  His  Director/Designer credits at NDT include You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown, Little Shop of Horrors, Lettice & Lovage, Into the Woods, 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (IRNE nomination), Lend Me A Tenor, Steel Magnolias, 9-5, Sunset Blvd, The Cemetery Club, Next to Normal, Gypsy, God of Carnage & A Little Night Music.

Jackie Daley
EDUCATIONAL ARTIST - EDUCATION & ENRICHMENT

Jackie has been part of our management team and a Kidstock! educator and performer since 2017.  She delights in directing, teaching, creating shows, and developing curriculum that fosters confidence, creativity, and empathy in young performers and storytellers.  Jackie earned her BA from the University of Connecticut and is a Certified Kripalu YogaDance instructor.  She completed the courses at Improv Boston Comedy School, has performed long form improv and improvised musicals in and around Boston, and is a member of Acme Improv Company. Previously, she served as the Instructor and Coordinator of the Arts for the after school program on the Caribbean island of Saba where she directed and choreographed musicals for the island’s theater program in addition to teaching dance, singing, improvised theater, and arts and crafts.  Jackie loves performing at local theaters and has been in the Little Mermaid three times.  Favorite roles include Prentiss in Peter in the Starcatcher, Emberly in Firebringer, and Tanya in Mamma Mia.  She regularly performs in shows on tour for Kidstock! 

ROBIN IRWIN
EDUCATIONAL ARTIST - ACTING & DIRECTING

Robin played Marion Thayer in the original Broadway cast of the Tony Award winning musical TITANIC, was in the Original Broadway cast of the less-decorated DANCE OF THE VAMPIRES, as well as numerous other roles on Broadway, National Tours, Regional and Off-Broadway theaters and on television. Her voice can be heard advertising everything from baby products to chain saws. An accomplished vocalist, she has sung with symphonies and corporate entities from Berlin to Barbados. 
 An award-winning director and educator of young artists, she has been a professor at NYU Tisch School for the Arts,The New York Film Academy, The Lee Strasberg Theater and Film Institute, and Montclair State University where she was the producing director of all secondary school outreach and professional development in the arts the state of New Jersey and producing artistic director of the Foxy Awards at MSU, as well as being a state evaluator for all residency programs across the artistic spectrum.
Artists are subject to change, and setting off to Pikeville, KY to be the inaugural Executive Director for The Appalachian Center for the Arts has been one of her uniquely fulfilling endeavors. While in Kentucky, she and the team of creatives founded Vitality Theatre, a theater project exclusively producing original content in service to the issues of public health arena such as addiction, food scarcity, cyber-bullying, and the foster system. She has degrees from Northwestern University and Roosevelt University and the Commercial Theater Institute.
She is married to accomplished actor and vocalist Erick Buckley, and they have one daughter.

LAUREN MARIE MILLER
EDUCATIONAL ARTIST - FILM & CREATIVE WRITING

Lauren wears many hats, having directed, choreographed, costumed, and performed in productions at Kidstock! and beyond. She graduated with a BFA in Media Arts Production from Emerson College, where she produced short films and web series that have screened at film festivals domestically and internationally. She was also a student mentor for Emerson Independent Video, the largest student-run production company in the United States. As a teacher, she has lead classes in playwriting at Playhouse Merced and art history at Ready, Set, Kids Enrichment Center. Her academic work was presented at the National Collegiate Honors Conference in 2020. Currently, she's pursuing an MFA in Creative Writing from Lesley University and spends most of her time outside of Kidstock! reading, writing, and thinking about reading and writing.​

JIM LAWRENSON
EDUCATIONAL ARTIST - STAFFING & COMMUNICATIONS

Jim Lawrenson is an actor, producer and writer from Wilmington MA. Trained at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, Jim has performed off-Broadway and across the globe since 2017. Off-Broadway, Jim performed in the original cast of YOUR ALICE, a true story of the creation of Alice in Wonderland as The White Rabbit. Jim continued to work with YOUR ALICE in Scotland and London alongside Paul Keating and Louise Dearman, receiving 5 stars reviews and listed among the “Must See Shows from The Edinburgh Fringe.” His other Off-Broadway credits include HAMLET (directed by Zenon Kruszelnicki) and TO WONG FOO: The Musical (Directed by Douglas Carter Beane). He co-founded what is now known as Frost Studios in Nashville as a sketch comedy group in Boston with over 5 million views on YouTube. As a producer, Jim has worked with the Scranton Shakespeare Festival in Pennsylvania and local theaters in New York to produce original plays and radio-shows. After a long journey around the sun, Jim is so excited to be back home in Massachusetts, sharing the joy of theater with a young audience.

CELINA LOPES
EDUCATIONAL ARTIST - STORYTELLING & PERFORMANCE

Celina Mendes Lopes is a proud Cape-Verdean theater artist and educator. After earning her BA in Theatre and minor in African-American Studies at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, she gained experience in education by being an English, Public Speaking and Theater Teacher at Brockton High School and by teaching 5th grade ESL at Brookfield Elementary School. She has worked with Company One Theatre, Wee The People: a social justice education program, Shaha The Storytellers and Merrimack Repertory Theatre. She fondly recognizes her role as Mimi in Middlesex Community College’s production of Rent and her performance as an Auntie as her most noteworthy roles. Her goal is to create bridges for the underrepresented and create a more equitable world through the power of storytelling and community care.

CHRISTAN MOLL
EDUCATIONAL ARTIST - PROGRAMMING & ADMINSTRATION

Christan has been involved in theater both on stage and behind the scenes for more than 15 years. She holds a BA in Communication Arts and Theater from Framingham State University, and she participated in productions through the Communication Arts program and the on campus theater club. She loves being able to intertwine her love of theater with her love of working with kids here at Kidstock!. Christan loves working on the administrative side of Kidstock! as she has always enjoyed getting things in order. She enjoys helping others in the office and taking on tasks that can lighten the load for everyone. Christan enjoys graphic design, reading, writing, and video games. 

CAT POTTS
EDUCATIONAL ARTIST

Originally from Minneapolis, Cat has been in the Boston area for a little less than a year. She grew up performing at various theatres around the Twin Cities, but began to focus more on theatre education in college. She graduated from Oberlin College in 2019 with a BA in Theatre. A strong proponent of the magic of theatre and the healing properties of creating, Cat is currently a graduate student at Lesley University studying clinical mental health counseling with a specialization in drama therapy. In her free time, she loves to knit, birdwatch, and play with her two senior kitties. She is absolutely thrilled to be a part of the Kidstock! team. 

EMILY VATH
EDUCATIONAL ARTIST - MUSIC & SPECIAL EVENTS

Emily Vath is an enthusiastic multi-hyphenate theatre artist and creator from Lynnfield, MA. She has primarily worked as a director, educator, dramaturg, musician, event planner, and performer. As a recent graduate of Point Park University, she has a BFA in Theatre Arts with a minor in Music. At University, she involved herself in the Campus Activities Board as an event planner and the VP of Programming and in the performance of her original solo theatrical concert titled Stay in Touch. Her most recent theatre work has been as an educator at the New London Barn Playhouse, director at the Pittsburgh Playhouse, assistant director at the Quantum Theatre, and dramaturg at the New Hazlett Theatre. She has an affinity towards devised and ensemble based work as well as work that explores community. 

2024-25 EDUCATIONAL ARTISTS 

our team of Instructors, Assistants & Designers
JESS CLARK

​FRANCESCA D'ANGELO

SARAH DRAPEAU

FRANCESCA FOTI
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NICOLINA JACKSON

​SARAH NATHANSON

EMERSON VASQUEZ
Interested in joining our team of creative professionals?  CLICK HERE to see what opportunities currently exist.  Feel free to send your resume and cover letter to us at [email protected] for the next time we are seeking qualified educators.