Michele Sheehy Bowren
Artistic Director, Co-Founder
Michele co-founded CKP in 2011. As the Artistic Director, she designs musical theatre for children to be fun, nurturing and creative. Michele creates a safe opportunity for kids to challenge and express themselves in performance. She holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the University of California, Irvine. She studied acting with Robert Cohen, Eli Simon, Uta Hagen and Darryl Hickman.…
Elizabeth Green Ramirez
Business Director, Co-Founder
Elizabeth first fell in love with children’s theatre during a summer program with the Peacock Players in Amherst, New Hampshire, when she was nine years old. She is eager to create a similar experience for your child. Despite her early ambition to become the next Julie Andrews, Elizabeth has, until recently, kept the arts as a hobby while earning an Engineering degree from Carnegie Mellon University, working as a mechanical and biomedical engineer, and enjoying her husband and four children.…
Jennifer Beaver Estrada
Creative Team, Founding Staff Member, Director of Tom Thumb Players Programming
A native and current resident of Lake Forest, California, Jennifer comes to us with an expertise in vocals, with a Bachelor of Arts from Arizona State in music, and over twenty years of experience performing in community theatres and choirs throughout Southern California. Jennifer’s earliest childhood memories involve singing and performing for any willing audience. Jennifer has extensive experience in performing, and working with young children, and is the creative force and instructional talent behind our Tom Thumb Players Productions.…
Maureen Russell
Senior Staff Member, Creative Team
Maureen is an accomplished singer, dancer, actress and songwriter, and is thrilled to be directing for Creative Kids Playhouse! After earning her BA in Musical Theatre from The University of Northern Colorado, she spent 4 years as the lead singer for Holland America Cruise Line, then 12 years performing and teaching in New York. She became the head of the singing program for kids at Applause NY, and established her own private voice lesson business which she still maintains here in California.…
Angela Capps
Senior Staff Member, Creative Team
An Orange County native, Angela fell in love with acting, singing and dancing as a toddler, often performing anywhere she could. After high school, she began studying Fine Arts in college, but her overwhelming love for performing convinced her to move to Los Angeles and pursue acting professionally. She spent 3 years studying at Playhouse West and Improv Olympic and performed in over 40 Los Angeles plays and several independent films.…
Joey Busch
Creative Team
Ever since Joey was in the show Fiddler on the Roof with the children’s theatre company Fullerton Children’s Repertory Theatre, Joey has dreamed of working at a children’s theatre company and giving back the joy he got as a performer to kids nowadays. Currently, Joey is studying theatre and is working as a professional vocalist with Wayne Foster Entertainment putting on shows in LA, San Diego, Orange County, Indio, Napa, and even other states.…
Kristin Jardine
Creative Team
Kristin Jardine, an active actor, singer and voiceover artist, is truly enjoying sharing her passions with the students at Creative Kids Playhouse Children’s Theatre of Orange County. Since earning her BA in Musical Theatre and Psychology from Asuza Pacific University she has actively worked in her field in a multitude of roles on stage and as a voiceover artist.
Lisa Baker
Creative Team
Lisa Baker has been playing some type of instrument since she was 7 years old and comes from a very musical family. That naturally led her to becoming a music teacher for Grace Elementary in Lake Forest, where she has been teaching since 2007. Lisa particularly loves directing musicals in which she has previously performed. Lisa actively enjoys the spotlight herself, performing in numerous stage productions across Southern California for the much of her adult life.…
Rachael Gafner
Creative Team
Rachael is trained and proficient in every aspect of theater, from acting, dance, and voice to stage managing and technical theatre. She is currently majoring in Theatre and History at Irvine Valley College on her way to becoming a teacher. Rachael’s work with elementary to high school students on the prevention of Anti-bullying with the use of the arts has been recognized with awards from professional institutions.…
Sabrina Orro
Creative Team
Sabrina Orro’s musical theatre career began at the ripe old age of three years old; everyday, Sabrina would sing and dance along to her favorite Disney Channel stars’ music videos in her Mission Viejo residence. Since then, Sabrina has continued her enthusiasm for performing; she participated in theatre in school and community theatre from elementary until high school.…
