Summer 2026 Intensive Faculty

Miranda Jones

Choreographer and Director

An Alumni of KJPAS, Miranda's credits include three singer/dancer contracts with NCL, The Addams Family at Dutch Apple Dinner Theater and Broadway Palm Dinner Theater, No No Nanette at The Wick, and the national tour of Elf on the Shelf. Miranda has resided in New York City since 2018. 

Grayson Skidmore

Choreographer and Director

An Alumni of KJPAS, Grayson is a rising Senior at Winthrop University where she has rocked the theater world! Other credits include Mamma Mia and Romeo and Juliet. 

 

Melia Jones

Director

Melia's many performing credits include Mamma Mia, A Chorus Line, Evita, Phantom, The King and I, State Fair, Mame, and My Fair Lady. Melia has filmed many commercials and training videos over the years. She is also a professional scenic artist and costumer. Most recently, Melia served as an adjunct professor of technical theater at McPherson College. 

Kevin Jones

Artistic Director and Musical Director

2026 will mark Kevin's 27th year of offering professional level training opportunities to students around the country. Kevin's credits include the 1st and 4th national tours of Beauty and the Beast, the European tour of Annie Get Your Gun, the Asian tour of Annie, three productions of Evita and two of Phantom. In 2023 he served as the musical supervisor of the Oceania Marina cruise ship and sailed to both ends of the world (down to Antarctica and above the Arctic Circle). Kevin recently returned from working as the musical supervisor of the Regent Seven Seas Mariner cruise ship where he got to sail around Australia and Indonesia.