Meet the Directors
Nicole Vasconcelos - Director of Music & Theater
Nicole Vasconcelos is a professional flutist and respected Music Educator from Miami, Florida. She is known for her outstanding achievements building the Music Program at South Dade Middle School in Homestead, Florida. The program received grants from the VH1 Save the Music Foundation and the Betsy Kaplan project which allowed her to establish the music program including Band, Orchestra, and Drum line. During the rebuilding phase in the middle school, she also assisted in rebuilding the feeder music program at South Dade Senior High School. In 2018, Nicole received numerous recognitions including MDCPS “Rookie Teacher of the Year” and the Adrienne Arsht Center’s "My Music Teacher Rocks" award. Amongst her educational achievements, Nicole was the 2017 Orchestral Competition winner during her studies at UMass and was also awarded the Outstanding Achievement in Music Education Recognition. Nicole is currently a Graduate Teacher Assistant with the Frost Band of the Hour, and provides private flute lessons to several South Florida emerging flutists.
2017 Bachelor of Arts - Music Education from University of Massachusetts Lowell
2022 Master of Science - Music Education from University of Miami
Naomi St Gerard - Director of Operations
Naomi St Gerard is one of the original co-founders of Playhouse Miami. Naomi received extensive musical training at New World School of the Arts in clarinet performance and has been a part of multiple ensembles such as The University of Miami Clarinet Choir, Ars Flores Symphony Orchestra, and University of Miami’s Band of the Hour. After her artistic journey, she decided to pursue a Master of Science in Business Management where she not only launched Playhouse Miami, she mentored other entrepreneurs locally and internationally on the art of business start up. She keeps herself busy raising her three children with her husband Steve and completing her PhD in Curriculum and Instruction at Barry University.
2015 Bachelor of Arts - Music Performance (Clarinet) from New World School of the Arts
2016 Master of Science in Business Management (minor in Entrepreneurship) from Barry University
2023 PhD in Curriculum and Instruction, Evaluation and Research from Barry University
Steve St Gerard - Director of Dance
Steve St Gerard is a photographer, videographer, dancer, and composer. He is also one of the co-founders of Playhouse Miami. Steve is known for using his creativity to bridge the gap between his imagination and reality. Steve completed his B.A. at New World School of Arts in 2014 and in 2020 graduated at the University of Maryland Global Campus with a master’s in health informatics Administration. He has worked with 99 jamz, Overtown Rhythm & Arts Festival, Mimzys Playhouse, Zhantra Entertainment, African Cultural Arts Center, and HBO TV Series BALLERS to name a few. Steve has over 10 years of performance and teaching experience within the arts.
2014 Bachelor of Arts - Music Composition from New World School of the Arts
2020 Master of Science - Health Informatics Administration from University of Maryland Global College
Our Story
Playhouse Miami was founded in 2016 by Naomi and Steve St Gerard. It started as a capstone project; a graduation requirement of the MS in Business Management at Barry University. All candidates were required to build and launch a new business. Together, they fused their love for the performing arts and entrepreneurial expertise to successfully launch Playhouse Miami as a private performing arts experience company in 2016. Naomi and Steve always dreamed of expanding the business to serve their community. With the help of Nicole Vasconcelos (her sister) and Steve, Playhouse Miami now has the ability to provide exceptional training and experience in the arts to the South Florida community in its new home located in Hialeah, FL.