Resident Choreographer

Anna has 30 years of tap, ballet and jazz training and performance. She is a 6th grade teacher in the Howard-Suamico School District. She also choreographs for schools in the area. Anna very much enjoys spending time with her family.

Studio Director, Manager of Move on Broadway, Director/Choreographer, Yoga/Vocal/Theatre/Dance/Barre Instructor

Ana has been with Birder Studio since the very beginning. She graduated St. Norbert College with a B.A. in Vocal Performance and Communication Media Studies. Ana has danced her entire life and will continue to do so for as long as possible. Her favorite genres include lyrical, modern, jazz, tap and musical theatre. Ana has performed in a countless number of musicals, but some highlights include SHREK THE MUSICAL (Fiona), SOMETHING ROTTEN (Portia), CHICAGO (Velma), Mamma Mia! (Sophie), PIPPIN (Showgirl/Catherine), and CATS (Demeter). 

Ana is an E-RYT500 (Registered Yoga Teacher). Practicing yoga for over a decade, she has been teaching since 2015. She has studied with CorePower, Alanna Kaivalya, Danni Pomplun & Leslie St. John.

Artistic Programs Director, ARTreach Director, Voice, Dance, Performance & Barre Instructor

Hannah graduated from St. Norbert College with a B.A. in Vocal Performance and Communication Media Studies. She began her dance training with classes at NEW Fusion Dance and Performing Arts in Green Bay. There she competed in multiple styles. Some of her favorites include contemporary, jazz, and tap. Hannah has also performed in several musicals, with some of her standouts including A CHORUS LINE (Maggie), CATS (Bombalurina), LEGALLY BLONDE (Brooke Wyndham), and PIPPIN (troupe dancer). Hannah found her love for teaching during college at Birder Studio of Performing Arts and the Christian Dance Company. After graduation, she was lucky enough to move to Florida to create magic performing at Walt Disney World. During her time there, she also taught voice and dance, and choreographed musicals for Magic Curtain Productions in Orlando. After moving back to Wisconsin, she has found her home with Birder on Broadway where she is not only teaching dance, voice, and acting but is also a certified barre instructor. Hannah is overjoyed to be sharing her love for movement and the arts with the community.

Move on Broadway Instructor

Annie (E-RYT-200) is a certified and Yoga Alliance registered experienced yoga teacher, YA continuing education provider, and reiki master practitioner. Yoga first came into Annie’s life during her freshman year of college at St. Norbert College. Annie loves how the yoga practice offered her peace and calm in her mind while challenging her body with strength, flexibility, and
balance. Annie felt a call to share this ancient and beautiful practice that had so positively benefited her in body, mind, and spirit with others, so she decided to become a yoga instructor
and obtained her RYT-200 in 2018 through “Nomaste Yoga.” As a practitioner who enjoys doing all types of yoga, Annie also enjoys teaching all types of yoga: from hot and sweaty power flows, to gentle and relaxing restorative yoga. A firm believer that yoga is for everybody and every body, Annie brings love, acceptance, and body positivity to each and every class she teaches. With a strong background in meditation, reiki healing, and alignment, Annie’s classes are known for her verbal cueing and relaxing voice, alignment focus in poses, and ability to offer modifications and amplifications for every yogi, all while incorporating and facilitating an atmospheric energy of love, peace, and
acceptance in her classes. Come and check out a class with Annie!

Resident Director

Kirt Graves helmed Birder Players’ production of The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee and returns to direct Xanadu in Summer 2022. He appeared as Barfeé in that production, as well as Brother Jeremiah in Something Rotten! Originally from Sheboygan, Kirt has volunteered for and performed onstage with Sheboygan Theatre Company, Theatre for Young Audiences, Victorian Village, Maximillian's, and Mill Street Guild. As a full-time audiobook narrator, he has voiced over 125 audiobooks spanning contemporary romance, sci-fi, urban fantasy, young adult, and non-fiction. His passion is for telling queer stories, the types of stories he wishes he had while growing up. In addition to his work, Kirt is a graphic artist, a podcast host, and an award-winning speech coach. He lives in Green Bay with his husband Jonathon (also a Birder Players’ performer) and two adorable pups. You can learn more about Kirt at www.kirtreads.com.

Production Manager

Jensen has a BA in Theatre Arts with an emphasis in stage management from UW Oshkosh. She has worked for various theatre companies and schools across Wisconsin including The Palace Theater, Fox Cities Performing Arts Center, Attic Chamber Theatre, Riverside Players, UW Oshkosh Theatre, Fox Theatre, St. Mary Catholic Schools, Appleton East High School, and Kenosha Creative Space.

Resident Accompanist

Mrs. Elaine Moss is instructor of piano and staff accompanist at St. Norbert College. She has pursued extended studies with Jeanne Kirstein at the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music, Paul Reed at Wichita State University, Judit Jaimes, Katja Philabaum and Jeffry Peterson at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, as well as a summer abroad at the Universite de Louis Pasteur in Strasbourg, France. She enjoys a varied career collaborating and concertizing with guest artists and numerous singers and instrumentalists.

Move on Broadway Instructor

Val has a strong passion for health and fitness and is a full time fitness professional. She is a 200 hour certified yoga instructor, group exercise instructor, certified personal trainer, certified nutrition coach, certified barre instructor, trained in kids yoga and distance runner. She started teaching fitness in 2006 and was hooked.

Her mission statement is helping people get excited about their health and fitness journey & helping them complete their fitness goals.

Val she enjoys running, training for full and half marathons, and being outdoors.

Val is a strong believer that everyone should practice yoga at their level, and can use modifications to make every pose attainable.

If you are looking for a high energy all levels class, try one of her classes today.

Acting Instructor

Jeremy Pelegrin is a professional actor, singer and writer living in Green Bay, WI. Jeremy earned a theatre degree from the University of WI, Stevens Point, with a double major in Theatre Arts and English Literature.  Locally, Jeremy has taught Acting and Improvisation at Studio 12 and has taught audition workshops for Evergreen Productions.  As part of Birder Studio of Performing Arts, Jeremy is eager to continue his work with young actors as they learn more about theatre and about themselves.  Jeremy’s professional experience in the arts will serve as both a practical guide and a cautionary tale to young actors who may have professional performing aspirations.

Jeremy began his performing career at Six Flags Great American and Valley Fair theme parks during college.   After graduation, he continued to pay his dues, by performing 5 or more shows a day at East Coast theme parks, Busch Gardens Williamsburg, and Paramount’s Kings Dominion. Out east, Jeremy toured with Children’s Theater company, Theatre IV, performing We the People across 6 states. While living in Florida, Jeremy continued performing full-time at Walt Disney World, Universal Studios, Busch Gardens Tampa Bay, as well as at several FL dinner theaters in Orlando and Sarasota. Some of his favorite theatre roles in were in Florida, including  You’re a Good Man…(Charlie Brown), They’re Playing Our Song (Vernon), Hunchback of Notre Dame (Quasimodo), and Tony and Tina’s Wedding (Tony). Later, Jeremy spent a year playing Mr. Bratt in a national tour of How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying.

Jeremy’s recent local commercial appearances have included a Fleet Farm print advertisement, the Northeastern WI Technical College’s Drunken History television commercial series, and the North Star Mohican Casino promotion where he embodied the character of “Winning” on television and on billboards around Wisconsin.Also, while back in the Northeastern WI area, Jeremy has enjoyed working with several local production companies, including Birder Players, Evergreen Theater, Daddy D’s, Calvary Players, and the Forst Inn.

Some of Jeremy’s favorite theatre roles in the last 10 years have been in shows like Pippin (King Charles), Something Rotten (Shylock) Arsenic & Old Lace (Einstein) Death of a Salesman (Willy Loman), Little Shop of Horrors (Voice of Audrey II), Charles in David Mamet’s November, They’re Playing Our Song (Vernon),  SPAMALOT (Sir Galahad), The Miracle Worker (Captain Keller), Putnam County Spelling Bee (Mitch), and the title role in Lombardi.

Voice/Dance/Musical Theatre Instructor, Director

Jenna enjoys being a part of the creative team at Birder Studio after being a student there herself. She recently graduated from the University of Wisconsin - Green Bay with a Bachelor's degree in Business Administration and a minor in Music Studies. In her free time, she loves being with her family and friends. Jenna enjoys sharing her passion for music and theatre with students.

Dance/Barre Instructor

Becky has been involved in dance since an early age. While attending a dance studio, she took tap, jazz, hip-hop, and contemporary classes. In high school, she was involved in the dance team and musicals. While attending St. Olaf College she took dance classes, choreographed musicals for the middle school, and ran the dance studio Dance-N-Fitness. She taught jazz, hip hop, and contemporary classes to ages 4 - adult. After college, she earned her teaching license and taught high school Spanish and elementary English as a Second Language. She also built up two dance team programs and choreographed for the show choirs. Currently, she is teaching high school Spanish at Menasha High School. With her husband, she has two children and enjoys spending time with them. She is thrilled to continue dancing and share her passion with the students at Birder Studio!

Voice/Dance/Musical Theatre Instructor

As an alumnus of Birder Studio since the age of nine, Sam is beyond thrilled to return to his roots as an instructor.  Sam has studied Theatre and Arts Management at UW-Steven’s Point, as well as UW-Green Bay.  Since performing at the age of nine, he has performed locally with groups such as Birder Players, The Dudley Birder Chorale, and St. Norbert College Music Theatre over the past 17 years.  Vocally, he has trained from the age of 12 with various Doctors of the Vocal Arts.  “I so look forward to working with your young ones and hope to provide a great outlet that can eventually be a passion, as it is for me!  I also must include my favorite musical is Into the Woods, as I always have to ask others’ what theirs is!  Let’s’ have a great season!”