De Pere, August 25, 2025 — Birder On Broadway | Dudley Birder Theatre
Birder Players 2026 season at Dudley Birder Theatre is full of hysterical fun, inspiration, patriotism, forgiveness and love. We are thrilled to present our 12th Season at Birder on Broadway, in the heart of downtown De Pere. The seven productions will be presented by both our adult troupe, Birder Players and Birder Studio of Performing Arts’ students.
The seasons’ curtain will rise in February 2026 with a musical comedy with book, music, and lyrics by Dan Goggin, Nunsense. Peter and the Starcatcher, a play by Rick Elice with music by Wayne Barker will follow. We will celebrate our country's 250th Independence Anniversary with 1776, a musical with music and lyrics by Sherman Edwards and book by Peter Stone. In August, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat written by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice, the feel-good musical, will dazzle the stage. Closing our season, the anxiously awaited return of A Christmas Carol, The Musical, with music by Alan Menken, lyrics by Lynn Ahrens, and book by Mike Ockrent.
Our Birder Studio students will present a winter production of Disney’s Dare to Dream, JR. and Peter Pan, Jr.
We will conclude the year with our annual Birder Players cherished Magical Christmas Cabaret and Student Candlelight and Caroling Cabaret.
Our season’s Artistic Team showcases the local talents of Artistic Director/Producer Alicia Birder along with Anna Allen, Ana Bakken Vanden Avond, Hannah Beschta, Warren Elliott, Susan Elliott, Ruth Hoffman, Sandy Melroy, Dr. Sarah Parks, Susan Rabideau, Frank Tower and Morgan Zelewske.