Katie Behrend Berg is an impressive young woman. She graduated from the University of Wisconsin Madison with a degree in Theatre and Business, and then went on to study at New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts, where she earned a BFA in Musical Theatre. She has been performing with various groups for over fifteen years, bringing her experience to the stage with University Theatre-Madison, Waukesha Civic Theatre, Lake Country Playhouse, Theatre on Main, Accent on Dance, To the Point, and the Arrowhead High School Broadway Company. In addition to her impressive performance background, Katie is also a teacher. She is the Lake Country Playhouse Education Director and Production Director for Brookfield Center for the Arts. She specializes in helping her students access and expand their natural voices in a healthy manner. She also provides tools to help her students use their voices for a variety of musical styles. She uses her knowledge to teach her students how to break down components of vocal and performance work to help them problem solve and ultimately improve the performance as a whole. The arts can be a ton of fun, but it also helps develop essential life skills. Katie strives to create a safe, constructive and creative learning environment for her students, so they can become more confident and develop vital life skills that will help them in all settings, not just on the stage.