Shannon holds a B.M. in Classical Voice Performance from the University of Southern Maine and has been teaching private voice lessons and classes in musical theater performance and acting since 2012 at a variety of community arts organizations including The Paige Conservatory for Performing Arts, Kaleidoscope Kids, Creative Arts in Reading, and Wellesley Theatre Project. Shannon specializes in Musical Theater and Classical Voice, and several of her students have gone on to pursue Music and/or Theater in programs at The University of NH, Boston University, and Emory University. As a singer and performer, she has sung with Opera Maine (formerly PORTOpera), Opera Providence, The College Light Opera Company, locally with Pentucket Players, Inc, and is a frequent soloist at South Church in Andover, MA.

Kristen graduated Manga Cum Laude from Keene State College in 2004 with a bachelor's degree in theater and dance. She majored in theater and minored in dance with a specialization in acting/directing. Her college internship took place at the Magic Kingdom in Walt Disney World near Orlando, Florida. She has over 30 years of classical ballet training from Centerstage Dance Academy.  In 2015 she showed up to Acting Out’s auditions for The Little Mermaid and the rest is history. She has performed in and/or choreographed over a dozen productions with Acting Out. Kristen believes that anyone, old, young, big, small, professional, amateur, adult, or child can dance in a musical. It is her passion, and she takes great joy in making that happen. You can dance! Kristen will show you how.