Dancing With Our Stars

A popular ballroom dancing event is returning for its fourth annual season in the Green Bay area.

“This is our fourth annual campaign,” said Shawn Kiser of Rally Man Entertainment, creator and producer of NEW Dancing With Our Stars. “The first three combined to raise more than $1.7 million for 24 different charities in the Green Bay area, and we’re going to be adding to it this year.”

NEW Dancing with Our Stars kicked off its 2026 campaign April 28 at the EPIC Event Center in Ashwaubenon.

This year’s eight participants, each supporting a different local non-profit organization, will spend the next several months fundraising for their chosen charities as well as learning one ballroom dance which they will perform at a spectacular showcase Saturday, Oct. 3, also at EPIC.

“The energy is unbelievable,” Kiser said. “It’s electric. The roof is going to blow off of this place. We’re going to have so much fun.”

This year’s 2026 cast includes:

Nate Hall - We Are CP
Dana Kressig - Friends of Pals, Youth & Families
Matt Luders - Altrusa Hospitality House
Katie McCarty - Willow Tree Cornerstone Child Advocacy Center

Sam McIntyre - Curative Connections
Krista Primley - Oral Health Partnership
Amy Jo Tetzner - First Reach Foundation
Mary Wichmann - Empowered by Movement
This year’s professional dance studio partners are Jay Morth from Ballroom by Jay, Michael and Mina Witte from Studio 303, Vlad Babenko Fred Astaire Dance Studios - Green Bay South, and Maddy Fowler from Boogie Ballroom.