Director – Tom Ossowski
Associate Professor — Florida State University
Producing Artistic Director — Post Playhouse (former)
Professor – The Central Academy of Drama, Beijing, China
Tom Ossowski teaches in the BFA Music Theatre Program at
Florida State University, was the Producing Artistic Director for the Post
Playhouse at Fort Robinson State Park in Nebraska through the 2022 Season. Most
recently at the Post Playhouse, Tom directed Something Rotten, The Music Man,
Urinetown, Legally Blonde, Monty Python’s Spamalot, A Man of No Importance, All
Shook Up, 9 to 5, The Drowsy Chaperone, Oklahoma, Hank Williams: Lost Highway,
The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Always…Patsy Cline, and Hello,
Dolly, and at Florida State, he directed A Man of No Importance, A New Brain,
Legally Blonde, Cabaret, The Drowsy Chaperone, and Sweeney Todd and music directed
Cinderella, In the Heights, Hairspray, A Chorus Line, Ragtime, Spring
Awakening, Jesus Christ Superstar, and Urinetown. He has also directed and
musically directed Into the Woods and The Family for the Central Academy of
Drama in Beijing, China. His work has also taken him to Zug, Switzerland and to
St. Croix in the U.S. Virgin Islands. He is also a member of The Society of
Stage Directors and Choreographers.
Choreographer – Dewayne Barrett
Dewayne Barrett is an accomplished actor, actor, singer, dancer,
teacher, director/choreographer whose career has taken him all around the
world. Born in Atlanta, Georgia, he began dancing at a very early age and
danced with both the Georgia Ballet Company and The Atlanta Jazz Theatre. He
then moved to NYC where he began even more training. As a performer he has
performed all over the country in leading roles such as; Rum Tum Tugger in
Cats, Bobby in A Chorus Line, Rooster in Annie, Pat Gilbert in State Fair, Riff
in Westside Story and Don Lockwood in Singing in the Rain. Dewayne sailed
around the world on cruise ships both as a singer/dancer and as
director/choreographer for many top line cruise lines including; Royal Viking
Line, Silversea, Cunard, Saga and Asuka Japanese Line. Dewayne has taught at
Dance Masters of Wisconsin and taught many musical theatre master classes
across the United States. He is a director/choreographer/teacher at the Central
Academy of Drama in Beijing, China, where he opened Oklahoma! and In the
Heights in Mandarin. Dewayne is also the Associate Artistic Director at The
Post Playhouse at Fort Robinson State Park in Nebraska. He has choreographed
for national tours, theme parks, dinner theatres, regional and community
theatres, high schools, music videos, movies and parades. Dewayne has performed
for both President Ronald Reagan, First Lady Nancy Reagan, President George
Bush Sr. and First Lady Barbara Bush.
Music Director – Scott Meredith
Dr. Scott Meredith has recently relocated to the Seattle
after teaching trumpet at the university level for over 18 years in Colorado,
Wyoming, and Texas. As Associate Professor of Trumpet at the University of
Wyoming, he taught trumpet lessons and the trumpet ensemble as well as academic
courses that included Jazz Techniques, Jazz History, Romantic History, Intro to
Music, and Orchestral Excerpts. He also founded the Snowy Range Brass Quintet,
which toured the Rocky Mountain region giving concerts as well as in-school
educational programs. Prior to his appointment at the University of Wyoming,
Dr. Meredith taught at the University of Northern Colorado and the University
of North Texas.
Dr. Meredith's students have routinely competed successfully
in state, regional, and national festivals and competitions, including the
National Trumpet Competition, the Rafael Mendez Brass Institute, and numerous
International Trumpet Guild conferences. Former members of his studio have gone
on to earn Masters and Doctoral degrees from major music schools including the
University of North Texas and the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music, and many
have professional careers as performers, public school teachers, and college
music professors.
Dr. Meredith has performed nationally with the Boulder
Philharmonic, Owensboro Symphony (KY), the Irving, Plano, and San Angelo
Symphonies (TX), Dallas Wind Symphony, North Carolina Pops, Orchestra of New
Spain (TX), Baroque Chamber Orchestra of Colorado, and at the Colorado Music
Festival. Currently, he is principal trumpet with the Wyoming Symphony.
Locally, he performs with the Port Angeles Symphony and Brass Band Northwest.
Dr. Meredith earned the Doctor of Musical Arts in trumpet
performance from the University of North Texas where he studied with Keith
Johnson, Leonard Candelaria, and John Holt and baroque trumpet with John
Thiessen. He earned his Masters Degree in trumpet performance from the
University of North Texas and his Bachelor of Music Performance and Bachelor of
Music Education degrees from the University of Northern Colorado where he
studied with William Pfund.
Dr. Meredith can be heard on the CD "Chamber Music of
Jennifer Higdon" featuring the premiere recording of her "Trumpet
Songs" ("Trumpets can sing, too, and trumpeter Scott Meredith does
just that, displaying a gorgeous tone and sense of phrasing." - Fanfare
Magazine). He can also be heard on the "Teaching Music through Performance
in Band" series as well as numerous recordings with the University of
North Texas Wind Symphony under the direction of Eugene Corporon as part of the
"Klavier Wind Project," including: Convergence, UFO: Music of Michael
Daugherty, Time Pieces, Recollections, Symphonic Excursions, Escapades, Carmina
Burana, Hemispheres, Allegories, and Retrospectives.