(Artistic Director – Post Playhouse, Assistant Professor – Florida State University – Director/Music Director – Always…Patsy Cline, Music Director – Annie Get Your Gun, Director/Music Director – Hello, Dolly!)

Tom is the Producing Artistic Director for the Post Playhouse at Fort Robinson State Park in Nebraska and teaches in the BFA Music Theatre Program at Florida State University. Most recently at the Post Playhouse, Tom directed Oklahoma!, South Pacific, and Guys and Dolls, and at Florida State, he directed Hair, The Rocky Horror Show and Sweeney Todd and music directed Into The Woods, The Man of LaMancha, and Urinetown. Tom has also directed for theatre such as the Centennial Theatre Festival in Connecticut, Seaside Music Theatre in Daytona Beach, FL, The Lost Colony in Manteo, North Carolina, and the Bigfork Musical Theatre in Montana. His work has also taken him to Zug, Switzerland and to St. Croix in the U.S. Virgin Islands. Tom is also the former Head of the Music Theatre Department at Illinois Wesleyan University, where he taught acting, directing, and musical theatre courses. Some additional directing/music directing credits include Chicago, 42^nd Street, A New Brain, and A Man of No Importance. Other professional credits include You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown!, Lucky Stiff, The Fantasticks! Crazy for You, Grease, Little Shop of Horrors, and Fiddler on the Roof. He is also a member of The Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers.

(Horace Vandergelder in Hello, Dolly!, Director of Annie Get Your Gun, The Golden Age of Musical Theatre: A Cabaret, Production Logo Design)

Rob is thrilled to return to the Post Playhouse for another wonderful summer! Regional: Herr Schultz (Cabaret), Mushnik (Little Shop of Horrors), Magaldi (Evita), Nicely, Nicely (Guys and Dolls), Billis (South Pacific), Tiger Brown (The Threepenny Opera), Giles Corey (The Crucible), Don Armado (Love's Labor's Lost), and Dottore Lombardi (The Servant of Two Masters). Some directing credits: Closer, How I Learned to Drive, Book of Days, The Woman in Black, Always . . .Patsy Cline, Jesus Christ Superstar, Singin' the Rain, Guys and Dolls, The Threepenny Opera, Anything Goes, as well as noted chamber operas il matrimonio segreto and Amahl and the Night Visitors. Currently, he is an Assistant Professor of Music Theater at the Indiana University of PA. MFA in Directing: Florida State University

(Choreographer, Director - Broadway Today: A Cabaret)

Tyler is very excited about reuniting with his friends Tom Ossowski and Robert Gretta while making his first appearance at THE POST PLAYHOUSE, and his first trip to Nebraska! Choreographically his material has been featured in THE FROTSY FOLLIES; SINGING IN THE RAIN (directed by Mr. Gretta); SCHOOL HOUSE ROCK; and GYPSY. A few of his favorite on stage credits include: CRAZY FOR YOU (Bobby); THE FULL MONTY (Ethan); SINGING IN THE RAIN (Cosmo); KISS ME KATE (Bill); A CHOURS LINE (Mike); STATE FAIR (Pat); SUGAR BABIES (2^nd Banana); DAMES AT SEA (LUCKY); SOUTH PACIFIC (Stewpot); HELLO DOLLY (Barnaby Tucker); and most recently THE PRODUCERS. He is a proud graduate of Florida State University and a member of The Barbershop Harmony Society. He sends thanks to Tom, Rob and the wonderful cast, crew and company for sharing their endless talent and boundless energy. To Erin – “Life is Good!”

(Scenic and Lighting Designer, Always...Patsy Cline, Annie Get Your Gun, Hello, Dolly!)

Eric received his Masters of Fine Arts degree from Florida State University in scenic design with a secondary emphasis in lighting design. He specializes in computer-aided design including drafting and 3D rendering. His undergraduate degree in technical theatre came from Ball State University in his hometown, Muncie, IN. Eric spends his summers as a freelance designer and paint charge at places such as, New Harmony Theatre, Barrington Stage Company, Southern Shakespeare Festival, Florida State Opera, Centennial Theater Festival, and others. He has designed scenery and/or lighting for 150+ theatrical productions. A sampling of his work includes, Littleshop of Horrors, The Rivals, Pumpboys and Dinettes, The Diary of Anne Frank, Three Sisters, The Merry Widow, The Shape of Things, Twelfth Night, and The Suicide. Currently Eric is associate professor of scenic and lighting design and theatre coordinator at Longwood University in Virginia.

(Costume Designer – Annie Get Your Gun & Hello, Dolly!)

Melissa is an Assistant Professor of Costume Design and Technology at Longwood University in Farmville, Virginia. She holds an MFA from Florida State University and a BA from University of Southern Indiana. She has worked professionally in NYC on shows such as Mama Mia! and Noises Off. Also, off-Broadway costume design for SoHo Repertory; Signals of Distress. Her regional credits include Barrington Stage Company; Ears on a Beatle (world premiere), New Harmony Theatre; I Do, I Do!, Centennial Theatre Festival; Private Eyes, and Triad Stage; Seven Guitars. Some of notable Longwood productions include Closer, The Adding Machine, A Comedy of Errors, Dracula, Crimes of the Heart, and She Stoops to Conquer. Melissa has also designed musicals such as Cabaret, Once Upon a Mattress, and Little Shop of Horrors.

(Production Stage Manager)

Geoffrey is thrilled to be joining the Post Playhouse team as the company’s Production Stage Manager.  Hailing from Derry, PA, Geoff is a junior and a Theatre Major at Indiana University of Pennsylvania, where he is an active stage manager and technician for Theater-by-the-Grove.  His Theater-by-the-Grove credits include Stage Manager of Picnic and Henry IV, Part I as well as Assistant Stage Manager on Anything Goes and Citizen/Soldier, an original devised production.  Most recently, Geoff served as the Stage Manager for An Evening of Dance and Percussion, a collaboration between the IUP Dance Theatre Company and the IUP Percussion Ensemble.  He has also stage managed several productions at Derry Area High School, including Thoroughly Modern Millie, and various straight plays including Get Smart. Geoff is a member of Alpha Psi Omega, an honorary dramatic fraternity, and an associate member of the Stage Managers’ Association.  He would like to thank his family for their unending support of his theatrical endeavors.

(Scenic and Lighting Designer, The Golden Age: A Cabaret & Broadway Today: A Cabaret, Assistant Lighting Designer, Always...Patsy Cline, Annie Get Your Gun, Hello, Dolly!)

Andrew started working in technical theatre at Longwood University in 2002.  He left school shortly there after to pursue his career as Assistant Technical Director and Stage Manager at Hedgerow Theater in Rose Valley, PA, near his hometown of Broomall, PA.  At Hedgerow, Andrew had the pleasure of working on The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged), Hay Fever, The Miracle Worker and a series of children's shows.  After his short tenure at Hedgerow, Andrew returned to Longwood to study music in 2005, where he also continued his work in theatre alongside Eric Koger and Melissa Panzarello.  He acted in two plays during this time, playing the roles of Sagot in Picasso at the Lapin Agile and Gary Gaugher in The Exonerated.  He finishes school this year and plans to continue his work in theatre in Illinois starting this fall.

(Costume Designer Always…PatsyCline, The Golden Age of Musical Theatre: A Cabaret, Broadway Today: A Cabaret, Assistant Costume Designer – Annie Get Your Gun and Hello, Dolly!)

Annaliese has just completed her first year as a grad student in costume design at the University of Illinois. While there, she has designed a student production of Three Days of Rain and served as assistant designer for Three Sisters and the opera department’s production of Roméo et Juliette. Originally from Virginia, she received her B.A. in Theatre from Longwood University in Farmville, VA. Credits from Longwood include The Longwood Writers Show (costume designer), Yonder Mountain (costume designer), She Stoops to Conquer (wig & makeup coordinator) and Peer Gynt (assistant costume designer). She has also worked as a stitcher for the 2008 season at the McLeod Summer Playhouse in Carbondale, IL for their productions of Always…Patsy Cline, The Producers and Little Women the Musical. This is her first summer with the Post Playhouse, and she would like to thank them and her mentor Melissa for such a fantastic opportunity.

(Production Pianist)

We welcome Mimi to her fourth season at the Post Playhouse.  Locals will tell you that Mimi Norman is “just amazing” at that keyboard.  They’ll be shocked to see her playing music during the performances this summer.  She is one of those gals who plays for dinners, receptions and other events and can sit and talk to you while she plays beautiful music.  Growing up on a ranch in western Nebraska in a musical family, Mimi must have shown keyboard promise early or otherwise how did she know all those songs?  She spent a number of years playing in Las Vegas and then came back to her roots with her family and has developed a career in performing and teaching.  She and her sister Laurie both teach piano and help their mom Norma with the church choir in Whitney.  Thank you Mimi, for making room for the Post Playhouse in your summer schedule!

(production pianist)  is a graduate piano performance major at Indiana University.  His studies have taken him from New York to Florida where he earned his BM degree at Florida State University.  He recently made his solo debut with the Northwest Florida Symphony Orchestra playing Rachmaninoff's 3rd piano concerto, and was a national finalist in the 2008 MTNA Young Artists competition.  Matt has enjoyed a long career of working with theater, and was actively involved with the program at FSU.  He currently studies with the acclaimed Brazilian pianist Arnaldo Cohen at Indiana.

(percussionist)

I am excited to have the opportunity to utilize my music experience in a new adventure that I have never experienced.  I have been playing music since I was eight years old and have played drums in many different music ensembles.  Some of my fondest memories playing music in my career has been opening for acts such as T.G. Shephard, Brenda Lee, Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, and Willie Nelson.  I also am honored to say that I had the opportunity to play at Dollywood for a season.  Currently I play in a three piece band from Chadron known as “The Bahr Flies.”  Recently I have also expanded my talents to include playing in a band at the church our family attends.  While music has always been a big part of my life, my main focus these days is my wife, Rebecca and my four awesome children, Jared, Ozzy, A.J., and Josh.  I have learned that recognition, money, and personal items are not what life is about, but it is about the memories that you leave with your children.

(Guitar – Always…Patsy Cline)

50 years in country music --- born same year as Patsy Cline, was fortunate to have met Patsy & other "greats" of that era.

(Author and Original Director – Always…Patsy Cline)

Ted Swindley has directed and/or produced over 200 plays for over 20 years. Some of his outstanding directorial credits include world premieres, classics and Musicals including, CARNAL KNOWLEDGE, PACIFIC OVERTURES, FOLLIES and CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF, along with rotating repertory projects such as Havel’s THE MEMORANDUM with Giradoux’s THE MADWOMAN OF CHAILLOT, Thornton Wilder’s OUR TOWN and LES LIAISONS DANGEREUSES with THE IMPRTANCE OF BEING EARNEST. Ted was named Esquire magazine’s register of Americans for Outstanding Achievement in Arts and Letters, and was featured in Southern Living Magazine. In 2007 he was a keynote speaker at the Southwestern Theatre Conference. He was also the recipient of the Los Angeles Dramalogue Award for outstanding direction and nominated for the Los Angeles Critics Award for his work at the Pasadena Playhouse. He is the Founding Artistic Director of Stages Repertory Theatre, the second largest theatre in Houston, Texas. There he implemented such diverse programming as the Texas Playwrights Festival, for which he won national recognition in 1986 from the Wall Street Journal and Backstage Magazine. Best known for creating the hit musical, ALWAYS…PATSY CLINE, which was one of the top ten shows produced across the country in 1998, he has also director in over 60 theatres. THE HONKY TONK ANGELS is his latest hit, and he has complete the trilogy with THE HONKY TONK ANGELS HOLIDAY SPECTACULAR, and BUBBA’S REVENGE, (which all can be done independently of each other). He has just recently premiered his latest work, BACHELOR PAD in New York City, and completed a Southern adaptation of THE IMPORTANT OF BEING EARNEST, entitled THE IMPORTANCE OF BEIN’ EARNEST, and a play, STORIES MY GRANDMOTHER TOLD ME, which had it’s premiere in Kansas City, MO, January 2008. He is an active member of the Dramatists Guild and The Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers, and is a member of the Playwrights/Directors Workshop at the famed Actors Studio in New York City.