THOMAS J. OSSOWSKI
SSDC

Director • Music Director • tossowski@fsu.edu

Assistant Professor
Music Theatre
Florida State University

Artistic Director
Post Playhouse
Ft. Robinson State Park, NE

ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

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FRONTIER STRING ENSEMBLE
BALD MOUNTAIN ROUNDERS
DOUBLE D WRANGLERS
ALWAYS... PATSY CLINE
HELLO, DOLLY!
THE GOLDEN AGE CABARET
BROADWAY TODAY A CABARET
OKLAHOMA! (Post Playhouse, Fort Robinson, NE)
SOUTH PACIFIC (Post Playhouse, Fort Robinson, NE)
GUYS & DOLLS (Post Playhouse, Fort Robinson, NE)
LUCKY STIFF (Post Playhouse, Fort Robinson, NE)
THE BEST OF BROADWAY (Post Playhouse, Fort Robinson, NE)
YOU’RE A GOOD MAN, CHARLIE BROWN (Post Playhouse, NE)

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DIRECTOR

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ON THE TOWN (Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL)
HAIR (Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL)
THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW (Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL)
SWEENEY TODD (Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL)
THE FANTASTICKS! (Post Playhouse, Fort Robinson, NE)
A MAN OF NO IMPORTANCE (Illinois Wesleyan University, Bloomington, IL)
URINETOWN (Illinois Wesleyan University, Bloomington, IL)
CRAZY FOR YOU (Bigfork Musical Theatre, Bigfork, MT)
CHICAGO (Illinois Wesleyan University, Bloomington, IL)
THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW (Illinois Wesleyan University, Bloomington, IL)
GREATER TUNA (Post Playhouse, Fort Robinson, NE)
A NEW BRAIN (Illinois Wesleyan University, Bloomington, IL)
RAGS (Illinois Wesleyan University, Bloomington, IL)
42nd STREET (Illinois Wesleyan University, Bloomington, IL)
LUCKY STIFF (Illinois Wesleyan University, Bloomington, IL)
LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS (Illinois Wesleyan University, Bloomington, IL)
THE MARRIAGE OF FIGARO (Illinois Wesleyan University, Bloomington, IL)
TWICE AROUND THE PARK (The Dixie Theatre, Apalachicola, FL)
THE BARBER OF SEVILLE (Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL)
FIDDLER ON THE ROOF (Seaside Music Theater, Daytona Beach, FL)
LA BOHEME (Seaside Music Theater, Daytona Beach, FL)
HELLO, DOLLY! (Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL)
THE BOYS NEXT DOOR (Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL)
GUYS & DOLLS (Island Center for the Performing Arts, St. Croix, USVI)
GREASE (Island Center for the Performing Arts, St. Croix, USVI)

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MUSIC DIRECTOR

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RENT (Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL)
ANNIE GET YOUR GUN (Post Playhouse, Fort Robinson, NE)
SOUTH PACIFIC (Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL)
Starring Davis Gaines, Amanda Watkins, Lynn McNutt
THOROUGHLY MODERN MILLIE (FSU, Tallahassee, FL)
MAN OF LA MANCHA (Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL)
Starring Davis Gaines, Susan Russell, Raymond Sage, Henry Polic II
INTO THE WOODS (Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL)
SWEENEY TODD (Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL)
URINETOWN (Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL)
CHICAGO (Bigfork Musical Theatre, Bigfork, MT)
GREASE (Bigfork Musical Theatre, Bigfork, MT)
BLOOD BROTHERS (Illinois Wesleyan University, Bloomington, IL)
LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS (Centennial Theatre Festival, Simsbury, CT)
CABARET (Illinois Wesleyan University, Bloomington, IL)
FIDDLER ON THE ROOF (Bigfork Musical Theatre, Bigfork, MT)
PAINT YOUR WAGON (Bigfork Musical Theatre, Bigfork, MT)
OH, COWARD (The Dixie Theatre, Apalachicola, FL)
QUILTERS (Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL)
PIPPIN (Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL)
CHILDREN OF EDEN (Seaside Music Theater, Daytona, FL)
TWELFTH NIGHT (Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL)
BRIGADOON (Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL)
WORKING (Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL)
GOOD NEWS (Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL)
OKLAHOMA (Island Center for the Performing Arts, St. Croix, USVI)
GUYS & DOLLS (Zug Theatre, Zug, Switzerland)

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