Sherry has a Bachelor's Degree in Dance/Secondary History Education/History from Texas State University in San Marcos. While attending Texas State University she was a member of the award winning Strutters dance team for 4 years, serving as lieutenant for 2 years. The Strutters performed around the world including performances in China, Hong Kong, and South Korea. She has been a lead vocalist/guitarist in bands as well as other performances through the years. She served as Dance Director at the high school level for 18 years.

Ashley Meade resided in Waco, TX for 27 years where she was very involved in Waco Civic Theater and the musical theater community since 2006. Ashley was a music and theater major at McLennan Community College where she obtained an AA in Music. She also obtained a BS in Management from Grand Canyon University with a focus in classroom management. Ashley studied under Dr. Karen Albrecht (who recently was seen off Broadway in “Mary Poppins”) and Jerry McLaughlin (who worked under Bob Fosse in Broadway’s original “Pippin!”). Just a few of her notable roles on the stage include, Belle in “Beauty and the Beast”, Cinderella in “Into the Woods”, Laurie in “Oklahoma!”, and Fantine in “Les Misérables”. Ashley has taught children for 9 years with a focus in musical theater, as well as how to perform and audition. Ashley also maintains a dance background and has served a Choreographer for Waco Cotton Place Productions since 2009. She was thrilled to jump start her Musical Theater experience here in NB as a performer as “Mrs. Potts” in New Braunfels Performing Arts “Beauty and the Beast” and was last seen Music Directing “CATS the musical”. Ashley is thrilled to work with the talent that is New Braunfels Performing Arts. Let’s sing!

Garrett was this annoying kid who would burst out into song in my daughter's 7th grade math class without even knowing he was singing. My daughter took a liking to his quirkiness and Garrett invited her to join this new theatre group that he and his mom were putting together. We were hooked from that moment on. Garrett inspired my daughter to try out for NESA when he found out that he had been accepted. She got into NESA too and 4 families spent their freshman year figuring out how to carpool these crazy kids to San Antonio and back. Garrett became like another son to me and I am so proud to have watched him continue to flourish into a polished actor and a somewhat zany almost young adult. He has starred in either the lead role or support of the lead role in almost every production with NBPA. He studies at the Studio School in Los Angeles but will always have a place here at NBPA.

Erin grew up in Austin, Texas where she began dancing at 5 years of age. She excelled in competitive dance team and drill team where she was awarded numerous honors at competitions and on the field. Her love of dance brought her to her love of musical theatre where got accepted into one of the top Musical Theatre programs in the country, Texas State University, where she graduated with a BFA in musical theatre. After graduating, she began teaching dance and choreographing musicals with NBPA while playing lead theater roles at a regional theater in San Antonio. Her passion then took her to perform with top cruise lines such as the new Asian luxury cruise line, Dream Cruises- Genting Dream where she was 1 of 2 Americans on the whole ship. She also danced on Bahama Paradise Cruise lines, and had the honor of being in the first cast of "Broadway Christmas Wonderland"-Tokyo with Dublin Worldwide/Spirit Productions. Her career has taken her to exotic destinations all over the world such as Singapore, The Bahamas, Japan, Canada, Thailand, Vietnam, Bali, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Indonesia, and most recently, Guam. Her most recent contract was 10 months at Sandcastle Guam in the Las Vegas style magic show “Zubrick” as a showgirl/dancer. She also taught on the beautiful island as a dance teacher & choreographer at Body Arts. Erin most recently made her 3rd move to NYC last fall to pursue her dreams of Broadway where she consistently auditioned, strengthened her vocal technique, and started training in the Meisner technique taking acting classes at MCS studios in NYC. She has continued Meisner+ TV/film acting classes through zoom, and has grown to learn & love TV/film acting as well. Erin has starred in musicals such as “Erma” in Anything Goes, “Janet” Rocky Horror Picture Show, “Pippi” Great American Trailer Park Musical, “Lucinda” in Into the Woods and more. She loves to combine her love of dance with the story telling world of musical theatre, and has a passion to inspire the next generation of artists with all she has learned.

Matthew C. Logan is a critically acclaimed and award-winning director. Having staged shows at many of Houston's most recognized theaters including The Hobby Center for Performing Arts, Matthew's work has been seen by an extensive, multi-national audience. Known for his collaborative directing style, he has been nominated for numerous Tommy Tune awards including 'Best Director' four times. His productions of Fiddler on the Roof and Thoroughly Modern Millie and Newsies were nominated for Best Production with Fiddler winning the award for 'Best Choreography' and Newsies winning for best scenic design. He has also worked at The Old Globe in San Diego, one of the nation's top regional theatres, where he assisted director Johanna McKeon and GT Upchurch.

In addition to his work with musical theatre, Matthew has directed numerous productions of Shakespeare. He has served as the Artistic Director of Shakespeare Under the Stars in Wimberley, TX and the Associate Artistic Director of Moon Valley Productions in Phoenix, AZ where he started its Shakespeare program and ran the theatre for youth program. He recently served as assistant director to Ben Crystal (co-author of 'Shakespeare's Words') on scenes from Pericles in the UK as well as the TUTS production of Hands on a Hardbody in Houston. Matthew has taught Directing Shakespeare at Rice University, Directing 1 at Sam Houston State University and various college theatre courses with Lone Star College. As theatrical educator, Matthew has served as a Teaching Artist for TUTS and StageWorks in Houston. Matthew also ran Houston Christian High School’s drama department for six and a half years.

In 2014, his award-nominated staging of Peter Shaffer's Equus, was hailed by Broadway World as "intense and beautifully poignant", "...tense, vexing and oddly profound." "It was difficult to pry my eyes away." and Houston Press touted it "must-see theater."

Matthew is excited to be working with New Braunfels Performing Arts!