Quin Gresham
2016 marks Mr. Gresham’s twelfth season in Arrow Rock and the 100th show produced during his tenure. During the 2015 season, Mr. Gresham directed Stand By Your Man and his adaptation of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol. Past directing credits at The Lyceum include Around the World in 80 Days, Cotton Patch Gospel, Love Letters (starring Tab Hunter and Joyce DeWitt), The Wizard of Oz, The Music Man, Camelot, To Kill A Mockingbird, Run For Your Wife, The Fantasticks, The Producers, Hairspray, Sleuth, West Side Story, Little Women the Musical, Into the Woods, Misery, 1776, Tuesdays with Morrie, Dracula, Peter Pan and Driving Miss Daisy. Also an actor, Quin has been a frequent Company member at the Lyceum since 1999. Having appeared in more than 50 productions at The Lyceum, Quin’s favorites include Boolie in Driving Miss Daisy, James Leeds in Children of a Lesser God, Dr. Sanderson in Harvey, Felix Ungar in Oscar and Felix, A New Look at the Odd Couple, Bud Frump in How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, Algernon in The Importance of Being Earnest, Tom in The Glass Menagerie, Arles etc. in Greater Tuna, A Tuna Christmas, Red, White and Tuna, and Tuna Does Vegas, David in The Foreigner, Matthew in Cotton Patch Gospel, Max in Lend Me a Tenor, Sydney in God’s Favorite, Ernst in Cabaret, the Tinman in The Wizard of Oz, Sam in Shenandoah, and Bernard in Death of a Salesman. Quin’s production of The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee at his alma mater, Webster University, was named the 2010 Best Musical in St. Louis by The Riverfront Times. Quin’s work has also been seen at the Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, Totem Pole Playhouse, The Riverside Theatre, The National Arts Club, Stephens College, Providence College, Greenbrier Valley Theatre, Rocky Mountain Repertory Theatre and The Texas Shakespeare Festival. Like his two predecessors, Quin is a proud graduate of the Conservatory of Theatre Arts at Webster University.