ASF names new artistic director

Quin Gresham is the new artistic director at ASF./Source: ASF

The Alabama Shakespeare Festival has named a new artistic director.

Quin Gresham will join ASF later this year.

Gresham comes from Missouri where he spent the last 19 years at Arrow Rock Lyceum Theatre.

At Arrow Rock, Gresham directed numerous musicals, comedies, and dramas of varying scope and size. Also an actor, he appeared in 50 productions at the Lyceum.

Officials say Gresham is the 2020 recipient of the Missouri Arts Award for Leadership in the Arts. In 2011, his production of The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee at his alma mater, Webster University (Sargent Conservatory of Theatre Art), was named the 2011 Best Musical in St. Louis by The Riverfront Times.

His work has also been seen at the Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, Greenbrier Valley Theatre, Totem Pole Playhouse, The Riverside Theatre, The National Arts Club, Stephens College, Providence College, Rocky Mountain Repertory Theatre and The Texas Shakespeare Festival.

Gresham will introduce his first slate of shows in 2025-26.

The 2024-25 season begins on Sept. 26 with Ken Ludwig’s Dear Jack, Dear Louise.

Gresham is replacing Rick Dildine who announced earlier this year that he was taking the same position at the Children’s Theatre Company in Minneapolis.

Gresham’s first day in November 4.