Artistic Director at the Alabama Shakespeare Festival
CONVERSATIONS
QUIN GRESHAM
Artistic Director at the Alabama Shakespeare Festival
At the helm of one of the South’ s most revered cultural institutions, Quin Gresham brings both vision and vitality to his role as Artistic Director of the Alabama Shakespeare Festival( ASF). This calling took root for Gresham as a teenager in an amateur production of The Sound of Music, where an unexpected moment on stage revealed firsthand the electric connection between performer and audience, sparking a lifelong understanding of theatre’ s unique power— and eventually leading him to discover his own voice as a director. Today, Gresham shapes and safeguards ASF’ s artistic vision, selecting stories that resonate and promote creativity and collaboration. With deep roots in Southern storytelling and a passion for Shakespeare, Gresham is guiding the theatre into a bold, inclusive future where audience members from all walks of life feel welcome and represented.
What is ASF’ s history and how long has it been a staple in Montgomery?
ASF has been a gathering place for world-class theatre right here in Montgomery for students, families, tourists and locals alike for forty years, ever since the theatre made the historic move from Anniston, thanks to a transformative gift from the Blount family— at the time, the single largest gift ever given to an arts organization in the United States.
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“ ASF has an incredible legacy that I’ ve been aware of for a very long time. I was drawn to the chance to honor what this theatre has meant for generations, while helping to shape what it can become for the next generation.”
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