Tom is a co-founder of Montgomery Theater. He has directed well over 100 plays and has had the opportunity to collaborate with many distinguished playwrights, notably: William Mastrosimone (Extremities, Like Totally Weird), Jeffrey Sweet (Porch), Ray Bradbury (Bradbury 3X: The Flying Machine, Fahrenheit 451, The Pedestrian), Rupert Holmes (Accomplice, Thumbs, Say Goodnight Gracie), Jim Geoghan (Light Sensitive, Only Kidding), James Sherman (Beau Jest, Jest A Second, AFFLUENZA!, Half and Half, Jacob and Jack), Tom Dudzick (Hail Mary!, Over the Tavern, Don’t Talk to the Actors, Miracle On South Division Street Greetings!) and Jonathan Daly (the William, Cornelia, Simon’s Ark, A Good Look at Boney Kern). In the somewhat distant past, Tom has also worked with an array of obscure celebrities including Dan O’Herlihy, June Lockhart, Gary Burghoff, Robert Englund, Donna Pescow, James Cameron, and Sheila MacRae. Mr. Quinn celebrates his 31st year as the Artistic Director of the Montgomery Theater.

Kristin currently manages operations, marketing and development for the theater. On the Main Stage has directed Crimes of the Heart, Morning After Grace, Mrs. Harrison and I and You. Kristin launched her professional theater career as MT’s Production and Box Office Associate. She then moved to NYC to pursue her masters. In New York, Kristin founded Recognize Theatre, dedicated to presenting plays which explore gender roles and female voices. She co-wrote and directed Exposed (Recognize Theater/SheNYC Arts). Working primarily on new plays, she has directed at the New York Fringe Festival, Philadelphia Fringe Festival, Dixon Place, Under St. Marks, and Access Theater. Kristin was an Associate Producer of On Her Shoulders, a staged reading series of plays written by women before 1970. She earned her MFA in Theatre Directing from The New School. She currently lives in Ambler with her wife, Ash, and daughter, Ever.

Hope has been involved in theater since 1983. She worked avidly in the local community theater, Playcrafters of Skippack, until she met Tom Quinn. Between his artistic skills and her audience building skills, they decided to start a theater company and Montgomery Theater Project was born. She served as Company Manager, Managing Director, then Director of Production, from 1993 to 2010 when she took a hiatus from Montgomery Theater and started an interior painting business with sister Heidi, next worked as a notary, and later a nanny, always serving on the Board of Directors. She returned to Montgomery Theater in 2024 as Patron Services and Facilities Supervisor.

Adam has been with us since 2009 when he acted in his first MTT show as a non-union adult. Since that time, he has been seen on both the Project and Main stages multiple times, taught hundreds of students in workshops and camps, and directed over 20 children’s shows here. In addition to his work with us, he is also a Sound Designer for Act II Playhouse, the Production Manager and Technical Designer for Visual Expressions Chinese Puppet Theater, a Location Sound Recordist for films, and, in his spare time, a boardgame designer and publisher through his company, Green Cloak Creative.

Caitlyn Colgan is a 2017 graduate of York College of Pennsylvania, where she earned a Bachelor’s degree in Public Relations with a minor in Speech Communications and Musical Theater. Since graduating, Caitlyn has built a strong career in social media and marketing, joining Montgomery Theater in October 2022. In addition to her work at Montgomery Theater, she collaborates with several high schools in their theater programs. Caitlyn directs the fall play at Phoenixville High School and choreographs the spring musical at Spring-Ford High School. She also directs and choreographs for various theaters across the tri-county area. In 2017, Caitlyn choreographed the award-winning world premiere of Dorian Gray: The Musical for the New York Musical Festival.

Our Production & Box Office Manager, Ryan Canney, is an award winning short narrative & documentary filmmaker. He has a BA in Film & Media Arts from Temple University ‘13, and is trained in the Sanford Meisner Acting Technique. Ryan is also the owner of video production company, Riverbank Creative — specializing in work for local universities, small businesses, and now our very own Montgomery Theater!

Dawn Derstine joined the staff of Montgomery Theater in October, 2022, to assist in the bookkeeping. While enjoying being part of the Montgomery Theater team behind the scenes, she and her husband Mike have become MT subscribers and look forward to each production on the Main Stage. In addition to theater, she enjoys gardening, traveling, and hiking with her family.