Grady Suggs, Jr.

Grady Suggs, Jr. is ecstatic to be directing Guys and Dolls! This is his first time directing a musical and he could not be more thrilled that it’s with Holmes Center for the Arts. Grady has performed with Holmes Center for the Arts twice before. He performed as Professor Bhaer in Little Women and as Uncle Drosselmeyer in The Nutcracker. Grady has been a lover of theatre and music since it swept him off his feet in high school. He continued on and performed on stage in Friday Night Live at Indiana Wesleyan University, and currently helps coach the youth drama team at Wooster Church of the Nazarene. Grady works at Gojo Industries in Wooster. Grady is excited and incredibly blessed to have the opportunity to direct Guys and Dolls!

Hannah Beach

Hannah was recently the music director for Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Jr and is excited to help with more future theatre projects. She has been an active participant in theater at Holmes Center for the Arts since its first production of Music Man back in 2018. Since then Hannah has graduated from Mount Vernon Nazarene and is currently working in sales for her family’s business. Theater has long been a passion of hers and she is committed to pursuing opportunities that bring theater to people of all ages. She has briefly assisted with Hiland High School’s junior productions including Shrek Jr and Lion King Jr but has spent most of her time performing rather than directing. Some of her favorite productions include Harvey, Music Man, and her most recent role as Meg in Holmes Center for the Arts’ production of Little Women.

Brian Luck

Brian Luck is thrilled to be a part of the theatre program at the Holmes Center for the Arts! During the day, he is an Assistant Director of Admissions at the College of Wooster, where he graduated as an English and Theatre double major with an Education minor. Previously, he has directed I and You by Lauren Gunderson, Show by Victor Bumbalo, and several scenes for “Spooky Shakespeare at Woo!” and his directing class. He has spent lots of time onstage, including roles as Ed in WaCPAC’s production of You Can’t Take It With You, and at the College of Wooster as Christopher in The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, Tommy in The Normal Heart, and the Shipmaster/Reaper in The Tempest. Brian has also worked with the Ohio Light Opera as a props artisan, Porthouse Theatre as assistant house manager, and served as teaching assistant for a summer study abroad program to London.