Administrative Director 

Artistic Director

Gretchen Grassl has performed in many plays and musicals beginning at a young age.  Since joining the Kirk Players, Gretchen has performed in The Glass Slipper, Enchanted April, David & Lisa, The Hollow, Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Jersey Lily and I Remember Mama. Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike marked Gretchen’s KP Directorial debut. She has assistant directed The Happiest Millionaire, Velveteen Rabbit, Jack and the Magic Beans, The Mousetrap and Do Black Patent Leather Shoes Really Reflect Up? and has co-directed Velveteen Rabbit and Becky’s New Car.

Communications Director and President 

Peter Grassl has been with the Kirk Players since 2009.  He currently serves on the Kirk Players Board as Communications Director and recently headed up Kirk’s Strategic Planning Committee.  Peter has directed or assistant directed several Kirk Player productions including Clue: The Stay-at-Home Version, Actor’s Nightmare and Vanya, Sonia, Masha and Spike (AD).  He has enjoyed Stage Managing several shows and has performed in Becky’s New Car, Enchanted April and The God Committee.  He met his wife Gretchen (Kirk’s Artistic Director) many years ago in a community college production of Tartuffe.

Financial Director

Susie Hill was born and raised in central Pennsylvania. During her high school years she worked backstage and in the house for several shows. She continued her work in the theatre at Susquehanna University where she studied voice, movement and diction with Pamela Chabora.  While living in a small Illinois town she found herself cast in The Sound of Music with Forreston High School. Susie found Kirk Players during the Mundelein Arts Festival in 2012 and since then she has worked stage crew for Mousetrap and as the female understudy and Production Assistant for Do Patent Leather Shoes Really Reflect Up?

Sales Director

Public Relations Director