Alison Quigan
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Alison Marie Quigan QSM (born 1952)[1] is a New Zealand actress, director and playwright.
In 1978, Quigan trained at the Theatre Corporate Actors School in Auckland.[2] She has worked as an actor in Auckland, Palmerston North and Christchurch, and appearing in or directed more than 130 plays.[2] She has also written 12 plays, either as sole playwright or with writing partners Ross Gumbley and Lucy Schmidt.[2]
Quigan was the artistic director of Centrepoint Theatre in Palmerston North for 18 years from 1986 to 2004 where she directed over 60 plays.[3] From 2004 until 2011, Quigan portrayed Yvonne Jeffries in the New Zealand television series Shortland Street.[2] She has been performing arts manager at Māngere Arts Centre – Ngā Tohu O Uenuku since 2013.[4] In an interview with Michele Hewitson from The New Zealand Herald, Quigan is described as "a little-known power house of influence".[1]
Quigan has two grown children. Her daughter, actor Sarah Graham, made her Centrepoint Theatre debut in the 2009 production of Quigan's play Ladies for Hire.[2]
