Robyn Quick is an associate professor and the coordinator of the theatre studies program in the Theatre Arts Department at Towson University. She holds a Ph.D. in theatre studies from the University of Michigan, a master's degree in theatre from Kent State University and a bachelor's degree in theatre and English from Western Maryland College. She has academic training in dramaturgy and theatre history as well as performance experience in directing and acting. She studied performance and rehearsal techniques of the experimental ensemble theatres of the 1960s for her master's thesis, which analyzes the acting exercises of the Open Theatre. Her doctoral dissertation examines the performances of Shakespeare's female characters in the nineteenth century, applying contemporary theories of feminism and semiotics to the work of Fanny Kemble.

Dr. Quick has published in Theatre Studies, American Theatre, and Technological Horizons in Education. She has presented papers at national conferences on the topics of social issues theatre, dramaturgy in higher education, online dramaturgy and women in theatre. Dr. Quick was the first Managing Director of Catalyst Theatre, during which time the company was awarded the Distinguished Program Award for Student Services by the Maryland Association for Higher Education. She has also performed, managed or directed in conjunction with several other companies across the country, including: The Hippolytus Project, Action Theatre, Theatre Kent, The Improv Troupe and the Ann Arbor Repertory Theatre.

Robyn Quick is a member of the American Society for Theatre Research, the Association for Theatre in Higher Education and Literary Managers and Dramaturgs of the Americas.