John Grissmer has filled many roles. He has been an actor, professor of drama, film producer, writer and director, U. S. Army officer, playwright, business executive, theatrical producer and noveli...view moreJohn Grissmer has filled many roles. He has been an actor, professor of drama, film producer, writer and director, U. S. Army officer, playwright, business executive, theatrical producer and novelist.
Some years ago he pondered two questions. Was the Civil War truly inevitable, and had George McClellan been fairly treated by history? The search for answers to these questions led him to write The Ghosts of Antietam.
Currently a consultant and guest director in the Performing Arts Program at Xavier University, he has recently completed The Perfect Game, a musical play about the invention of basketball.view less