SPENCER is a successful real estate developer and former star athlete. Now, his son MCQUINN is the star athlete. This scene from A PLAYGROUND TWIST captures the moment Spencer discovers his son might be in love with a nerdy - male - fellow student. This story has been on the New York City stage, since 2000. William Withem....Co-Producer. Casting Director. Written by David Kennedy Polanco. Ed Gill, also goes by the acting name Ed Smith: he has superbly portrayed Spencer in four separate productions of this story.