Jim Shedd
Director
Jim returns to the director’s chair with point2point productions, most recently having directed Dogfight in 2022. A longtime member of the point2point productions/SOS family, Jim began as a youth performer before evolving into stage management, choreography, education, and directing. Jim holds a degree in Theatre Education with concentrations in Directing and English, with a Sociology minor, from Illinois State University, and a degree in Theatre from Harper College. Jim has had the joy of directing, choreographing, mentoring, and teaching artists of all ages to create emotionally honest theatre. Endless gratitude to Mary Alice, Chris, Rose, Wes, Becca, Tristan, Noreen, and the entire cast and production team. SELECTED DIRECTING CREDITS: Green Day’s American Idiot (Up & Coming Theatre), Assassins (point2point), Dogfight (point2point), The Normal Heart (ISTOP), Edges: A Musical Song Cycle (Overboard Productions), and Footloose (The Wishing Star Theatre)
Rose Kurutz
Choreographer/Assistant Director
Rose is a Chicago-based choreographer and performer. Her unique choreographic style is characterized by pattern-making, collaboration, and narrative-driven imagery. In addition to her various works in concert dance, her theatre choreography credits include The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical, 9 to 5: The Musical, The Addams Family Musical (MU Stage Left), The Young Artist Project (Phantom Projects Theatre Group) The Rocky Horror Show, (BrightSide Theatre), and Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (Raue Center School for the Arts).