Jennie Ward (Director) returns to Six Points Theater where she previously directed 25 Questions for a Jewish Mother and What I Thought I Knew. She directed and assistant directed at Playwrights’ Center, Guthrie Theater, Jungle Theater, and St. Croix Festival Theater. Jennie directed and taught in Chicago, New York City, and Boston. Locally, she taught at the University of Minnesota/Guthrie BFA Acting Conservatory, Hamline University, and St. Paul Conservatory for Performing Artists. As the Managing Director At the Center For Performing Arts in Minneapolis, she helped produce radical and rigorous development opportunities for performing artists. She earned her MFA in Directing from Harvard.

Adam Wernick (Music Director/Composer) composed the music for Six Points Theater’s production of O my God! and has created original music and sound for the Guthrie Theater, Shakespeare Theatre Company (Washington, DC), The Old Globe (San Diego, Ca.), Classic Stage Company (New York, NY), Wilma Theater (Philadelphia, Pa.), The Kennedy Center (Washington, DC), Royal Shakespeare Company (Stratford-upon-Avon, England), and others. He also writes concert music, books and plays for children, and is a contributing writer for theworld.org

Rick Polenek (Scenic and Properties Design) returns to Six Points Theater having previously designed props for Shul and The Whipping Man. Rick has been active in the Twin Cities’ theater and design communities for over 45 years as a scenic designer, exhibition designer, commercial art director and college instructor. Recent projects include The King of the Kosher Grocers for Stage North. Upcoming projects include Holmes and Watson at Park Square Theatre.

Annie Cady (Costume Design) is happy to be designing again with Six Points Theater where her favorite previous designs are The Last Five Years and The Magic Dreidels. Annie has designed costumes for several other area theatre and dance companies including Ananya Dance Theatre, Artistry, The Children's Theatre Company, Commonweal Theatre, History Theatre, Mixed Blood, Park Square Theatre, Ten Thousand Things, Threads Dance Project and Workhaus Collective. She is an instructor in the Theatre Department at Normandale Community College.

Todd M. Reemtsma (Lighting Design) is delighted to return to Six Points Theater, having previously worked on The People’s Violin, Operation: Immigration and Significant Other. He has designed lighting for American Repertory Theatre-Director’s Lab (Cambridge, Mass.), Gallery Players (Brooklyn, N.Y.), and Footsteps Theater Company (Chicago, Ill.), as well as St. Croix Festival Theatre (St. Croix Falls, Wis.).

Anita Kelling (Sound Design) is excited to be back doing live theater with Six Points Theater. Locally, Anita has designed for Park Square Theatre, Mixed Blood, Girl Friday Productions, Prime Productions, Theater Mu, Walking Shadow Theatre Company, Yellow Tree Theatre, Stage North, Freshwater Theatre, Theatre in the Round, 20% Theatre Company, Chameleon Theatre Circle, Normandale Community College, and SteppingStone Theatre. Anita holds a BA in Theatre Arts from the University of Minnesota.

Tom Burgess (Projections Design) is faculty and Technical Director for Normandale Community College. He has been a set designer and technical director for the Guthrie Theater’s Guthrie/BFA program and the Guthrie Experience programs where he worked on His Girl Friday, The Great Gatsby, and The Real Thing. Additionally, Tom worked as a properties master and assistant scenic designer for a number of Penumbra Theatre's productions. Most recently, Tom has designed scenery for the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh’s production of Nat Turner in Jerusalem as well as designing and building the set for the conceptual dance film, Kitchen Dance Project.

Miranda Shunkwiler (Stage Manager) made her debut at Six Points Theater, as the Production Assistant for The People’s Violin. Born and raised in the Twin Cities, she has been blessed to be a part of the theater community, working with Stages Theatre Company, Minneapolis Musical Theatre, Classical Actors Ensemble, and others.

Hayley Finn (Playwright) is delighted to have been commissioned by Six Points Theater to write Chanukah in the Dark after having directed seven plays here. Her play While You Were Out was commissioned and presented at Red Eye Theater with support from the National Endowment for the Arts. Hysteria: Silence In Stills premiered at Women Center Stage Festival in New York and was workshopped at the Guthrie Theater. Her directing work has appeared at Pillsbury House, History Theater, Playwrights’ Center, Marin Theater Company, Labyrinth, People’s Light, Public Theater, Playwrights Horizons, New Dramatists, O’Neill and Nine Gates Festival in Prague among others.