Jacob Shoesmith-Fox

As Artistic Director of Theatrical Gems, Jacob directed the first production of Irving Berlin's Mr. President in NYC since 1963 and the first production of Cy Coleman's Wildcat in NYC since 1961. He has also produced the cabarets "Real Men Wear Pink and Sing Showtunes", "Broadway For Broke People" and "Broadway Does Disney" all at The Duplex.

Jacob has also directed full productions of Little Shop of Horrors and How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying as well as various readings and workshops and was the Assistant Director of Are We Writing Loud Enough for the Vineyard Theatre. He worked as an actor for most of his childhood at the Pocono Playhouse and other locations in his hometown and also appeared in NYC in The Car in the 2007 Short Attention Span Horror Festival and the film Wet Hot American Summer. In 2006 he began producing with The Vagina Monologues on Staten Island, which he continued for the following three years, making him the only male V-Day producer in the region.

Jacob graduated from Wagner College in 2009 with a B.S. in Arts Administration and in 2011 with an M.S. ED in Secondary Education. He spent 5 months interning in development and education at the Vineyard Theatre.