MONROE - As "The Man Who Murdered Sherlock Holmes" winds down its two-month musical debut in Chicago, story creator John Reeger has counted himself lucky to go from a native of Monroe to a successful contributor within the musical community of the Windy City. The son of a Monroe store owner and high school history teacher, Reeger was originally known as John Schuetze. He switched to the use of his middle name for his last name in the 1980s as a stage name to avoid confusion in both spelling and pronunciation.
Man of Monroe dedicates life to Chicago theater

