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Deanna Jent is also the author of three plays adapted from novels: TILL WE HAVE FACES (C.S. Lewis), PRIDE AND PREJUDICE (Jane Austen) and IMAGINARY JESUS (Matt Mikalatos). She is the Artistic Director of Mustard Seed Theatre (www.mustardseedtheatre.com) and a Professor of Theatre at Fontbonne University, both in St. Louis, Missouri. Her play FALLING received the Kevin Kline Award for Best New Play of 2012, and at the same ceremony she received the award for Best Director of a Musical (GODSPELL). She received her BFA in Theatre from Illinois Wesleyan University and her Ph.D. in Theatre from Northwestern University. Deanna lives in Webster Groves, MO, with her husband Steve (a gradeschool teacher) and her three children: Christopher, Lindzey and Andy.
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