Adapted by Chaim Potok and Aaron Posner
Directed by Deanna Jent

October 22 – November 7, 2010

Awards/nominations:
Kevin Kline Award: Outstanding Ensamble
Kevin Kline Nominations: Outstanding Supporting Actor, Outstanding Director

Times:
Thursday – Saturday 8:00 PM
Sunday 2:00 PM

Ticket Prices:
General $25.00
Student/Senior: $20.00

Short Description:
Two teen-age Jewish boys meet as rivals in a baseball game and begin an unlikely frienship, navigating the opposite political and religious views of their fathers.

Cast

Reuven Malter: Justin Ivan Brown
Young Reuven: Adam Moskal
David Malter: Jim Leibrecht
Danny Saunders: David Chandler
Reb Saunders: Richard Lewis

Designers & Crew

Director: Deanna Jent
Assistant Director: Phillip Bettison
Stage Manager: Jean Lang
Assistant Stage Manager: Zoe Sullivan
Production Coordinator: Bess Moynihan
Set and Props Design: Courtney Sanazaro
Set Intern: Sammy Baugh
Props Intern: Jessica Haley
Light Design: Michael Sullivan
Lighting Intern: Josie Zeugin
Costume Design: Michelle Friedman Siler
Costume Design Assistant: Jane Sullivan
Sound Design: Justin Walker
Vocal Coach: Nancy Bell
Master Electrician: Bess Moynihan
Shop Foreman: Jon Hisaw
Sound Board Operator: Adrienne Curry
Light Board Operator: Stephanie Licklider
House Managers: Katie Donnelly, Ryan Cooper
Theatre Assistants:Phillip Bettison, Davey Chandler, Valleri Dillard, Jean Lang, Izzy Liu, Ryan Stewart, Zoe Sullivan, Justin Walker
Program: Liz Richter 
Box Office: Leslie Wobbe

Production Photos

In the Media

The Chosen: Broadwayworld Review

The Chosen: Joe Pollack Review

The Chosen: Joe Pollack Review2

The Chosen: Ladue News Review

The Chosen: Riverfront Times Review

The Chosen: StL Today Review

The Chosen: Vital Voice Review

The Chosen: Press Release

Program

The Chosen: Show Program

Written by CS Lewis adapted by Deanna Jent
Directed by Deanna Jent

April 15 – May 1, 2011

Awards/nominations:
Kevin Kline Nomination: Outstanding New Play

Times:
Thursday – Saturday 8:00 PM
Sunday 2:00 PM

Ticket Prices:
General $25.00
Student/Senior: $20.00

Short Description:
A powerful Queen must surrender to invisible forces to rescue her sister and discover the secret of true beauty. Adapted from the novel by C.S. Lewis.

Cast and Crew list

Priestess: Jill Ritter
Queen Orual: Michelle Hand
Young Orual: Sarah Cannon
Redival: Bess Moynihan
Batta: Jean Lang
Bardia: Shaun Sheley*
King: Robert Mitchell
Fox: Gary Glasgow*°
Priest of Ungit: Richard Lewis
Psyche: Rory Lipede
Lady Ansit: Leslie Wobbe°
Servant/Trunia: Justin Leibrecht
Soldier/Argan: Phillip Bettison°

Director: Deanna Jent
Assistant Director: Kelly
Nava Stage Manager: Lorraine LiCavoli*
Asst. Stage Managers: Patricia Duffin, Angela Doerr
Set Design: Dunsi Dai
Set Design Assistant: Colt Frank
Light Design: Michael Sullivan¡
Costume Design: Donna Northcott
Sound Design: Deanna Jent, Kareem Deanes¡
Production Manager: Bess Moynihan
Shop Supervisor: Jon Hisaw
Light Board Operator: Josie Zeugin
Sound Board Operator: Zoe Sullivan
Stage Crew: Adrienne Curry, Jessica Haley
Wardrobe: Nikki Lott
Managing Director: Carmen Russell¡
Education/Outreach/Box Office: Emily Immer
Public Relations: Leslie Wobbe¡
Publications Intern: Liz Richter
Program Artwork: Adrienne Curry

Director's Note

The Adaptation of a Novel
Deanna Jent is a Professor of Theatre at Fontbonne University and the Artistic Director of Mustard Seed Theatre. She received her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Theatre from Illinois Wesleyan University and her Ph.D. in Theatre from Northwestern University, where she studied with Tony Award-winning adapter and director Frank Galati (The Grapes of Wrath). Deanna was classmates with Mary Zimmerman (who won a Tony in 2002 for directing her adaptation of Metamorphosis).

Deanna first encountered the novel Till We Have Faces at Northwestern, where she was taking a class called “Archetypal and Psychological Approaches to Literature.” She loved how Lewis wove together Greek myth and Christian allegory, and began thinking about adapting the novel for the stage. In 2007 she sought the rights for the adaptation, and began a series of dialogues with Douglas Gresham, the holder of the rights to all of Lewis’s work (and his step-son ). After two years of working with Gresham (revising drafts, discussing characters), Deanna was granted permission to stage her adaptation here at Mustard Seed Theatre.

Deanna’s previous writing for and about the theatre includes a stage adaptation of Pride and Prejudice which was first produced by ACT Inc. in 2003 and has had several productions since then. She was a theatre critic for the Riverfront Times from 2003-2006 and the editor of Christianity and Theatre magazine from 2000-2003. In the fall of 2011, she will debut as a playwright with the Mustard Seed Theatre production of her play Falling: a story about family, autism, marbles and jelly.

Deanna lives in Webster Groves with her husband Steve (celebrating 30 years of marriage this June), her children Christopher, Lindzey and Andy, and their dogs Sadie and Rufus.

Production Photos

In the Media

Till We Have Faces: Brodwayworld Review

Till We Have Faces: Joe Pollack Review

Till We Have Faces: Ladue News Review

Till We Have Faces: Riverfront Times Review

Till We Have Faces: St Louis Magazine Review

Till We Have Faces: St Louis Theatre Snob Review

Till We Have Faces: StL Today Review

Till We Have Faces: Press Release

Program

Till We Have Faces: Show Program

Written by William Nicholson
Directed by Deanna Jent

January 28- February 13, 2011

Awards/Nominations:
Kevin Kline Nomination: Outstanding Lead Actor in a Play (Gary Wayne Barker)

Times:
Thursday – Saturday 8:00 PM
Sunday 2:00 PM

Ticket Prices:
General  $25.00
Student/Senior:  $20.00

Based on the real-life story of C.S. Lewis, who unexpectedly falls in love with young American poet Joy Gresham.  A romance with a bittersweet ending.

Cast & Crew:

C.S. “Jack” Lewis: Gary Wayne Barker*º
Major W.H. “Warnie” Lewis: Richard Lewis
Professor Christopher Riley: B. Weller
Rev. “Harry” Harrington: Terry Meddows
Alan Gregg/Registrar/Priest: Charlie Barron
Dr. Maurice Oakley/Doctor: Michael Brightman
Joy Gresham: Kelley Ryanº
Douglas Gresham: Jackson Mabrey
Clerk/Nurse: Carmen Russellº
Waiters: David Chandler

Director: Deanna Jent
Stage Manager: Jean Lang
Assistant Stage Manager: Josie Zeugin
Set Design:  Courtney Sanazaro
Light Design: Michael Sullivan
Costume Design: Jane Sullivan
Sound Design: Kareem Deanes
Props Master: Jon Hisaw
Master Electrician & Production Manager: Bess Moynihan
Shop Foreman: Jon Hisaw
Sound Board Operator: Justin Walker
Light Board Operator: Izzy Liu
Props Run Crew: David Chandler
Wardrobe crew: Zoe Sullivan
Publications Intern: Liz Richter
Education and Outreach: Emily Immer

Production Photos

In the Media

Shadowlands: Clayton Word Review
Shadowlands: Joe Pollack Review
Shadowlands: KDHX Review
Shadowlands: Ladue News Review
Shadowlands: Riverfront Times Review
Shadowlands: STL Today Review

Shadowlands: Press Release

Program

Shadowlands: Show Program