Desmond Gallant, MFA
Associate Professor | DAA Committee
Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts & Letters
¼ø»Æʦapp
Theatre and Dance
Boca Raton Campus
Area of Expertise
- Acting
- Directing
Desmond Gallant (DAA Committee) Ìý Desmond Gallant is an Associate Professor in Theatre in the Department of Theatre and Dance at ¼ø»Æʦapp where he teaches acting, directing, and script analysis. Prior to arriving at ¼ø»Æʦapp, he was the Literary Manager at the critically acclaimed South Florida theatre company, Florida Stage. He has an MFA in Directing and a BFA in Acting. During his career, Desmond has directed over fifty productions including, most recently, The Lady from the Sea by Henrik Ibsen, The Wolves by Sarah Delappe, and 1776 by Sherman Edwards and Peter Stone. He has written several plays including Billing the NRA which received a reading at the New Play Festival at Theatre Lab, the resident professional company at ¼ø»Æʦapp, and is hard at work on a new play about the geologist and oceanographic cartographer, Marie Tharp. Des has acted in many productions including, most recently, Be Here Now by Deborah Zoe Laufer for which he received a Carbonell Award nomination for Best Actor and The Glass Piano by Alix Sobler, both also at Theatre Lab.