Deanna Jones is co-founder and Artistic Director of Suitcase in Point (SIP). She is a professional actress living in St.Catharines, Ontario. She has performed for Suitcase in Point, Carousel Players, Theatre Beyond Words, RED Cabaret, Theatre Rien-Pantoute and most recently for Lyndesfarne Theatre Projects in the Downtown Reading Festival. Deanna has a BA in theatre from Brock University and has studied with One Yellow Rabbit, North American Cultural Laboratory, SITI Company, Peter Balkwill and Philipe Gaullier.

You will be able to see Dee at the upcoming James Street Night of Art being put on by the St.Catharines and Area Arts Council. The festival will be held on Friday, October 17th from 7pm-9pm.

Dee will be in the Arts Council space at 31 James Street, performing a piece she created featuring a sage-like clown character who takes the audience on a journey to meet 8 very different people.  

Stay tuned for the official media release about the festival coming in the next few days.

Here's the link to the Suitcase in Point website.

Bryan:
Describe to me what your earliest theatre memory is.
Dee:
When I was 4 or 5 my Uncle Mark (who is a designer in Montreal now) brought me to see "Wizard of Oz" somewhere in Welland. What I remember most about it was sitting in a small, dark place with other people and watching them watch the play.

Bryan:
Tell me about your most embarrassing moment on stage.  
Dee:
My friend Natasha and I toured a show called "sexlass". I played multiple characters, one of which explained how to reach the ultimate g-spot orgasm. It was a fun show, but when my father (who is Morman) was in the audience and I was looking him in the eye while talking about how to reach certain areas of the vagina and with what fingers... that was embarrassing.

Bryan:
Who is your favourite actor or actress and why?
Dee:
I don't have a most favourite but I really like Philip Seymour Hoffman, Cate Blanchett and Roberto Benigni. Oh and Thom Marriot just blew my mind!

Bryan:
If you were eating a bowl of neopolitan ice cream, which colour would you eat first?
Dee:
I take my spoon and slice into each colour, it's the only way.

Bryan:
Who is your favourite Spice Girl?
Dee:
The one with big hair.

Bryan:
And finally, if you could be in any show and work with any cast, tell me what the production would be and who you'd act with.
Dee:
I've always joked (but half serious) that I'd love to do "Annie". I would play Annie. Philip Seymour Hoffman would be Daddy Warbucks, Cate Blanchett would be Ms. Hannigan, Roberto Banigni would be Sandy, Thom Marriot would be Rooster and the SIP posse would play the little orphans - except Joe Lipinski, who would play Punjab.

Bryan:
Thanks for being such a great sport Dee!