Deanna Jones (she/her) is co-founder and Artistic Director of Suitcase in Point, with whom she has created and performed in over fifteen original plays, including Barrel Crank, the Dora Mavor Moore Award–nominated Keith Richards One Woman Show and Be Wearing Wolf. Other selected acting credits include Silly Old Men Ought Not to Fall in Love (Theatre Beyond Words), Bluenose (Carousel Players), and Trout Stanley (Essential Collective Theatre). She is part of FIXT Point’s ensemble for the Tale of a Town Canada, directed Niagara Artists Centre’s STRUTT Wearable Art Runway Show (2011–2014), and is Artistic Director of In the Soil Arts Festival. Deanna has a B.A. in Theatre from Brock University, and has trained with One Yellow Rabbit, Philippe Gaulier, Upright Citizen’s Brigade, and SITI Company. Deanna is currently working on a new show about the history of smoking cigarettes, des antécédents de tabagisme.