Desmond Gallant (DAA Committee)   Desmond Gallant is an Associate Professor in Theatre in the Department of Theatre and Dance at Florida Atlantic University where he teaches acting, directing, and script analysis. Prior to arriving at FAU, 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 FAU, 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.