Dr. John Steven Paul is Professor of Theatre. He teaches playwriting and screenwriting, Drama and the Church, and Non-Western Theatre and Drama.

In recent years, Prof. Paul has directed MEDEA, THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE, ACCIDENTAL RAPTURE, DIE FLEDERMAUS and THE CRADLE WILL ROCK for the University Theatre.

Prof. Paul is also the director of the touring liturgical drama troupe, Soul Purpose, which creates new plays and performs them in churches throughout the country.

His writing has appeared in THE CRESSET, THE CHRISTIAN CENTURY, LIBERAL EDUCATION, THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE, and ARTS.