Tom Smith (playwright)

Tom Smith (playwright)

Tom Smith (born in 1969 in Rochelle, Illinois) is an American playwright, theatre director, and associate professor of theatre arts. Originally trained as an improvisational comedian, Smith founded Walla Walla TheatreSports in 1988.

Smith's published plays include "The Odyssey", "The Pathmaker", "Dangerous" (a contemporary gay treatment of Les Liaisons Dangereuses), [ [http://www.theatermania.com/content/news.cfm/story/6532 All Over the
] ] "Gray", and "Marguerita's Secret Diary" in addition to edited versions of "Much Ado About Nothing", "The Comedy of Errors", "The Two Gentlemen of Verona" and "Love's Labours Lost". Recent work includes "Johnny and Sally Ann: the true-life tall-tales of Johnny Appleseed and Sally Ann Thunder Ann Whirlwind", which ran for 2 years with LA's traveling company Enrichment Works; "Aunt Raini", which received a reading at Caldwell Theatre in Boca Raton and its world premiere at No Strings Theatre Company in Las Cruces, NM; comedic abridgements of the complete history of Las Cruces, NM; "Drinking Habits", which has received over two dozen regional productions; and various 10-minute plays. [ [http://www.tomsmithplaywright.com/resumeFrame.htm TomSmithPlaywright.com - Resume ] ]

His plays have won national and regional awards, including the 2004 Robert J. Pickering Award for Excellence in Playwriting, the 2004 ATHE Playworks Award, the Orlin R. Corey Outstanding Regional Playwright Award, the Richard Odlin Award, a Seattle Footlights Award, and the Doña Ana Arts Council Newcomer's Award.

Smith has directed plays staged in Kansas City, MO; Seattle, WA; Creede, CO; and Las Cruces, NM. [ [http://www.nmsu.edu/~ucomm/Panorama/summer2006/education_drama.htm NMSU PANORAMA - Summer 2006 =- Blending Education with Drama ] ]

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