Elaine Smith Writes

And Directs (occasionally)

ELAINE SMITH
Writer
917-902-7210
elaine@elainesmithwrites.com
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Playwright
  • Angels and Ministers of Grace
    • * 2015 Best Drama: Broadway World Awards
    • * 2015 Best New Work: Broadway World Awards
    • * 2014 Production: New Jersey Repertory
    • * 2012 Staged Reading: Penobscot Theatre Northern Writes New Works Festival
    • * 2011 Semi-Finalist: Eugene O'Neill Theater Center National Playwrights Conference
    • * 2010 Staged Reading: TRU Voices Series - Theatre Resources Unlimited
    • * 2008/2009 Nominee: Susan Smith Blackburn Prize
    • * 2009 Staged Reading: Berkshire Theatre Festival
    • * 2008 Staged Reading: Barter Theatre Appalachian Festival of Plays & Playwrights - Second Prize
    • * 2008 SART ScriptFest: Top 20 Title
    • * 2008 Staged Reading: New Jersey Repertory (with Linda Hamilton)
    • * 2007 Finalist: Eudora Welty New Play Series, New Stage Theatre
    • * 76th Annual Writers Digest Competition: Honorable Mention
    • * 2005: First Reading, Abingdon Theatre Company
  • The Looking Glass
    • *2013 Production: The Wharton Salon
  • Ten Minute Life
    • * 2014 Production: 10 By 10 in the Triangle, The ArtsCenter
    • * 2010 Reading: F.A.C.T.
  • Liars' Poker
    • * 2010 Finalist: Heideman Award, Actors Theatre of Louisville
  • Picture Perfect
  • She Hung Up
  • Carapace
  • Strange Flowers of Reason
  • Quis Custodiet
  • Agit-Prop 8
  • Darkness
  • Handiwork
  • Three Mile Limit (work-in-progress)
  • PowerPlay (work-in-progress)
Non-Fiction
  • How to Be a Failed Actor: 27 Things Actors Do to Shoot Themselves in the Foot
Short Stories
  • A Flat Five Minutes
  • Fools' Gold
  • The Family Tree
  • Just a Stage
  • White Magic
Childrens' Stories
  • Colin and the Crafty Cupcake
  • Lee and the Lazy Ladybug
  • Macy and the Magic Money
  • Peter and the Perfect Pelican
  • True Life Adventures of the Shea-D Lady
  • Wynn and the Wiggly Walrus
Articles
  • Dealing with Difficult Clients, "Contracting Professional," October 2001
  • El cuarto de atràs: Metafiction and the Actualization of Literary Theory, "Hispanófila,"
    1987, with Joan Lipman Brown
Technical Writing
  • User Guides for Annuity Fund Fact Sheet Update Process and MetroMatch
    Name/Address Processing Software
  • Training manuals for numerous software courses
Related Experience
  • Actor: Performed with Abingdon Theatre Company, NYC Fringe Festival, Immigrants Theatre Project,
    Six Figures Theatre, Seaview Playwrights' Theatre, NEST, Pulse Ensemble Theatre, The Medicine Show,
    Wilmington Drama League, Highway Ensemble, Cozza Productions

  • Director: Directed productions and readings for Abingdon Theatre Company, Pulse Ensemble,
    Samuel French One-Act Festival, Immigrants Theatre Project, Ma-Yi Theatre Ensemble,
    Women's Projects & Productions, New Dramatists, Barnes & Noble, Lincoln Center Institute,
    the Village Gate and LaMama's La Galleria.
Professional Affiliations
  • Dramatists Guild
  • TRU Producing Mentorship Program
  • League of Professional Theatre Women
  • AEA
  • SAG-AFTRA
Education
  • M.A. in Theatre, University of Denver, 1982
  • B.A. in Theatre, University of Delaware, 1981