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Madison Smith Director/Playwright

Artistic Director with Death & Pretzels madison.smith1989@hotmail.com 402-679-1562

Selected Directing Credits- Full Productions Women by Chiara Atik Team StarKid Stage 773, Chicago IL 2016 The Graduate by Terry Johnson Beverly Theater Guild The Baer Theater, Chicago IL 2016 Anatomy of Gray by Jim Leonard Death & Pretzels Charnel House Theater, Chicago, IL 2015 Gruoch, or Lady Macbeth by Paul Pasulka Death & Pretzels Charnel House Theater, Chicago, IL 2015 The Dybbuk by S. Ansky Death & Pretzels Cornservatory Theater, Chicago, IL 2014 Sex AKA Wieners & Boobs by Joe Lo Truglio Team Starkid Stage 773, Chicago, IL 2014 All You Need Is by Madison Smith & Ensemble Independent Project The Lab Theater, Lincoln, NE 2012 No Talent: Rejected Plays and Other New Works by Madison Smith Independent Project The Lab Theater, Lincoln, NE 2011 MilkMilkLemonade by Joshua Conkel Independent Project The Lab Theater, Lincoln, NE 2011

Selected Directing Credits- Scenes Laugh Out Loud (cry quietly) by Stacie Lents Women’s Theater Alliance Actor’s Scene Showcase Finalist, Chicago, IL 2015

Selected Directing Credits- Staged Readings The History of the Mob… by Joe Weintraub Three Cat Productions Berger Park Playhouse, Chicago, IL 2014 Halfway by Molly Campbell Three Cat Productions Berger Park Playhouse, Chicago, IL 2013 Gruoch, or Lady Macbeth by Paul Pasulka Three Cat Productions Berger Park Playhouse, Chicago, IL 2013 Sir Simon of Canterville Chase adaptation by Madison Smith The Lab Theater, Lincoln, NE 2012

Education Johnny Carson School of Theater and Film, University of Nebraska, Lincoln -BA Directing & Management, BA Performance

Awards Finalist (Director)- 2012 Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival (KCACTF) Stage Directors and Choreographers (SDC) Scene Direction Competition Most Improved Scene (Director)- 2012 KCACTF SDC Scene Direction Competition Honorable Mention (Playwright)- 2011 KCACTF One Act Competition Best Playwright- 2010 JCS New Artists Festival References Carrie Lee Patterson- Professor/Actor/Director carrieleepatterson@yahoo.com 773-230-6026 Latham Conger- Filmmaker lathamconger@yahoo.com 847-293-1799 Paul Pasulka- Playwright p-pasulka@northwestern.edu 312-330-4469