doollee banner
The Playwrights Database
contact doollee


Paul Slade Smith

PAUL SLADE SMITH

  
Nationality:    USA
twitter     email:    n/a     Website:    Click here

Literary Agent:    Stewart Talent  

Paul Slade Smith was named one of "50 To Watch" -- "writers of exceptional merit and promise" -- by the Dramatist magazine in 2007. He turned to writing after fifteen years as an actor in Chicago, where his credits include the Goodman, Steppenwolf, and Chicago Shakespeare Theatres. Unnecessary Farce, his second play, received four award nominations in its world premiere at Michigan's BoarsHead Theater. Mr. Smith's first play, Hymn & Carol, premiered at Chicago's Shattered Globe Theatre, and will be seen this season at the BoarsHead. His original song from that show, "Mary's Lullaby," was included on the CD Broadway's Greatest Gifts: Carols for a Cure 2007. Mr. Smith left Chicago to join the national tour of the Phantom of the Opera,which he left to join the national tour ofWicked, which he has yet to leave. the playwright is a member of the Dramatists Guild of America.

Buy Plays with Doollee

Each page of doollee.com has links to play/book outlets, either directly to the Publisher, through Stageplays.com and Amazon to the second hand and 1st editions of AbeBooks. These links will automatically take you to the relevant area obviating the need for further search.
AbeBooks.co.uk   AbeBooks.com   Stageplays.com   amazon.com   amazon.co.uk   amazon.ca
whether you are a Playwright who wishes to make their entry definitive, an unlisted Playwright or a User with a tale to tell - we want to hear from you.
download WORD submission template

below is a list of Paul Slade Smith's plays - click on a Play Title for more information

         Hymn and Carol         Outsider, The         Unnecessary Farce

Hymn and Carol

Synopsis:
-

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
Shattered Globe Theatre, Chicago    

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
-

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

Top of Page Top of Page

Outsider, The

Synopsis:
What if being bad at politics makes you perfect for politics? Ned Newley does not want to be Governor. He is trailing in the polls and hates public speaking

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
Penisula Players, Wisconsin     2015

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

Top of Page Top of Page

Unnecessary Farce

Synopsis:
Two cops. Three crooks. Eight doors. Go. In a cheap motel room, an embezzling mayor is supposed to meet with his female accountant, while in the room next-door, two undercover cops wait to catch the meeting on videotape. But there's some confusion as to who's in which room, who's being videotaped, who's taken the money, who's hired a hit man, and why the accountant keeps taking off her clothes.

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
Boardshead Theater (Lansing, Mi, United States)     2006

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Playscripts, Inc - New York   -

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
110-120 min Farce

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  3            Other:  4 males, 3 females

Further Reference:
-

Top of Page Top of Page