Jess Smith

Director, Teaching Artist, Collaborator

<p>Jess K Smith is a New York-based director focusing on generative work, adaptations, interdisciplinary collaborations, and imaginative interpretations of classic texts. Recent directing credits include The Visit by Friedrich Durrenmatt, Machinal by Sophie Treadwell, The Spectacular Demise of Platonov (an original adaptation of Chekhov's first play), 800 Words: The Transmigration of Philip K Dick by Victoria Stewart, The Hardly Wonder by Jason Platt, Harlowe and I Am The Girl With The Spun Gold Hair by Jennifer Lane, and Bleeding Radiators by Otso Houpaniemi among others.</p> <p>Jess has also developed a number of original ensemble-generated pieces including deCOMPOSITION which premiered in New York before touring to Seattle, EDIT (based on Kafka's writings), Oz: Re-imagined, Biff's Dream, Requiem, Lady Liberty Blues, Amplified, and most recently The Nomadic Dream Project for the Prague Quadrennial. Her interdisciplinary performance work includes collaborations with composers, sculptors, dancers, and audience. Her work has been presented at Playwrights Horizons, Seattle Repertory Theatre, On the Boards, 3LD, The Riverside Theatre, Dixon Place, Miller Theatre, on the streets of Prague, and elsewhere.</p> <p>She has served on the board of Northwest Playwrights Alliance and on the Advisory Committee for Macha Monkey Productions and is the co-founder of LAB, an interdisciplinary training program for Seattle artists. She has trained with SITI Company, interned with Punchdrunk and the Italian dance-theatre company Deja Donne, and completed the internship program with Seattle Repertory Theatre. She is an alumna of the University of Puget Sound where she earned a double major in Theatre and Psychology. She received her MFA in Directing at Columbia University under the guidance of Anne Bogart and Brian Kulick. Jess is a full-time Instructor and Director at Middlesex County College in New Jersey while maintaining a freelance career based out of NYC.</p>

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