Elaine Smith

ELAINE SMITH (director, producing artistic director) has acted on stage and film regionally and in New York City. She has directed for Abingdon Theatre Company, New Dramatists, Lincoln Center Institute, Women’s Projects & Productions, and Immigrants’ Theatre Project, among others. She is an award-winning playwright with productions and readings at several professional theatres. In addition, Elaine has been a script reader for the Princess Grace Awards for emerging playwrights and for Women’s Project & Productions. She has an M.A. in Theatre from the Univ. of Denver and a B.A. in Theatre from the Univ. of Delaware. She is a member of Actors’ Equity Association, of SAG-AFTRA, and of the Dramatists Guild. Elaine is a past member of Theatre Resources Unlimited (TRU) and their producing mentorship program as well as of the League of Professional Theatre Women. Her roots in Clay County run deep. A granddaughter of Hazel Cartwright, the first employee of the Clay County Library system, and niece of Milford Cartwright, long-time owner of the Brown & Cartwright Ace Hardware in Green Cove Springs, Elaine remembers seeing the county from the passenger seat of the bookmobile, Saturdays spent at the Clay Theatre, and afternoons at Spring Park. After more than 20 years in NYC as a small business owner and theatre professional, she has returned to the area and plans for Clamour Theatre Company to be Clay County’s first professional theatre company.