Scott Alan Smith

Acting professor

Academic

Professor of performing arts, Fall 2019–present, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA

Teaching acting for the camera, Spring 2016–Spring 2019, UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television

Theater coordinator, 2019–2020
Visiting assistant professor of theater, 2014–2020
Adjunct professor of theater, 2008–14, Pepperdine University, Seaver College
Co-taught a film course with distinguished filmmaker in residence Joe Sargent. Arranged for students to see plays off-campus, meet with artists post-show, and accompanied students to all events. Invited and coordinated guest speakers/master class teachers (Alfred Molina, Jeffrey Tambor, Alan Blumenfeld, Holly Powell, Alexandra Paul, Taylor Nichols, Carlos Bernard, Kate Walsh, Aaron Lipstadt, and others). Directed several productions including The Taming of the Shrew, Hedda Gabler, and more.

Professional

Associate artistic director, 2012–present
Advised the artistic directors on all areas regarding the artistic direction of the theater including play selection for the theater's season and company member selection. Handled all artist contracts and grant writing. Festival Director for the annual Summer Playwrights Festival.

Artistic board member, 1997–2000 and 2008–present, The Road Theatre Company
A professional theatre company dedicated to producing new world premiere plays in North Hollywood. The Road's mission is to support the creation of new work (new plays, adaptations, translations) and see these plays produced on stage. Company member since 1995. Directed and facilitated over 125 staged readings of new and developing plays. Selected company members and negotiated contracts with agents. Helped organize and create fundraising initiatives. Authored grants and mission statement. Festival Director of the Summer Playwriting Festival, the largest new play reading series in the nation, 2010–present. Managed and implemented the Monday Night Road Signs new play reading series.

Director/instructor, 2006, Interplayers Theater, Spokane, WA
Ran a two-week workshop for scene study and script analysis.

Grants

Dean's Research Grant, to support research on the Cleveland Play House, 2015 and 2016
Los Angeles County Arts Commission, $4000 used for the hiring of an intern to assist in producing the Summer Playwrights Festival 2013, 2014, and 2015, awarded 2013–16
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, $2,000 used for production of short film, which premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival April 2004, awarded 2003

Directing

Stage Scene LA awards for best director, best ensemble, best production, best sound, best lighting, and best projection design, Critic's Choice, Los Angeles Times, Melissa Arctic, director, The Road Theatre Company, 2014
Critic's Choice, Los Angeles Times, LA Weekly, The Adding Machine, The Hayworth, 2007
People's Choice Award, Spokesman Review, Bus Stop, Interplayers, 2006
Dramalogue Award, ADA Award, New York Mets, Road Theatre Company, 1998

Acting

Film Independent (L.A.) 2012–present
The Actor's Studio Playwright/Directing Unit (L.A.), 2008–present
Associate member, Theatre Communication Group (TCG), 2012–present
Emmy voter-performers peer group, Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, 2003–present
Los Angeles Stage Alliance, 2004–present
The Producers League of Los Angeles (TPLLA)-Representative, Road Theatre Company
The Road Theatre Company-Artistic Board Member (1997–present) Associate Artistic Director, (2012–present)
SOC-Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers 2012–present
Actors' Equity Association (AEA) 1994–present
SAG-AFTRA 1987–present

Selected directing, The Road Theatre Company

Selected assistant director

"The Unseen," dir. Craig Wright, Road Theatre Company, 2009
"Mother Courage and Her Children," dir. Jessica Kubzansky, The Theater at Boston Court, Pasadena, 2005

Selected acting