David F. Smith
David has written fiction, poetry, essays and screenplays, but his primary writing experience has been as a playwright and librettist. His play Grace, based on the Birmingham Church Bombing of 1963, won Second Prize in the National History Play Contest sponsored by the Sprenger-Lang Foundation and a grant from the Arch and Bruce Brown Foundation.
His one-act play Wallace Stevens at Key West, commissioned by LiveArts Peninsula Foundation, won a Florida Playwrights Process Award. His full-length play Man with Blue Guitar was given a workshop and showcase production with a cast from the Asolo Conservatory for Actor Training in Sarasota. For additional information on many of his other projects, please click on the tabs and links throughout this this web site.
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David F. Smith
David has written fiction, poetry, essays and screenplays, but his primary writing experience has been as a playwright and librettist. His play Grace, based on the Birmingham Church Bombing of 1963, won Second Prize in the National History Play Contest sponsored by the Sprenger-Lang Foundation and a grant from the Arch and Bruce Brown Foundation.
His one-act play Wallace Stevens at Key West, commissioned by LiveArts Peninsula Foundation, won a Florida Playwrights Process Award. His full-length play Man with Blue Guitar was given a workshop and showcase production with a cast from the Asolo Conservatory for Actor Training in Sarasota. For additional information on many of his other projects, please click on the tabs and links throughout this this web site.
Featured News:
Peter Rosen to Develop Documentary Film on New American Opera
January 2023
Nautilus Film Project, LLC, led by David Smith and Bob Beverage, have engaged award-winning documentary filmmaker Peter Rosen to develop a new documentary film on new American opera. This will be a multi-year project and will showcase the development process behind the creation of bold and innovative new works. Leading composers, librettists, conductors, and producers will be involved in the production.
For more details and to make a tax-deductible contribution, please click on the link below, which will take you to our page on the web site of our fiscal sponsor, FilmNorth LLC: filmnorth.org/fiscally-sponsored-projects/nautilus-documentary-project
Featured Event:
Lullaby for Vaska selected for Concert for Peace on New Year’s Eve at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in New York City
November 2022
Lullaby for Vaska, a collaboration between composer Joseph Turrin and poet David Smith, has been selected for the 2022 Concert for Peace at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine. The performance will be on New Year’s Eve and will be conducted by Music Director Kent Tritle. The evening will be hosted by Harry Smith, longtime television host on CBS.
The annual New Year’s Eve Concert for Peace was begun by Leonard Bernstein in the 1980s.
For a link to a YouTube video of the performance, go to: youtube.com/watch?v=F8PAWm5CFVo
Featured News:
Peter Rosen to Develop Documentary Film on New American Opera
January 2023
Nautilus Film Project, LLC, led by David Smith and Bob Beverage, have engaged award-winning documentary filmmaker Peter Rosen to develop a new documentary film on new American opera. This will be a multi-year project and will showcase the development process behind the creation of bold and innovative new works. Leading composers, librettists, conductors, and producers will be involved in the production.
For more details and to make a tax-deductible contribution, please click on the link below, which will take you to our page on the web site of our fiscal sponsor, FilmNorth LLC: filmnorth.org/fiscally-sponsored-projects/nautilus-documentary-project
