adam smith
I'm a writer and director, an award-winning performance artist, a theater and writing educator and an occasional sound designer/composer. I'm also one half of dance/theatre duo andersmith.
My work is low brow/brilliant according to New York Magazine's Approval Matrix.
I studied acting, directing, and writing for theater at Bowling Green State University. I wrote and performed with the New York Neo-Futurists for a few years, then started and led the San Francisco Neo-Futurists for a few more years.
upcoming
Call for Proposals: 2/14 Deadline / Encounter
time + space (Los Angeles, CA)
Applications are open for the 1st Encounter: a weekend of site-specific art and performance at time + space in Chinatown.
2/14 @ 2p - 4p / Practice (SOLD OUT)
time + space (Los Angeles, CA)
andersmith's free, interdisciplinary devising practice. Open to all, but limited to 12. April & June dates TBA.
2/21 @ 6:30pm / RERUN
The Vault at the Elysian (Los Angeles, CA)
Classic tv turned into a ridiculous task-based competition. Ridiculous, surprising, and human. February's show: Glee.
3/14 @ 12p - 3p | Nothing to Something, Volume 2
Glendale Room (Glendale, CA)
Workshop focused on fast generation and collaboration. Enter with nothing and leave with the sketch of an idea work further develop. Updated for 2026, N2S, Vol 2 puts a strong focus on using senses to generate material.
3/27 @ TBD | Andersmith + Special Guest
time + space (Los Angeles, CA)
A shared evening with Andersmith and a TBA special guest. Andersmith will present Canon, a dance/theatre piece unpacking how we make make meaning of the unexplainable.
More info coming soon
4/4 - 5/23 @ 3p - 6p | Increasingly Unreproducible Acts
Lyric Hyperion (Los Angeles, CA)
6-week intensive & culmination show focusedon creating performance that's never the same twice (intentionally). "Unreproducible Acts" builds a foundation of bringing chance into process and performance to make work that feels uniquely different every time.