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
3/21-22 | Encounter
time + space (Los Angeles, CA)
I'm co-producing a site-specific performance event in Los Angeles. Performances span multiple disciplines and genres; work can be durational or discrete, interactive or observed, indoor or outdoor.
3/24 @ 8:30p | Should we spend our lives together? WIP
The Vault at the Elysian
WORK-IN-PROGRESS Show
An interactive relationship experiment! Over the course of an hour, Chloe Badner will attempt to date, marry, and grow old with an audience member that gets the vibe just right. Could it be you? Devised by Chloe Badner & Adam Smith. Directed by Maddox Penningon
3/27 @ 7:30p | Ajani + Andersmith
time + space (Los Angeles, CA)
A shared evening with Ajani Brannum and Andersmith. Ajani will present a work-in-progress performance of AT THE END OF ASPIRATION, which marks their first performance project since 2024 — just in time for the (latest) death of hope. Andersmith will present a work-in-progress showing of Canon: a series of actions exploring of we give meaning to the unexplainable.
4/8 @ 8p | Should we spend our lives together?
Hudson Theater Mainstage
as part of The Joy Who Lived
An interactive relationship experiment! Over the course of an hour, Chloe Badner will attempt to date, marry, and grow old with an audience member that gets the vibe just right. Could it be you? Devised by Chloe Badner & Adam Smith. Directed by Maddox Penningon
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.
4/19 @ 12p - 2p / Practice
time + space (Los Angeles, CA)
andersmith's free, interdisciplinary devising practice. Open to all, but limited to 12. Registration opens 3/19/26
6/7 @ 12p - 2p / Practice
time + space (Los Angeles, CA)
andersmith's free, interdisciplinary devising practice. Open to all, but limited to 12. Registration open 5/7/26.