| GENE FRANKLIN SMITH |
Gene apprenticed playwriting with F.D. Reeve and Tony Connor at
Wesleyan University, where his first play, an adaptation of F. Scott
Fitzgerald's Tender Is The Night, was produced at the Second
Stage Theatre. He graduated with honors in English literature and
Theater and moved to New York City, where several of his plays
received full productions and staged readings, including Life
Beneath The Roses (Quaigh Theatre and TOMI Theatre), Adults In
Love (Lone Wolf Theatre) and Created Equal (John Houseman II
Theatre). Life Beneath The Roses has also been produced
regionally at the Cincinnati Playhouse (FutureFest Finalist),
University of Nebraska-Kearney, Theatre Americana (winner, David
James Ellis Memorial Award for Best Play 1992-93) and the Bitter
Truth Theatre. Gene moved to Los Angeles and in 1997, his play
Rubicon had its world premiere at the Coast Playhouse,
co-produced by Michael O'Hagan and starring Pamela Salem as a
Hillary-esque U.S. Vice President. In 1998, Gene founded the Write
Act Repertory Company in Hollywood and served as Artistic Director
for 5 years. During his tenure, three of his plays were produced:
Devil's Consort (again starring Pamela Salem), Transports of the
Heart (co-written with Clyde Derrick), and in the 2000-01 season,
the critically acclaimed adaptation of Charles Dickens's novel, Bleak
House (with, once more, Pamela Salem). In 2003, Gene relocated
to Toronto, Ontario, where he incorporated the Troubled Souls
Collective, which produced his popular site-specific productions,
Haunted Masters in 2004 and More Haunted Masters in 2005, at
the historic Victorian mansion, Spadina Museum. Gene's
screenplays, Slave To His Mistress and The Pursued (a prequel to
"Moby Dick"), have placed as finalists in the Nicholls Fellowship in
Screenwriting and the Austin Film Festival. Gene relocated back to
Los Angeles in 2006 and now serves on the board of directors of
the Salem K Theatre Company.
Wesleyan University, where his first play, an adaptation of F. Scott
Fitzgerald's Tender Is The Night, was produced at the Second
Stage Theatre. He graduated with honors in English literature and
Theater and moved to New York City, where several of his plays
received full productions and staged readings, including Life
Beneath The Roses (Quaigh Theatre and TOMI Theatre), Adults In
Love (Lone Wolf Theatre) and Created Equal (John Houseman II
Theatre). Life Beneath The Roses has also been produced
regionally at the Cincinnati Playhouse (FutureFest Finalist),
University of Nebraska-Kearney, Theatre Americana (winner, David
James Ellis Memorial Award for Best Play 1992-93) and the Bitter
Truth Theatre. Gene moved to Los Angeles and in 1997, his play
Rubicon had its world premiere at the Coast Playhouse,
co-produced by Michael O'Hagan and starring Pamela Salem as a
Hillary-esque U.S. Vice President. In 1998, Gene founded the Write
Act Repertory Company in Hollywood and served as Artistic Director
for 5 years. During his tenure, three of his plays were produced:
Devil's Consort (again starring Pamela Salem), Transports of the
Heart (co-written with Clyde Derrick), and in the 2000-01 season,
the critically acclaimed adaptation of Charles Dickens's novel, Bleak
House (with, once more, Pamela Salem). In 2003, Gene relocated
to Toronto, Ontario, where he incorporated the Troubled Souls
Collective, which produced his popular site-specific productions,
Haunted Masters in 2004 and More Haunted Masters in 2005, at
the historic Victorian mansion, Spadina Museum. Gene's
screenplays, Slave To His Mistress and The Pursued (a prequel to
"Moby Dick"), have placed as finalists in the Nicholls Fellowship in
Screenwriting and the Austin Film Festival. Gene relocated back to
Los Angeles in 2006 and now serves on the board of directors of
the Salem K Theatre Company.