Plays
A wildly imaginative musical theater parody of the classic Hitchcock film PSYCHO that explores all aspects of the bizarre relationship between Norman Bates and his mother.
A fantasia on the life and work of famous poet Wallace Stevens. He is overwhelmed by the natural beauty of the Florida Keys but his intellectual gifts don't help him relate to key people in his life.
The true family story behind the Birmingham Church Bombing of 1963
A wealthy and powerful tycoon and his son are destroyed by scandal and come to suspect a family curse. Opera libretto based on financial scandals involving the Caspersen family.
Opera libretto adapted from the author's play GRACE, based on a true family story behind the Birmingham Church Bombing of 1963
Chamber opera adaptation of the author's play of the same name; a dreamy and lyrical fantasia on the life and work of poet Wallace Stevens.
Successes
David was selected to participate in Nautilus Music-Theater's Composer-Librettist Studio in 2018, where he met composer Kelly Krebs, with whom he has collaborated extensively ever since.
Krebs and Smith are developing a musical theater parody of the classic film PSYCHO that is called NORMAN! Other collaborators on NORMAN! include stage director Eric Morris and Music Director Sonja Thompson.
For additional details, please visit David's web site at aptwordsmith.com.
GRACE won Second Prize in National History Play Contest sponsored by the Sprenger-Lang Foundation and a development grant from the Arch and Bruce Brown Foundation.
WALLACE STEVENS AT KEY WEST, a one-act predecessor to MAN WITH BLUE GUITAR, was commissioned by the LiveArts Peninsula Foundation and won a Florida Playwrights Process award.
MAN WITH BLUE GUITAR was given a workshop/showcase production in Sarasota with a cast from the Asolo Conservatory for Actor Training and directed by Margaret Eginton.
WALLACE STEVENS AT KEY WEST was produced at Eckerd Theater in Clearwater, FL and was directed by Van Huff and produced by Julia Flood.
GRACE was produced at Studio@620 in St. Petersburg, FL by Bob Devin Jones and directed by Angela Bond.
GRACE was produced at Manatee Riverfront Theater and was directed by Preston Boyd.