Mary Beth Smith
Rockport, MA
Recipient of the Peter Honegger Best One-Act Play award for KEEP A-BREAST, a play about the bizarre experiences of a breast cancer survivor.
Biography

Recipient of the Peter Honegger Best One-Act Play award for KEEP A-BREAST, a play about the bizarre experiences of a breast cancer survivor.

My latest play, RANTS AND TANGENTS, showcases a woman of a certain age, surrounded by shadows of men, and her long line of encounters.

HOME is a musical drama about the return of a girl to her family who have been missing as long as she has. Will any of them return Home?

AN HOUR AT SEA, commissioned by the Tragabigzunda Festival, spotlights the draining loss of fishermen and artists struggling to endure in Gloucester Massachusetts.

WITHDRAWAL, takes on addiction and its toll on relationships, and appeared in the TNT Festival at Marblehead Little Theatre in Marblehead MA. It has been taught in Middlesex Community College and Changing Lives through Literature throughout Boston, MA, and surrounding communities.

Other plays include:

THE EXPERIMENT and THE MOUSE, both performed at the Fire Dog Theatre, Arlington, MA

WEIGHTS AND MEASURES and GALILEO’S DOWRY, both performed at the Universal Theatre, Provincetown, MA

BUDDHISTS IN THE BASEMENT was performed at Empire Stage, FL and the Warner International Playwrights Festival, CT

MIRROR MIRROR OFF THE WALL had multiple performances at the Rogers Street Theatre, MA, and the Rockport Motif #1 Day as a top play to emerge from the Gloucester Writers Center

PRETTY THINGS, OPEN MIKE and OSSO BUCO were commissioned over 3 consecutive years for the Random Acts Festival in Newburyport, MA

DICK AND JANE, GETTING THE AXE, and DON’T MAKE A SOUND, 3 plays which appeared in TNT Festivals at the Marblehead Littler Theatre in Marblehead MA.