jessica natalie smith

Jessica Natalie Smith (she/her) is an actor, director, choreographer, and recent graduate of the Brown University MFA program in Acting and Directing. Jessica is a member of the Drama League's inaugural Stage Directing Assistantship cohort, the inaugural Choreography Fellow at The Hangar Theatre, the 2022 Lillian Chason Directing Fellow at UNC Chapel Hill, a 2020-2021 Teaching Apprentice at Brown University, and a 24 Hour Plays alum. Her directing work includes Blues for an Alabama Sky (asst. Nicole A. Watson, Guthrie Theatre), Dance Nation (UNC Chapel Hill), soft (asst. dir. Whitney White, MCC), The Murmurations (Atlantic Theatre Acting School), The Bridge Workshop (Dramatic Question Theatre), seven methods of killing kylie jenner (Leeds Theatre). Film: To Infinity and Beyonce, Aftermath, Phases (self-produced). Choreography: Elephant and Piggie (Hangar Theatre), The Tempest (dir. Aileen McGroddy). Acting: Behold A Negress (Tatyana-Marie Carlo, Everyman Theatre), Alien/Nation (Michael Arden, Williamstown Theatre Festival), and we will eat your grief (RDA Producing), Hamlet (Gallery Players). To learn more about Jessica’s work and artistry, please visit jessicanataliesmith.com