Biography of Mark Landon Smith

MARK LANDON SMITH is the Artistic Director of Arts Live Theatre of Fayetteville, Arkansas, where he has directed productions of Ascension Day, Androcles and the Lion, Holes, An Evening of Miller and Inge, Schoolhouse Rock Live!, High School Musical and The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe. Additional directing credits include Les Miserables, Guys and Dolls, Little Shop of Horrors, How To Succeed&, Damn Yankees!, Into the Woods, The Secret Garden, Frankenstein, Crimes of the Heart, Wonderful Town, Les Miserables, Lil Abner and All My Sons. As actor he has appeared with Gaslight Dinner Theatre, Tidal Theatre Company (NY), Tsunami Radio Theatre (MA), Peacock Productions, Starlight Productions, Front Street Theatre, The Forum, The Loft Theatre, The Michael Fredman Players, The Playroom, Circuit Playhouse (TN), Boars Head Theatre, Not-A-Penny Productions, and Theatre Squared. Film and television credits include Frog Hair and A Passing Glance and starred on the short-lived television series, Simple Pleasures. Commercials credits include ads for Northwest Orient Airlines, Delta Steamboat Company, Holiday Inn and Subaru, Inc. He is the former Artistic Director of the Youth Repertory Theatre Company, and the former Artistic Director and Founder of The Actors Workshop Theatre Company and Self-Indulgent Theatricals, and served on faculty of the Avery Childrens Theatre, and was two term President of The Foundation of Arts and the Southwest Theatre Association College Division. As playwright he has had seven scripts published by Bakers Plays/Samuel French, Inc., including three foreign translation and his play Radio TBS was produced Off-Broadway. He is also co-author of the humor book Dear Elvis, published by Mustang Publishing. Mark holds a BA, MA, and MFA in theatre, and is a frequent Artist in Residence and has served as adjunct faculty at Tulsa University where he taught Acting For Film. Along with Julie Gabel, Mark is the Co-Artistic Director/Producer of Ceramic Cow Productions which took top honors at the 2005 and 2007 24 Hour Play Event and their first film, F5 was featured at the International Independent Film Festival in Los Angeles. Ceramic Cow is the producer of the popular Dupont, Mississippi stage series and the Pearls Of Wisdom television show. He is also the director and script writer for the Arts Live Theatre television series Fayetteville 72701.