Playwriting
​My short plays have been produced in multiple countries
and across the United States.
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I'm the co-founder of Playwrights Avenue in Columbus, and
the former literary manager of Playwrights Local in Cleveland.
To view and read my plays, visit my New Play Exchange page.
For any enquiries, email gregasmithwriting@gmail.com
My debut full-length play Sheltered was produced at the
Tabard Theatre, London, and nominated for Best New Play
at the Off West End Theatre Awards.​​
Sheltered
When a literate young homeless man is invited into
a wealthy family’s home for Christmas Day, it appears
that the season’s spirit is alive and well. Until a second
family arrive with their own homeless guest…and a
dark sense of purpose.
NOMINATED FOR BEST NEW PLAY –
OFF WEST END AWARDS
‘A seriously funny, intense piece of art… Satirical and darkly brilliant’
– The Upcoming
‘Spikily amusing… A cross between
Abigail’s Party and The Hunger Games’
– Ought to be Clowns
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‘Best new dark comedy of 2014… An outstanding play and fully deserving of five stars’
– RemoteGoat
Produced at The Tabard Theatre, London
Selected Produced Short Plays
​The Creature at the End of the Bed
Every night, when Dani tries to sleep, she is visited by a dark creature possessing the most terrifying item in existence: A personalized notebook filled with anxious thoughts for Dani to overly fixate on.
A white police trainee faces two black officers.
A briefcase between them may or may not hold a loaded gun. The officers claim to be teaching a lesson about truth, trust, and discipline, but are all three playing a dangerous game?
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A pair of bickering brothers, isolated in the middle of nowhere, are unexpectedly joined by an unusual young woman whose presence drives a lustful wedge into an already fractured brotherhood.
On the run from the police, golden-haired Dee takes refuge in the wrong house in a dark comedic take on the story of The Three Bears.​
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