Evan Smith's plays have been produced by Playwrights Horizons, the New Group, The Writer's Theatre (Chicago), 1812 Productions (Philadelphia), The Old Globe, Speakeasy Stage (Boston), The Theatrical Outfit (Atlanta), New York Stage & Film, and many others, and include The Savannah Disputation, Psych, The Uneasy Chair, Daughters of Genius, and Sevicemen. He is the recipient of commissions from Playwrights Horizons and Lincoln Center Theatre. His plays have been published by Grove Press, Dramatists Play Service, Inc., Smith & Kraus, Dell Books, and Playscripts.com. He has a BA in English from Vassar and an MFA in playwriting from the Yale School of Drama.
“The theological back-and-forth shines a light on the combatants' personalities, so we get a glimpse into, if not the souls, then at least the hearts and minds of four people who are secretly grappling with doubt, fear, loneliness, and regret about paths not taken. Along the way, there are plenty of laughs . . . In other words, faith is a complicated business—and even sometimes, as [The Savannah Disputation] shows, a funny business, too.” —The Boston Globe
“Psych is always quick-witted, funny, and bright spirited . . . a rat's maze of psychological games, evasions, denials, and duplicities, turning Smith's play into a picaresque, tilt-a-whirl version of Mamet's Oleanna.” —Michael Feingold, The Village Voice
“In The Uneasy Chair . . . Evan Smith has created a bewitching little comedy of Victorian manners . . . Smith manages to convert a ridiculous situation into pure comedy made entrancing by its unerringly satirical command of the pompous lifestyle of middle-class Victorians.” —New York Post
Selected Works
- Print Books
- Powell's
- Barnes & Noble
- Alibris
- Abe Books
- Dramatists Play Service