Christopher G. Smith

Christopher G. Smith

Christopher G. Smith's is an award-winning playwright. His play The Violin Maker was a semifinalist for the Eugene O’Neill National Playwrights Conference and The American Blues Theater’s Blue Ink Playwriting Award, a finalist at Dayton FutureFest and the 2020-21 Playhouse on the Square’s NewWorks@TheWorks Playwriting Festival. It received readings at both festivals. Painted Desert recently had an equity...
Christopher G. Smith's is an award-winning playwright. His play The Violin Maker was a semifinalist for the Eugene O’Neill National Playwrights Conference and The American Blues Theater’s Blue Ink Playwriting Award, a finalist at Dayton FutureFest and the 2020-21 Playhouse on the Square’s NewWorks@TheWorks Playwriting Festival. It received readings at both festivals. Painted Desert recently had an equity company read at the Peninsula Players. It was a finalist at the Palm Beach Dramaworks and received a table reading. It was also a finalist for the Seven Devils Conference and Wordsmyth Theatre reading series. Packers was the winner of the playwriting competition at Jewel Box Theatre in Oklahoma City, OK and a recently a finalist at Matchstick Theatre Company London, England. Checkout was a finalist for the B Street Theatre New Comedies Festival in Sacramento, CA. One Summer Night, a 10-minute play received a reading as part of the Midwest Dramatist Conference. Thirst for Eden was produced at the Rochester Repertory Theatre and received a 2021 company reading at Proud Haddock Productions in London, England.

Christopher’s work have received readings through the Midwest Theater Network. His plays have been 1st runner up for the Panowski Playwriting Award and the SETC New Play Contest; Finalists at The Alleyway Theater, Mountain Playhouse, semifinalist for the Marvin Taylor Playwriting contest, McLaren Festival, Cleveland Public Theatre, Dayton Playhouse FutureFest, Florida Studio Theater and Mill Mountain Theater. He is a member of the Playwrights Center in Minneapolis, and his plays are available on NPX.

Plays

  • The Violin Maker
    For 300 years, the Mosel family has handcrafted violins of the highest quality. Now Karl Mosel, the last and only son, struggles after his father’s death to decide whether to continue the family legacy or let it go. His elderly grandfather, Wilhelm, convinces Karl to work with him over the summer and attempt to make a violin as homage to his father. Karl is soon joined in the shop by Angela Brunelle, a surprise...
    For 300 years, the Mosel family has handcrafted violins of the highest quality. Now Karl Mosel, the last and only son, struggles after his father’s death to decide whether to continue the family legacy or let it go. His elderly grandfather, Wilhelm, convinces Karl to work with him over the summer and attempt to make a violin as homage to his father. Karl is soon joined in the shop by Angela Brunelle, a surprise summer intern. As they repair violins and learn the craft under Wilhelm’s guidance, they also find ways to mend their damaged lives.
  • Painted Desert
    Robby, a runaway hitchhiking west, crosses paths with Devlin, a man on the run. After their car breaks down they stumble upon a shack in the American Painted Desert. Suddenly, the local Sheriff arrives looking for its inhabitant, a recluse Preacher. As Devlin evades the Sheriff’s questions, she senses trouble and offers Robby a way out. He declines and she leaves. Just as the men prepare to move on,...
    Robby, a runaway hitchhiking west, crosses paths with Devlin, a man on the run. After their car breaks down they stumble upon a shack in the American Painted Desert. Suddenly, the local Sheriff arrives looking for its inhabitant, a recluse Preacher. As Devlin evades the Sheriff’s questions, she senses trouble and offers Robby a way out. He declines and she leaves. Just as the men prepare to move on, Preacher wanders out of the darkness. As the story unravels Robby must choose between the power of Devlin’s violent ways or what appears to be the powerless goodness of the preacher.
  • Checkout
    Comedy- It's the late 1980's. A widow attempts to boost business with a "big idea" promotion to capitalize on recent Elvis sightings. All is well until "the king" makes his final surprise appearance just moments before the event. It's a mad scramble with everyone trying to deal with an out of control situation.

  • Packers
    A working class family is caught on both sides of prolonged strike.

    Each year the Murphy family gathers to watch football and enjoy a Thanksgiving meal. But this year is anything but simple. The company has issued an ultimatum. Striking workers must return or they will be permanently replaced. A hard time when Murphy's work for management and are also out on strike.
  • Thirst For Eden
    At a final reunion between an aging writer and his son, both men are forced to deal with the nature of their relationship and the choices they made that shaped the direction their lives.

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    First Produced Rochester Repertory Theatre
  • Letting Ella Go
    The last remaining sisters of a large family, Josephine and Bessie, gather at the home of their deceased eldest sister Ella to complete the final tasks of settling her estate. With help from Josephine’s daughter Gail, the sister, work through sorting belongings and sorting out their very different approaches to the job. We laugh at the chaos, the conflict and feel the love of family as the three women press...
    The last remaining sisters of a large family, Josephine and Bessie, gather at the home of their deceased eldest sister Ella to complete the final tasks of settling her estate. With help from Josephine’s daughter Gail, the sister, work through sorting belongings and sorting out their very different approaches to the job. We laugh at the chaos, the conflict and feel the love of family as the three women press forward with the difficult task of Letting Ella Go.
  • Someone to Dance With
    10 minute play. A new couple visits an abandoned stadium during the Covid 19 outbreak. What a place to fall in love.
  • Aloha!
    10 minute play. Just another day in Paradise. Two couples staying on Ka'anapali beach in Maui wake to the announcement of the ballistic missile attack. Based on one of our most memorable vacations.
  • One Summer Night
    10 minute play. One Summer Night Laura searches along a country road for her missing date, Mick. Along the way she meets Bruce, Mick's friend who is sitting in alone in the roadside cemetery. While Bruce does his best to cover for his buddy with Laura, he discovers that Mick may have left something very special behind.
  • A Memory of Eden
    A short monologue from the full length play Thirst For Eden. Jake Adams an aging writer struggles to make sense of his life's path and write the truth of it.