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Molly Smith is an American theatre director and the artistic director of Arena Stage in Washington D.C.. She was formerly artistic director of the Perseverance Theatre in Juneau, Alaska; she founded it in 1979 and led it until 1998.〔("Shaw Festival 2008" ) shawfest.com〕 In 1998, Smith became Artistic Director of Arena Stage. Interested in encouraging new American plays, she founded Arena's "downstairs series," which has held readings and workshopped some sixty plays, half of which have gone on to full productions. ==Works== Smith commissioned numerous world premieres at the Perseverance Theatre as well, including Paula Vogel's Pulitzer Prize-winning ''How I Learned to Drive'' and ''The Mineola Twins'', Tim Acito’s ''The Women of Brewster Place'', Moises Kaufman’s ''33 Variations'', Charles Randolph-Wright's ''Blue'', Zora Neale Hurston's lost play, ''Polk County;'' and Sarah Ruhl's ''Passion Play, a cycle.''〔 She has also directed at the Shaw Festival in Canada, Berkeley Repertory Theatre, Trinity Repertory Company, Tarragon Theatre in Toronto, and Centaur Theatre in Montreal, and includes the shows ''South Pacific'', ''Mack and Mabel'', ''Anna Christie'', ''Cat on a Hot Tin Roof'', "The Music Man", and "My Fair Lady".〔(Arena Stage / About Arena / Leadership ) arenastage.org〕 Smith has served as Literary Adviser to the Sundance Theatre Lab〔(Sundance ) sundance.org〕 and formed the Arena Stage Writers Council,〔("Arena Stage Announces Partnership with Georgetown Theater" ), baltimore.broadwayworld.com〕 composed of leading American playwrights. Smith brings artists of international renown to the Arena. She is a member of the Board of the Theatre Communications Group, as well as the Center for International Theatre Development. She directed two feature films. ''Raven's Blood'' (1997) was adapted from the mystery novel, ''Death of an Alaskan Princess,'' by Bridget Smith, and filmed in Juneau.〔 ("'Raven's Blood' opens" ), ''Juneau Empire.com, 11 September 1997, 14 February 2013〕 A major community effort, it featured many local actors and extras.〔 She also directed ''Making Contact.'' 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Molly Smith」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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