Hello! To wrap up my series of author bios, I'm going to talk about Paul Slade Smith, the playwright of the Nebraska Repertory Theatre's final show, Unnecessary Farce.
October of 2006, Paul Slade Smith's first play, Unnecessary Farce, premiered in Lansing, Michigan. Before the premiere of Farce, Smith's theatre work was all performance-based. He played Lefevre and understudied Andre in the national tour of Phantom of the Opera, along with Doctor Dillamond in the national tour of Wicked. He also performed regionally in a slew of musical comedies, Shakespearean
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| Actor and Playwright Paul Slade Smith, Author of Unnecessary Farce |
In a Skype interview with Smith, reviewer Dan St. Yves asked the playwright what sparked the desire to write. Smith replied "I just had a notion to set out to write a play...with the thought that 'let's see if I can write a play.'" Smith had no clue if his play would be successful, but he was optimistic. Flash-forward about seven years, and Unnecessary Farce has been so successful that by the end of last year, it reached its hundredth production.
Smith is currently preparing to perform in the world-premiere production of a musical adaptation of the film Finding Neverland and working on his second play, The Real Lulu, a comedy that deals with politics and how we mess it all up. Until then, NRT's production of Unnecessary Farce is more than enough to tickle your funny bone and get you your Paul Slade Smith fix. Buy your tickets today!
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