MARISA SMITH
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THE GIFT OF THE MAGI
(1M, 1W)
Productions:
Cape May Stage (NJ): Nov 20 - Dec 29, 2024
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Synopsis: Based on O. Henry’s “The Gift of the Magi,” this modern adaptation updates the tale of love and sacrifice to the modern day. In this version, Lucia and Rocky are a young married couple living in the city who love each other very much though they have different ideas of what to spend money on for this Christmas. Rocky would like to go cross country on his motorcycle and Lucia wants to save for the down payment on a house. When a baby comes into the picture, everything changes.
plays

SAVING KITTY (2M, 2W)
Productions:
The Studio Players (FL): Mar 10 - 26, 2023
Central Square Theater (MA): Jul 9 - Aug 2, 2015
New Jersey Rep (NJ): Jul 25 - Aug 25, 2013
Wellfleet Harbor Actors Theater (MA): Jul 15 - Jul 28, 2012
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​From The New York Times: "...this comedy about a whimsical mother whose caprices are less than fabulous...reduced the audience to howls of laughter."
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Synopsis: The battle lines are drawn and it’s all-out war when beautiful, fifty-something Kate Hartley, a wealthy, liberal, Manhattan atheist, launches a diabolical campaign to break up the engagement of her daughter Kitty to hunky Evangelical Christian Paul. Kate, divinely dizzy, supremely charming and highly intelligent, uses all her wiles to scuttle the relationship, alternating between saboteur and seductress.
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SEX + OTHER DISTURBANCES
(2M, 3W)
Productions:
M&D Playhouse (NH): Jun 2 - 12, 2022
Portland Stage (ME): May 1 - May 20, 2018
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Synopsis: It’s the fall of 2018 and a storm with no end is pummeling Manhattan and so are a variety of extreme midlife crises for the characters in Sex and other Disturbances. When your husband is too busy buying cabins in Newfoundland for the apocalypse, what’s the harm in having a little affair? Sarah, a former actress and now stay-at-home Mom and woman on the verge, finds out the hard way in this fast-paced comedy about friendship, love, sex, and other disturbances.

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THE NAKED LIBRARIAN
(1M, 3W)
Productions:
Northern Stage (VT): Feb 12 - Feb 29, 2020
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Synopsis: A cycle of monologues that weave a tale of love, regret, family, and how things change (or don’t) from generation to generation. When memory is so strong, how can we make sure our best days are ahead of us?

VENUS RISING (1M, 3W)
Productions:
Northern Stage (VT): Jan 30 - Feb 17, 2019
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Synopsis: When Julie, married mother of three, unexpectedly leaves her husband and moves in with her mother Cora, she’s shocked at what she finds in her childhood home. Insults, galoshes, and English muffins fly as the women fight for control of Cora’s life and Julie comes to grips with her own mid-life crisis.

MAD LOVE (2M, 2W)
Productions:
New Jersey Rep (NJ): Oct 20 - Nov 20, 2016
Northern Stage (VT): Jan 27 - Feb 13, 2016
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Synopsis: Sloane Hudson, a rich, beautiful recent Ivy League graduate and product of the campus hook up culture and frat basement pong tournaments, doesn't believe in love or marriage. She does believe in babies and wants one soon so her tummy can bounce back and she can still wear a bikini. The problem is she needs a sperm donor who passes muster. Enter Brandon, who's got the right stats but the wrong attitude. Brandon has enough on his plate already and lives with brother Doug, the infamous "De-Fenestrator" who just fell in love with Katerina, the hooker from the Ukraine. Cabbage soup, a rare baseball card and a lizard named Pogo all play a part in this romantic comedy for cynical times.