Payton Smith

Payton Smith is an interdisciplinary theatermaker based in Philadelphia. She has supported in the production of original work as a production/stage manager, designer, puppeteer, and performer. Payton is pulled to live arts by a love for the fleeting, the finite. As a manager of the creative, she is interested in sustainable spaces of care for audience and collaborators, equally. She studied Theater and Performance at Bard College and the National Theater Institute at the Eugene O’Neill Theater Center. Recent Philadelphia collaborations have included work with Pig Iron Theater Company, Agile Rascal Theatre, The Bearded Ladies Cabaret, White Box Theatre, Philly Children’s Theatre and independent artists like Annie Wilson, Alexandra Tatarsky, Lily Kind, and Jacinta Yelland. paytonesmith.com