DARIUS SMITH. Off-Broadway: Bubbly Black Girl Sheds Her Chameleon Skin (City Center), Futurity (ArsNova & Soho Rep), Three Little Birds (New Victory). Regional: The Wiz (Ford’s Theatre), Nina Simone: Four Girls (Arena Stage), His Eye is On the Sparrow (Portland Center Stage), Jelly’s Last Jam (Signature Theater), Choir Boy (Marin Theater Company) The Producers, Once on this Island (Olney Theater Center); Original Works: Marcus Nate is Alive and Great and Living in Detroit (NY workshop), The Snowy Day (Best TYA Production Helen Hayes nomination); U.G.L.Y. (Signature Theater SigWorks MT Lab, Kennedy Center Page-to-Stage); Songs in the Key of Chocolate (Signature Theatre Summer Cabaret Series). Awards: 2017 City Center Music Directing Fellowship. 2018 Helen Hayes Award Nomination: Outstanding Music Direction (Nina Simone: Four Women), 2017 Helen Hayes Award Nomination: Outstanding Music Direction (Jelly’s Last Jam), 2016 San Francisco Theatre Critics Award: Outstanding Music Direction (Choir Boy), 2015 Signature Theatre Young Artist Citation. Upcoming: The Color Purple (Portland Center Stage).
