CONWAY — M&D Playhouse is thrilled to introduce Madison Smith as the new producing artistic director for the North Conway-based theater company.
Smith, a director, producer and playwright from Chicago by way of Omaha, spent eight years serving as the artistic director of Death & Pretzels, a new works-focused storefront company, as well as the owner/operator of Nox Arca Theatre, a black box venue in the Ravenswood neighborhood of Chicago.
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