As a child, JC Smith never dreamed of becoming a playwright or serving as creative director of his own theatrical troupe.
“I was in my high school choir and shifted into musical theater,” the 25-year-old recalls. “Lighting design was my passion.”
Closed Door Entertainment writer, director, actor and producer JC Smith visits fellow actors in the dressing room.Today, Smith is, by day, a legal assistant with the firm Patrick, Beard, Schulman & Jacoway; by night he is writer, director, actor and producer for his own Closed Door Entertainment company.
And now, this young turk who was nominated for a 2008 Pulitzer Prize is preparing the launch of his theatrical group as a regional and touring company.
A graduate of Chattanooga School for the Arts and Sciences, Smith attended the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga for a semester before moving to Nashville “where I started running hotels.”