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resume updated 1 June 2012

Z Smith
Age: 27; Height: 5’8”;  Weight: 130lbs;  Hair: Brown; Eyes: Blue; Vocal Range: Soprano HighB♭, Alto Low F


PERFORMANCE EXPERIENCE : 

            Pepito’s Show (2010-present) Baltimore, MD
                                Solo clown show.  Performed over 200 times at private events.  Family audiences.

            Black Cherry Puppet Theater's Puppet Slamwich (2011-present) Baltimore, MD
                                4 time host or co-host to this recurring puppet cabaret.  Adult audiences.

            Pepito’s CLOWNdemonium Revue (March 18, 2011) Baltimore, MD
                                Creator, performer, director.  Slapstick filled variety show.  Sold out the Patterson Theater. Adult audience.

            Pepito’s Hidden Talent (Dec 17, 2011) Baltimore, MD
                                Lead performer in Baltimore Choral Art’s Christmas for Kid’s Concert.  Family audience.

            Vegetable Party (2009-2011) San Francisco, CA/Baltimore, MD
                                Commission from ArtsChange.  Co-developed musical clown show to teach preschoolers about healthy eating. Preschool                                         audiences.

            Circus Finelli (2005-2009 performer, 2005-present: general partner) San Francisco, CA
                                Character based clown comedy.  Toured Czech Republic and United States. Direction from Michael Gene Sullivan of the San                                  Francisco Mime Troupe.  Developed shows for children and adult audiences.

            Canary Theater (2002)  Baltimore, MD
                                Creator, director, writer, actor, clown.  Five women artists traveled by bicycle and performed for free.  Funded by Gladding                                     Foundation Grant.  Family audiences.

FILM AND TV:

            Pepito's Big Date - Pepito (lead role), indie film

            Chicken Bread - Dorleen Wily (lead role), indie music video

            Coca-Cola Commercial - Extra, stilt dancer

            Liberty Heights - Extra, Barry Levinson film

            UMBC medical program commercial - actor

EDUCATION:

            San Francisco Clown Conservatory (2004-2006)
                                Clown. Circus skills. Improvisation. Dance.  Story telling. Commedia dell’arte.  Hospital clowning. Chinese acrobatics.

            Dell'Arte School of Physical Theater (2006)
                                Two week clown workshop with Ronlin Forman.

            San Francisco Mime Troupe Summer Workshop (2002)
                                Developed satirical political comedies influenced by Commedia dell’arte, melodrama, and clown.

            Baltimore School for the Arts (1999-02)
                                Characterization. Lessac.  Linclater. Storytelling. African dance. Laban. Shakespeare. Scenic arts. Musical theater.


SKILLS: 



Singing

Ukulele

Banjo



Beat Boxing

Piccolo

Puppetry   



Handstands

Stilt Walking

Juggling



French

Hula Hooping

Tumbling



Dancing

Rolla Bolla

Face Painting