Executive Director

SMJ (they/them) is a mixed-Latiné, non-binary, and NYC-based playwright, theatermaker, and educator originally from Mount Vernon, OH. They are proud to be a Executive Director of Andy’s Summer Playhouse. They were a 2022-2023 Dramatists Guild Foundation Fellow. Their work has been seen in various forms with Ars Nova, Lincoln Center, The Kennedy Center, Eugene O’Neill Theater Center, New York Stage and Film, Latinx Playwrights Circle, The Orchard Project, Latiné Musical Theatre Lab, Carnegie Mellon University, New York University, and Manhattanville University. SMJ has been a finalist for the 2024-25 Princess Grace Award in Playwriting at New Dramatists, 2024-25 Ars Nova Vision Residency, 2024 June Bingham New Playwright Commission, 2024 Diverse Voices Playwriting Initiative at Illinois State University, and 2023 Parity Development Award. They were a Top 30 semifinalist for the 2024 Samuel French Off-Off Broadway Short Play Festival. Currently,  SMJ is in consideration for the following: 2025 National Music Theater Conference at the Eugene O’Neill Theater Center (semifinalist), 47th Annual Bay Area Playwrights Festival (semifinalist), 2025 Pegasus PlayLab at UCF (finalist), 2025 Distillery New Works Festival at the Seattle Public Theater (Short List), and 2025/26 Residency at the cell theatre (semifinalist). They are a member of the Dramatists Guild and Ring of Keys. www.smjwrites.com