Sydney Parks Smith

Producing Artistic Director

SYDNEY PARKS SMITH has worked with OpenStage since 1997 and serves as Producing Artistic Director for the Company. She received the 2019 OpenStage OPUS Award for Outstanding Director for Avenue Q; the OPUS for Outstanding Actress for her role as M’Lynn in Steel Magnolias; the 2018 OPUS for Outstanding Director for And Then There Were None; and the 2017 Colorado Theatre Guild’s Henry Award, a True West Award and the OPUS Award for Outstanding Actress for her role as Barbara in August: Osage County. Recent roles include Marie-Antoinette in The Revolutionists and Sir John Middleton in Sense and Sensibility. Recent directing credits include the upcoming Hedwig And The Angry Inch, Sherwood: The Adventures of Robin Hood, and Every Brilliant Thing. Sydney has designed hair for several productions and received OPUS Awards for her designs for Macbeth and The Tempest. She received the 2016 Founders’ Award for her outstanding contributions to the Company.

Sydney's Work with OpenStage

Event Role
The Minutes

Edward Bloom

Director

Agnes of God

Dr. Martha Livingstone

The Book of Will

Director / Production Manager

Sweat

Tracey

Cast

The Book of Will

Director/Production Manager

Crew

Six Years Old

Costumer Designer/Production Manager

Crew

Hedwig And The Angry Inch

Director

Crew

Treasure Island

Production Manager

Crew

Passion. Audacity. Stubbornness.

Production Manager

Crew

Clue: On Stage

Production Manager

Crew

Cabaret

Production Manager

Crew

The Revolutionists

Production Manager

Crew

The Revolutionists

Marie Antoinette

Cast

Cyrano de Bergerac

Production Manager

Crew

Agatha Christie's Murder on the Orient Express

Production Manager

Crew

Cry It Out

Production Manager

Crew

Sense and Sensibility

Production Manager

Crew

Sense and Sensibility

Sir John Middleton/Doctor/Servant/Gossip

Cast

Tiny Beautiful Things

Production Manager

Crew

Natural Shocks

Production Manager

Crew

Ken Ludwig's Sherwood: The Adventures of Robin Hood

Director/Production Manager

Crew

Men on Boats

Production Manager

Crew

Every Brilliant Thing

Director/Production Manager

Crew

Constellations

Production Manager

Crew

The Full Monty

Production Manager

Crew

Frankenstein

Production Manager

Crew

Fool For Love

Production Manager

Crew

Avenue Q

Director

Crew

The Mystery of Love and Sex

Production Manager

Crew

Much Ado About Nothing

Beatrice

Cast

Steel Magnolias

Production Manager

Crew

Steel Magnolias

M’Lynn Eatenton

Cast

The Crucible

Production Manager

Crew

Monty Python's Spamalot

Production Manager

Crew

And Then There Were None

Director

Crew

Christmas Chaos

Production Manager

Crew

The Comedy of Errors

Antipholus of Ephesus

Cast

Don't Dress for Dinner

Director

Crew

The Flick

Director

Crew

H2O

Production Manager

Crew

Bright Ideas

Production Manager

Crew

August: Osage County

Production Manager

Crew

August: Osage County

Barbara Fordham

Cast

Outside Mullingar

Production Manager

Crew

Superior Donuts

Production Manager

Crew

Stage Kiss

Director

Crew

Taming of the Shrew

Katharina

Cast

True West

Director

Crew

RENT

Hair Designer

Crew

Noises Off

Belinda Blair

Cast

Dead Man's Cell Phone

Hermia

Cast

Sherlock Holmes: The Final Adventure

Irene Adler

Cast

Casino Royale

Moneypenny

Cast

Shining City

Production Manager/Properties Mistress

Crew

SceneWorks

Actor

Cast

Anton in Show Business

Ralph/Wikewitch/Joe Bob

Cast

The Book of Liz

Director

Crew

The Maiden's Prayer

Libby

Cast

As You Like It

Rosalind/Ganymede

Cast

Dirty Blonde

Director

Crew

Boy Gets Girl

Producer

Crew

Nickel and Dimed

Voice Overs

Cast

Noises Off

Belinda/Flavia

Cast

Picnic

Hair Designer

Crew

Swimming in the Shallows

Producer

Crew

True West

Director/Costume Design

Crew

Boston Marriage

Catherine

Cast

Italian American Reconciliation

Janice

Cast

An Ideal Husband

Set-In

Crew

Desperate Affection

Producer

Crew

Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead and 15 Minute Hamlet

Hair Designer/Hair Stylist

Crew

Desperate Affection

Maddie

Cast

A Bright Room Called Day

Agnes Eggling

Cast

A Perfect Ganesh

Hair Designer

Crew

The Women

Sylvia Fowler

Cast

The Weir

Valerie

Cast

Cakewalk

Director

Crew

Macbeth

Hair Design

Crew

Raised in Captivity

Bernadette

Cast

Proof

Claire

Cast

Romeo and Juliet

Assistant Director

Crew

The Most Massive Woman Wins

Cel

Cast

triplePLAY

Cel

Cast

Romeo and Juliet

Lady of Verona

Cast

Who Will Carry the Word

Gina

Cast

Wit

Susie Monahan, R.N., B.S.N.

Cast

The Tempest

Hair Design

Crew

The Mousetrap

Hair Design

Crew

The House of Bernarda Alba

Magdalena

Cast

Picasso at the Lapin Agile

Germaine

Cast

The Comedy of Errors

Antipholus of Ephesus

Cast

King Lear

Curan/Ensemble

Cast

Grant Support
Season Sponsors
Grant Support
Season Sponsors