Playwrighting | William Smith, Actor

Hotel COVID

Tom checks into a hotel and when he arrives in his room he finds a stranger, Joe, is already there. The room has been double-booked. They are both in town for business conferences, and they each may have to share the room with a stranger. Following bad news, other bad news, and other-other bad news, will they need rules to make the best of a lousy situation?

The Elephant Delivery

Waiting for a delivery of odd pigeons he didn’t want, Chris strikes

up a conversation with Pat, who is waiting for a delivery of elephants

he didn’t order. Sometimes it is hard to make sense of strangers,

but we’ve got to try, right? 2022

Transylvanian Idol

A Halloween-themed variety show including original poetry and

comedy sketches. 2007

Transylvania's Got Talent

A monster-judged Halloween variety show including original

poetry and comedy sketches. 2012-13

Special Delivery

A variety show including original poetry and comedy sketches, as well as several musical favorites. 2007

Three Old Men and a Milk Truck: a radio play

A comedy in radio show format, following the hijinx of three geriatric adventurers. Written by William A. Smith, Michael Stone Johnson, and Maurice Martin. 1990

Bobo and Earl

A two-act comedy running approximately 75 minutes. Bobo Hill and Earl Hicks travel as often as they can from their homes in East Texas to their cabin in the mountains of Arkansas for relaxation, beer drinking, hunting, and fishing. It doesn't take long for their latest trip to become a test of their friendship. Earl is abducted by something or someone and despite his insistence on the truth Bobo doesn't believe the story until Bobo is himself abducted by something or someone else and finds himself in the position of trying to convince Earl. A goofy Sheriff, a fast talking old woman and a beautiful young lady show up to make their complicated vacation, well… more complicated. Ultimately, Bobo and Earl will have to stick together and learn who they can trust if they are to survive the ordeal. 2018

The Why Are You Here People**

A short one-act comedy/drama running approximately ten minutes. Bob is an Iraq war vet who, like so many, has brought much of the war home with him. By his own admission he’s not a nice person. Betty is a soccer mom whom Bob calls a busybody. Their meeting in a doctor’s office sets them on a course toward conflict, humor, and ultimately understanding. 2019

**Published in Middle Tennessee State University's SHIFT literary journal

Lox and Loaded

Best friends, Bernie Bloomberg and Sol Rabinowicz have operated their own hardware store in New York, for 50 years. It all comes apart after Bernie defaults on a loan from mobsters. Sol pretends they are themselves mobsters and sets about threatening to kill the local kingpin, "Joey Legs." It's no surprise, then, when Sol and Bernie end up in the witness protection program in Texas, they have some

difficulty "fitting in." Written by William A Smith & Andrew R. Looney. 2012

The Adventure of the Diamond Death:

Sherlock Holmes in Texas

Sherlock Holmes comes to a small Texas town to solve a real local murder mystery. Sherlock and Dr. Watson put their deductive reasoning skills to work to determine whether Abe Rothschild is responsible for the murder of "Diamond Bessie" Moore. 1989