David Paul Smith

29 productions · 2 theatres

Director of Education and Associate Resident Director at HCT, David Paul Smith has directed for Hale Centre Theatre, Hale Center Theater Orem, SCERA, American Fork Youth Theater, as well as other youth theater programs around Utah Valley. Some of his most recent directing credits include: Little Women, May We All, Freaky Friday, The Sound of Music, Newsies, Disney’s Descendants, School of Rock, Mary Poppins, My Son Pinocchio, Sister Act, and The Hunchback of Notre Dame. He most recently appeared on stage as Lumiere in Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, Buddy the Elf in Elf the Musical, Don Lockwood in Singin' in the Rain, Jervis Pendleton in Daddy Long Legs, and Jerry Lee Lewis in Million Dollar Quartet with HCT. David also writes music for film and theater including The Swan Princess: A Fairytale is Born and The Swan Princess: Far Longer Than Forever, The Sorcerer’s Apprentice, The Three Little Pigs, The Untold Story of the Tortoise and the Hare, The Emperor’s New Clothes, Peter Pan’s Great Adventure, Alice in Wonderland, Little Red, The Velveteen Rabbit, A Christmas Carol (HCTO), and a new full-length musical called Blink. He also writes the original productions performed by HCT’s Story Weavers. Thanks to the loving support of his wife and kids.