Darius Smith makes his MTC debut with Choir Boy. His New York theater credits include Bob Marley’s Three Little Birds off Broadway and his original song cycle Songs in the Key of Chocolate at 54 Below. Based in Washington, D.C., his work as a music director in that region includes Choir Boy and Carrie the Musical at Studio Theatre, Disney’s The Little Mermaid and Once on This Island at Olney Theatre Center, Soon and Dreamgirls at Signature Theatre, Petite Rouge: A Cajun Red Riding Hood at Adventure Theatre Musical Theater Center and Glimpses of the Moon at MetroStage, among others. As a composer and lyricist, he has provided music and lyrics for The Snowy Day (Helen Hayes Award nomination, Outstanding Theater for Young Audience Production) at Adventure Theatre MTC and U.G.L.Y. at the Kennedy Center. dariussmithmusic.com