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Cecily Smith is a versatile director, theatre education specialist, artist in residence and actor, with extensive performance experience across the US. She is a graduate of Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, with a BFA in Theatre Performance. She has worked with youth in theatre and musical theatre across the country, most recently as the Youth Drama Director and Teacher at the Arts Center of Coastal Carolina on Hilton Head Island.Some of Cecily’s stage roles include Lady Di in Brentwood Blondes (Los Angeles); Carol in Oleanna (Cincinnati) and the lead role of Sarah in the film Blood Proposal. She also starred as Marian in the US premiere of The Edible Woman (Ann Arbor). Cecily was one of the Founders of Girls on the Run Orange County, a non-profit empowering young girls in California. She has created, directed and led youth theatre productions, workshops and classes for children of every age. She is a recently certified actor combatant with Academy of Fight Directors Canada.Cecily is a traveling theatre artist and lives with her family in Toronto.