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Texas Tech University

Bobby Smith

Visiting Assistant Professor | Musical Theatre
Theatre & Dance

Email: smi45559@ttu.edu

Phone: 806-834-5244

Room Number: 260

Bobby Smith appeared on Broadway in Crazy for You, The World Goes ‘Round. His Off-Broadway credits include, Forever Plaid, Of Thee I Sing. And traveled in the first national tours of Brigadoon and The World Goes ‘Round. He has performed atSignature Theatre in 30 shows: Ragtime, Grand Hotel, Passion, A Little Night Music, Titanic, Simply Sondheim, Company, Assassins, She Loves Me, Midwestern Gothic, Road Show, La Cage aux Folles and last season, No Place to Go.  He was last seen at Studio Theatre in Fun Home,(winning the 2024 Helen Hayes Award for best leading actor)  A Class Act, The Long Christmas Ride Home, Reefer Madness, Jerry Springer the Opera, Grey Gardens and Caroline or Change. Most recently at Theater J; Two Jews Walk into a War. He is the recipient of 4 Helen Hayes Awards and 20 nominations,and the2019 Anderson/Hopkins Award recognizes artists and actors in the DC community whose creative lives demonstrate great accomplishment to date and promise for the future.  He teaches at Catholic University of America.  Each spring since 2014 he joins Greg Henry, Tracy Olivera and Brad Dell as mentor and coach for the American College Theatre Festival. 

Bobby Smith