Stef Smith (playwright)

{{Short description|Scottish playwright}}

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Stef Smith is a Scottish playwright.{{cite web |title=Stef Smith |url=https://www.edbookfest.co.uk/writers/stef-smith |website=www.edbookfest.co.uk |publisher=Edinburgh International Book Festival |access-date=18 February 2025 |language=en}}

She was a finalist for the 2020 Susan Smith Blackburn Prize, for her play Nora: A Dolls House.{{cite web |title=The Susan Smith Blackburn Prize : Nora: A Doll's House by Stef Smith |url=https://www.blackburnprize.org/year/2020_/nora-a-dolls-house/ |website=The Susan Smith Blackburn Prize |access-date=18 February 2025}}

She adapted Amy Liptrot's memoir The Outrun for the stage, and it was performed in the 2024 Edinburgh International Festival.{{cite web |title=The Outrun |url=https://www.eif.co.uk/archive/the-outrun#about |website=Edinburgh International Festival |access-date=18 February 2025 |language=en |date=31 July 2024}}

Early life and education

Smith is from a village near Stirling. She graduated from the School of Drama at Queen Margaret University in 2009 with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) with Honours in Drama and Theatre Arts.{{Cite web|url=https://www.qmu.ac.uk/alumni-and-friends/50-years-of-drama-and-performing-arts/stef-smith|title=Stef Smith - Alumni|work=Queen Margaret University|accessdate=20 February 2025}}

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