Raven M. Smith
actor | writer
"QUARTER LIFE CRISIS" HAS ITS LA PREMIERE AND SECOND WIN
MAY 2024
Raven had an amazing weekend on the West Coast at this year's LA WebFest. Her webseries was up for two awards, and she received a full scholarship to the LA Performing Arts Conservatory after winning their award for Best Actress!
BACKSTAGE FEATURE
April 2024
Raven was interviewed by Backstage, the #1 actor resource for career advice and casting opportunities! She discusses the website's role in her career and hands out her own advice to upcoming artists! Check out the article here!
LA WEBFEST SELECTION & NOMINATIONS!
March 2024
"Quarter Life Crisis", Raven's webseries, has been officially selected to screen at 2024's LA Web Fest! The webseries has been nominated for Best Pilot and Raven for Best Supporting Actress.
"QUARTER LIFE CRISIS" PREMIERES AT GARDEN STATE FILM FESTIVAL
March 2024
Raven's webseries' pilot episode was an official selection at the Garden State Film Festival! The Pilot played to a completely SOLD OUT theater, with standing room only.
Check out Raven's interview with actor Ming Chen and some of the cast and creatives on the official GSFF livestream!
INTERVIEW WITH TAPINTO.NET
February 25, 2024
Raven was interviewed by journalist Tony Gallotto ahead of the world premiere for her webseries at the Garden State Film Festival! Check out the article here!
"QUARTER LIFE CRISIS", AN UPCOMING PILOT
August 2022
Raven is the creator, executive producer, writer, and an actor in her first upcoming web series, "Quarter Life Crisis". She is super excited to be collaborating with other MSU alumni on one of her passion projects. After a long two years, the show is going from page to screen! You can follow along the journey by following the show on Instagram! A website will be coming soon!
PARTNERING WITH LOTAS PRODUCTIONS
May 2022 - present
Raven is partnering with Lotas Productions on several voiceover jobs! She's excited to keep working towards more!
Look out for samples soon!
"EMIT"
December 2021
This past spring, Raven was a part of an incredible project created and choregraphed by Jeanette Bednar and Gwen Torrence, close friends from college. "Emit" is a small piece of a bigger story, which you can find more about on Jeanette's website!
"TEA TIME", A STAGE READING
October 2021
Raven is super excited to be a part of a stage reading on Governor's Island of "Tea Time", an original by LiKWUiD. She will be playing the role of Jo in this workshop of an incredible show. Photos from the production can be found here.
LOWE'S "PUP PLAYDATE"
June 2021
Raven's Pup Playdate YouTube video is officially live! She partnered with Monica Mangin, from East Coast Creative, and Lowe's to give viewers some great tips for the summer and just in time! You can watch the video here! Leave a comment for her on the YouTube page, too!
SHOWCASE 2021
April 2021
Raven was blessed with the opportunity to get together with some of her classmates, once again, and film a digital showcase! Her scenes are from the TV shows, "Parenthood" and "Feel Good". Check out the clips in the Gallery!
SHOWCASE 2020
March 2020
After four years of extensive training in the BFA Acting program at Montclair State University, Raven will finally be graduating in May of 2020. Before graduation, Raven will be showcasing with the rest of the senior BFA Acting and BFA Musical Theatre students for over fifty casting directors, and agencies from NYC. The showcase will take place in Theater Row and is a result of Montclair State University's partnership with Actor's Connection NY.