Register now for the Omaha Mobile Stage Youth Talent Show. This event is free and open to the public.
This event features a special performance by Broadway actress and Omaha native Q. Smith.
Q. Smith was born and raised in Omaha, Nebraska. She attended Fontenelle Elementary School, Brownell Talbot Prep, North High School, UNO, and then graduated with a MFA in Musical Theatre from Ithaca College.
Q. was a part of the original cast of the Tony Award winning (for Best Director) show, Come From Away, playing the role of Hannah. It is currently streaming on Apple TV+. Before Come From Away, Q. was seen on Broadway as the first African American actress to play a leading role in Disney’s Mary Poppins. Q. was also in the first revival of Les Miserables on Broadway. Off Broadway, she has performed and recorded the soundtrack for Fame: On 42nd Street. She has toured with the North American Broadway show A Night with Janis Joplin, playing the roles of Aretha Franklin and Nina Simone. Other noted credits include Abyssinia: A Gospel Celebration with Wynton Marsalis at the Lincoln Center and Showboat in concert at the renowned Carnegie Hall. Q. was a guest soloist for Hillary Clinton’s Vital Voices awards at the Kennedy Center and a guest soloist at Barack Obama’s inaugural ceremonies. She has shared the stage with Gladys Knight, Rita Coolidge and Gary U.S. Bonds in Smokey Joe's Cafe and has traveled the world with various productions. Television credits: The Good Fight, The Black Box, FBI Most Wanted, and multiple voice over commercials and campaigns.
Q. is also a passionate educator. Q. and her husband conduct workshops and masterclasses for groups and offer private coaching sessions for individuals of all ages. She has been developing a curriculum entitled Comprehensive and Restorative Art Conditioning, which helps children with behavioral problems and learning disabilities maintain their curriculum through the arts. Her goals are to build a performing arts school integrated with the juvenile system, open a bed and breakfast in Hawaii, travel the world, and finish her book Queens of the Theatre! For more information, go to: QdotSmith.com
This event is made possible by the Staenberg Family Foundation and Broadmoor, with additional support provided by Staenberg Omaha JCC.
