About.
Sophie Smith-Dostmohamed (they+she) is a queer graduate of the University of Winnipeg’s Acting Honours program, a founding member of Out From Under the Rug Theatre Collective, and the former Associate Artistic Director of Shakespeare in the Ruins. They are represented in film and theatre by Stephanie Clement at AMI.
Sophie most recently took part in the Shaw Festival’s 2023 season, performing in Jackie Maxwell’s Playboy of the Western World, appearing as first understudy for Lucy in Molly Atkinson’s Prince Caspian, and playing Antigone in Arthi Chandra’s Antigonick (Neil Munroe director’s project).
Sophie’s engagement with the Shaw Festival is supported by the inaugural Baillie Cohort (a group of four emerging Canadian artists directly supervised by Artistic Director Tim Carroll and Associate Artistic Director Kimberley Rampersad).
Other selected credits include: The Three Musketeers, Orlando, A Thousand Splendid Suns, New Canadian Curling Club (Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre), Much Ado About Nothing (Shakespeare in the Ruins), Bastard. (OFUR and Prairie Theatre Exchange), The Snail and the Whale (Manitoba Theatre for Young People and Tall Stories UK), Space Girl (PTE, workshop) Billy and the Moon (MTYP, workshop), Seeking Refuge, Trial of William Shakespeare (Winnipeg Jewish Theatre, workshop), God of Mars (National Theatre School, workshop), National Mentorship Program (RMTC, with Haysam Kadri), Like Mother, Like Daughter (Sarasvati Theatre Productions and Why Not Theatre, Assistant Director), Animosity (Winnipeg Fringe Festival), Arcadia, Love’s Labour’s Lost (University of Winnipeg).
At this time, Sophie is also engaged with PTE as an individual playwright with dramaturgical support from Thomas Morgan Jones.
Sophie’s top three fascinations at the moment are writing love letters, running beside sparkling lakes, and scribbling in their lilac journal. You can most easily keep up with their adventures on instagram, @sophiesmithdost.
Scroll through to see Sophie in various Production Stills below:
“Antigonick” Shaw Festival, directed by Arthi Chandra, Sophie as Antigone, Photo by Mark Callan, Set design: Emily Dotson, costume design: Rose Tavormina, lighting design: Emilie Trimbee, Neil Munroe Director's Project
“Antigonick” Shaw Festival, directed by Arthi Chandra, Sophie as Antigone, Photo by Mark Callan, Set design: Emily Dotson, costume design: Rose Tavormina, lighting design: Emilie Trimbee, Neil Munroe Director's Project
“Antigonick” Shaw Festival, directed by Arthi Chandra, Sophie as Antigone, Photo by Mark Callan, Set design: Emily Dotson, costume design: Rose Tavormina, lighting design: Emilie Trimbee, Neil Munroe Director's Project
“The Three Musketeers” RMTC, directed by Christopher Brauer with fight direction from Rick Skene, Sophie as Constance Bonacieux, Photo by Dylan Hewlett, Set design: Brian Perchaluk, lighting design: Scott Henderson, costume design: Michelle Bohn
“The Three Musketeers” RMTC, directed by Christopher Brauer with fight direction from Rick Skene, Sophie as Constance Bonacieux, Photo by Dylan Hewlett, Set design: Brian Perchaluk, lighting design: Scott Henderson, costume design: Michelle Bohn
"Playboy of the Western World" Shaw Festival, directed by Jackie Maxwell, Sophie as Ensemble, Photo by Emily Cooper, Set and costume design: Judith Bowden, lighting design: Kevin Lamotte
“Bastard.” OFUR x PTE, directed by Matthew Paris-Irvine, Sophie as Little (and playwright), Photo by Carla Hernandez, Set design: Joyce Licup, lighting design: Max Mummery, costume design: Emily Villinueva
“Bastard” OFUR x PTE, directed by Matthew Paris-Irvine, Sophie as Little (and playwright), Photo by Carla Hernandez, Set design: Joyce Licup, lighting design: Max Mummery, costume design: Emily Villinueva
“Much Ado About Nothing” SIR, directed by Ann Hodges, Sophie as Don John, Photo by Leif Norman, Design: Shauna Jones + Ksenia Broda-Milian
“Much Ado About Nothing” SIR, directed by Ann Hodges, Sophie as Don John, Photo by Leif Norman, Design: Shauna Jones + Ksenia Broda-Milian
“Orlando” RMTC, directed by Kelly Thornton, Sophie as Sasha, Photo by Dylan Hewlett, Set design: Linda Beech, lighting design: Hugh Conacher, costume design: Leanne Foley
“Orlando” RMTC, directed by Kelly Thornton, Sophie as Sasha, Photo by Dylan Hewlett, Set design: Linda Beech, lighting design: Hugh Conacher, costume design: Leanne Foley
“The Snail and The Whale” MTYP / Tall Stories London, directed by Jillian Willems, Sophie as Snail/Daughter, Photo by Riva Billows, Set design: Chris Hadley, lighting design: Katherine Johnston, costume design: Kevin Maguire
“The New Canadian Curling Club” RMTC Main Stage, directed by Miles Potter, Sophie as Fatima Al-Sayed, Photo by Leif Norman, Set and lighting design: Steve Lucas, costume design: Maureen Patkau
“The New Canadian Curling Club” RMTC Regional Tour, directed by Miles Potter, Sophie as Fatima Al-Sayed, Photo by Leif Norman, Set and lighting design: Steve Lucas, costume design: Maureen Patkau
“The New Canadian Curling Club” RMTC Main Stage, directed by Miles Potter, Sophie as Fatima Al-Sayed, Photo by Leif Norman, Set and lighting design: Steve Lucas, costume design: Maureen Patkau
“Love’s Labour’s Lost” University of Winnipeg, directed by Rodrigo Bielfuss, Sophie as The Princess, Photo by Leif Norman, Set and lighting design: Adam Parboosingh, costume design: Joseph Abetria
“Love’s Labour’s Lost” University of Winnipeg, directed by Rodrigo Bielfuss, Sophie as The Princess, Photo by Leif Norman, Set and lighting design: Adam Parboosingh, costume design: Joseph Abetria
“Arcadia” University of Winnipeg, directed by Shelagh Carter, Sophie as Chloë, Photo by James Thurmeier, Set design: Sean E. McMullen, lighting design: Ksenia Broda-Milian, costume design: Lauren D. Martin
“Arcadia” University of Winnipeg, directed by Shelagh Carter, Sophie as Chloë, Photo by James Thurmeier, Set design: Sean E. McMullen, lighting design: Ksenia Broda-Milian, costume design: Lauren D. Martin
“Animosity” Downside Up Prod. (Winnipeg Fringe Fest, “⭑⭑⭑⭑⭑”- CBC), directed by Ntara Curry and Sami Desiree, Sophie as Two, Photo by Andrea Case
“Here Together” DiO Fest, directed by Jonathan Mourant, Sophie as Eve, Photo by Erin Meagan Schwartz
“Bastard.” OFUR x PTE, directed by Matthew Paris-Irvine, Sophie as Little (and playwright), Photo by Carla Hernandez, Set design: Joyce Licup, lighting design: Max Mummery, costume design: Emily Villinueva