Michael Patrick Flanagan Smith

Michael Patrick F. Smith is a folksinger and playwright originally from Frederick, Maryland. His plays Ain't No Sin and Woody Guthrie Dreams premiered at Theater for the New City in New York in 2010 and 2011. As a musician, Smith has shared the stage with folk luminaries such as Ramblin' Jack Elliott and Happy Traum as well as indie rockers Wye Oak and Deer Tick, among others. Smith has also worked as a bartender, junk hauler, guitar player, furniture mover, book store clerk, contractor, event...See more

Michael Patrick F. Smith is a folksinger and playwright originally from Frederick, Maryland. His plays Ain't No Sin and Woody Guthrie Dreams premiered at Theater for the New City in New York in 2010 and 2011. As a musician, Smith has shared the stage with folk luminaries such as Ramblin' Jack Elliott and Happy Traum as well as indie rockers Wye Oak and Deer Tick, among others. Smith has also worked as a bartender, junk hauler, guitar player, furniture mover, book store clerk, contractor, event producer, office temp, stage hand, waiter, set fabricator, legal assistant, actor, oil field hand, and now writer. The Good Hand is his first book. See less