Quick Facts
Location NJ based / NYC · Union Status EMC & AGMA
Height 6'1" · Weight 165 lbs · Eye Color Hazel · Hair Color Brown
Vocal Range G2-A4 · Falsetto (Countertenor) extension up to B5
EDUCATION
James holds two degrees in vocal performance.
B.M. from Montclair State University, John J. Cali School of Music · Montclair, NJ
M.M. from Indiana University, Jacobs School of Music · Bloomintgton, IN
Musical Theatre
Tri-State Area
Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey · 54/Below · Alvin Ailey American CitiGroup Theatre · White Plains Performing Arts Center · Princeton Festival · South Orange Performing Arts Center · Downtown Cabaret Theater · NY Gilbert and Sullivan Players · Light Opera of New Jersey
West Coast
Utah Festival Opera and Musical Theatre · Oregon Cabaret Theatre · Sierra Repertory Theatre
Opera
Utah Festival Opera and Musical Theater · Light Opera of New Jersey · The Young Artists' Initiative
Stage Directing
James founded The Young Artists' Initiative and served as stage director of their two productions, Pirates of Penzance and Don Giovanni, as well as producer for Don Giovanni. In 2016, he served as stage director for the Pequannock Township Parks and Recreation summer musical theater camp's production of Shrek Jr. and then returned in 2018 for Seussical Jr. In 2019 he became the resident stage director for New Jersey Vocal Arts Collaborative and their inaugural production of Le nozze di Figaro. He returned in 2022 to direct his final production with NJVAC, Die Zauberflote. James has stepped in to act as stage and music director for Villa Walsh Academy's (Morristown, NJ) 2024 spring musical, Seussical; it is the first time he has music directed. In April 2024, James joined Light Opera of New Jersey as both stage director and scenic designer for its summer production of Seussical. During the pandemic, James served as video designer for Transgressive Theatre-Opera's virtual production of Handel's Beauty's Truth.
Musical Theatre
AGGL&M (2024) at the Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey
From L-R: Kayla Walsh, Francesca Mehrota, James Conrad Smith, Javier Alfonso Castellanos, Bobby Cook Gallagher, Katie Zaffran, and Lauren 'Coco' Cohen
NEWSIES (2019-20) at the White Plains Performing Arts Center
From L-R: James Conrad Smith, Mark Bradley Miller, Jamie Zeidman, Chris McHugh
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LEGALLY BLONDE (2018) at the Downtown Cabaret Theatre
Also featured: Monica Brown as Elle Woods
BEAUTY AND THE BEAST (2016) at the Smiling Rhino Theatre
NY Gilbert and Sullivan Players | RUDDIGORE
Ensemble
White Plains Performing Arts Center | JEKYLL & HYDE
Sir Archibald Proops
Shakespeare Theatre of NJ | A GENTLEMAN'S GUIDE TO LOVE AND MURDER
Magistrate / Ensemble
Studio 691 | ELF the Musical
Buddy the Elf
Skyline Theatre Company | WORKING (in concert)
Man 3 -- performed at Oakside Bloomfield Cultural Center
Light Opera of New Jersey | A GENTLEMAN'S GUIDE TO LOVE AND MURDER
The D'Ysquith Family -- performed at South Orange Performing Arts Center
Sierra Repertory Theatre | CAMELOT
Sir Dinadan
White Plains Performing Arts Center | NEWSIES
Seitz / Pulitzer Understudy
Oregon Cabaret Theatre | SWEEENEY TODD
Adolpho Pirelli
The Princeton Festival | SHE LOVES ME
Steven Kodaly
Alvin Ailey CitiGroup Theatre | MY PRINCESS DIANA: A NEW MUSICAL
Prince Charles -- Benefit for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS
Downtown Cabaret Theatre | LEGALLY BLONDE
Warner Huntington III
Feinstein's 54/Below | WHAT DO CRITICS KNOW?
Shakespeare
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staged reading, new musical
White Plains Performing Arts Center | THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME
Fr. Dupin / Official
Utah Festival Opera & Musical Theatre | THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME
Jehan Frollo
Utah Festival Opera & Musical Theatre | The MUSIC MAN
Charlie Cowell
Rhino Theatre | BEAUTY AND THE BEAST
Beast
Opera
THE DAUGHTER OF THE REGIMENT (2018) with the
LIGHT OPERA OF NEW JERSEY
Also featured: Hanne Ladefoged-Dollase
Light Opera of New Jersey | DAUGHTER OF THE REGIRMENT
Hortensius
Light Opera of New Jersey | PATTERMANIA!
Patter Soloist -- Gilbert & Sullivan musical revue
Utah Festival Opera & Musical Theatre | THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE
Major-General Stanley (Cover)
Young Artists' Initiative | DON GIOVANNI
Don Giovanni
Young Artists' Initiative | THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE
Major-General Stanley
Blooming Voce Summer Workshop | COSI FAN TUTTE
Guglielmo
Children's Outreach
Opera Theatre of Montclair | DIE ZAUBERFLOTE
Papageno
Re-Imagining Opera for Kids (R.O.K.) | THE MAGIC FLUTE
Papageno / Sarastro -- Indiana University