Smoke & Mirrors Collaborative is a nonprofit production company that creates original works for theater and the web that combine socially relevant themes with an ambitious, multi-disciplinary approach to storytelling. Our intent is to give voice to unfamiliar and underrepresented stories in the most relatable, entertaining, and idiosyncratic way possible while challenging our audience’s assumptions about the world around them. We have produced theater Off-Broadway, festivals, internationally, and media for the web. Our work is created through extensive research and partnerships with our community, artists of all mediums and backgrounds, and other nonprofit advocacy institutions.
Jonathan David Martin (Director, Producer) is an actor, director, and producer, focused on the creation and presentation of contemporary works of performance and new media. He is the founding Co-Artistic Director of Smoke & Mirrors Collaborative (SMC), a New York City-based theater and media company. With SMC he produced “Inauguration Stories 2017” an online audio documentary project capturing a snapshot of America from the 2017 inauguration in Washington DC, co-created and produced #HashtagProject, co-created and directed Point of Departure and The Alien Nation, co-wrote and performed in Head in the Sand and performed in the award-winning Olityelwe (Ndebele Funeral). Jonathan was an actor and puppeteer in the original Broadway cast of Warhorse, appeared in the JJ Abrams-Alfonso Cuaron NBC series, “Believe,” CBS’s “Unforgettable, ” as well as dozens of productions at theaters across the US and internationally. Jonathan received the Leonore Annenberg Foundation Fellowship for the Arts for his work as an actor and theater maker. MFA: NYU Graduate Acting.
Jenni Fontana (Producer) is an LA-based television producer and marketing executive. Her career has spanned positions in casting, production, and development, with a focus on content creation for documentary television and film projects. She has worked on series for CNN, Netflix, and Amazon among others. Jenni is also involved with several nonprofit and community organizations.
Todd Ford (Producer, Creative Consultant) is Berlin-based Video and Web producer. He is currently in-residence in Washington DC. His projects usually focus on the African Diaspora. His company is visualexistence.com.
