Hayley holds a Masters of Writing for Performance from the Victorian College of the Arts. She has completed internships with Ranters, Creative VaQi, and Tashmadada Theatre Companies.
In 2017 / 2018 Hayley was a participant in Melbourne Theatre Company's and Frankston Arts Centre's NEON Hatch Masterclass and Stage 2 Programs.
In 2019 Hayley attended the UNESCO Short Play Festival at the University of Otago, and was the Wheeler Centre and Just Pretending Theatre Group Hot Desk Playwright Fellow.
In 2020, Hayley was awarded a City of Melbourne Quick Response Arts Grant in order to develop her full-length play, Dox, and was a Lead Artist in Antipodes Theatre's Winter Development Retreat.
| FRIDAY MAGIC by Hayley Lawson-Smith |
| A THOUSAND WORDS by Hayley Lawson-Smith |
| ABSORPTION by Hayley Lawson-Smith |
