With over 20 years of experience in theatre, writing, and arts management, Dilworth Smith has had her works showcased in significant venues, including a collaboration between the Negro Ensemble Company and Signature Theatre in New York City in 2015. She was also honored to be selected for the esteemed La MaMa Umbria Playwright Retreat in Spoleto, Italy. In 2022, she landed a writing residency dedicated to a collaborative project of Black women creatives and the intersectionality of race, gender and  art, with hundredthhill in Bloomington, Indiana.

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Dilworth Smith has authored more than 20 scripts, notably including ANTINIKA, an adaptation of Sophocles' Antigone, KUL CHA (Culture) from the Gary Trilogy, and Contemporary Scenes of Age-Old Ills, which serves as a satirical exploration (reverse minstrel show). She has received accolades such as the DC Black Theatre Festival's One Act Battle award in the Anything Goes category for her satirical scenes in CSAOI, along with recognition in the NEC's Reading Series in NYC. Additionally, Dilworth served as the Artist in Residence for the New Directional Players at the Black Cultural Center on the Purdue University campus in West Lafayette, Indiana, from 2005 to 2008. Looking ahead, she is set to spend three weeks in October 2025 in Morocco as the recipient of the Artist in Residence program at Green Olive Arts.