Emily C. A. Snyder
Theatre Director
Playwright
Actor
Intimacy Coordinator
Composer
Emily C. A. Snyder (she/they/all) is a theatre director, playwright, actor and educator from New York City. They are currently pursuing their PhD at the Shakespeare Institute in Stratford-upon-Avon. Previously, they were the Founder and Executive Director of TURN TO FLESH PRODUCTIONS, a NYC theatre company which developed new plays in heightened text with vibrant roles for everybody historically excluded from classical western art. (Or, 'new Shakespeare plays' for everybody that Shakespeare *didn't* write for!) They are the author of over a dozen full-length contemporary verse plays, as well as over 50 non-verse plays. Their work has been seen from Dublin, Ireland to Christchurch, New Zealand, as well as touring North America. More information can be found at www.emilycasnyder.info
Credits
(Most recent credits from 2014 on. For full CV including full acting, directing, producing, teaching, etc., please see emilycasnyder.info.)
* Juliet (and Playwright), Juliet and Her Romeo, Kraine Theatre, NYC, 2 weeks, 2020
* Juliet (and Playwright), Juliet and Her Romeo, The Shakespeare Forum, NYC, 1 weeks, 2019
* Playwright/Director, The Table Round and The Siege Perilous, The Shakespeare Forum, NYC, 2 weeks, 2019
* Playwright/Director, The Other Other Woman, The Shakespeare Forum, NYC, 2 weeks, 2018
* Playwright/Director, The Love and Death Trilogy, The Shakespeare Forum, NYC, 2 weeks, 2018
* Alice Ford (and Playwright), The Merry Widows of Windsor, Sheen Center, NYC, 2 weeks, 2017
* Playwright, Malvolio - TWINS!, The Shakespeare Forum, NYC, 1 week, 2017
* Director, King Lear, What Dreams May Co., NYC, 2 weeks, 2016
* Director, May Violets Spring: A New Story for a New Ophelia, The Workshop Theatre, NYC, 3 weeks, 2016
* Director, Richard II, Hamlet Isn't Dead, NYC, 2 weeks, 2015
* Playwright/Director, Cupid and Psyche, NYC, 2 weeks, 2014
Training
Current: PhD at the Shakespeare Institute in contemporary verse drama
Previous:
* MA from Emerson College, Boston, MA: Theatre Education, 2009
* Shakespeare Training at The Shakespeare Forum, 2014-2022
* Intimacy Training with Claire Warden (first Broadway IC), 2017
* RSC Shakespeare Verse Training in Stratford-upon-Avon, 2000
Also:
* Trained lyrical soprano (opera, belt, legit)