Emily C. A. Snyder (born September , ) is an American theatre maker
and novelist. She is the co-founder and artistic director of Turn to
Flesh Productions (TTF), a New York City theatre company, and the
author of the Twelve Kingdoms fantasy series as well as Jane Austen
parodies. Since , she has focused primarily on the creation of new
verse plays with vibrant roles for women. She is a passionate advocate
for women and those underrepresented in classical theatre, writing
several articles on the need for better parity and representation in
theatre. Snyder is a feminist and a Catholic.Snyder was born in
Amherst, Massachusetts, where her father, John L. Snyder was a student
of computer programming, and her mother, Christine Enright Snyder
managed the Newman Center. She is the eldest of four children,
attending several schools as her family moved up and down the Eastern
Seaboard.She graduated summa cum laude from Emerson College in Boston,
Massachusetts, where she received her master's degree in theatre
education. She received her bachelor's degree from Franciscan
University of Steubenville double majoring in English: Literature and
Drama.In , Snyder trained in John Barton's approach to Shakespeare's
verse with Vivian Heilbron and Bernard Lloyd, culminating in a
performance in Stratford-upon-Avon, where she portrayed Rosalind from
As You Like It. She has since studied with the Shakespeare Forum in
New York City, where she currently teaches writing and performing new
verse.
and novelist. She is the co-founder and artistic director of Turn to
Flesh Productions (TTF), a New York City theatre company, and the
author of the Twelve Kingdoms fantasy series as well as Jane Austen
parodies. Since , she has focused primarily on the creation of new
verse plays with vibrant roles for women. She is a passionate advocate
for women and those underrepresented in classical theatre, writing
several articles on the need for better parity and representation in
theatre. Snyder is a feminist and a Catholic.Snyder was born in
Amherst, Massachusetts, where her father, John L. Snyder was a student
of computer programming, and her mother, Christine Enright Snyder
managed the Newman Center. She is the eldest of four children,
attending several schools as her family moved up and down the Eastern
Seaboard.She graduated summa cum laude from Emerson College in Boston,
Massachusetts, where she received her master's degree in theatre
education. She received her bachelor's degree from Franciscan
University of Steubenville double majoring in English: Literature and
Drama.In , Snyder trained in John Barton's approach to Shakespeare's
verse with Vivian Heilbron and Bernard Lloyd, culminating in a
performance in Stratford-upon-Avon, where she portrayed Rosalind from
As You Like It. She has since studied with the Shakespeare Forum in
New York City, where she currently teaches writing and performing new
verse.
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