Dani Snyder-Young

Dani Snyder-Young is a dramaturg, director, and critic based in Chicago. Her artistic work focuses primarily on political theatre, community based performance, new play development, and adaptations of classical texts for diverse audiences, which dovetails with her scholarly work on applied and community-based theatre. Her scholarly writing has appeared in journals including RiDE: The Journal of Applied Theatre and Performance, Theatre Research International, Youth Theatre Journal, and Qualitative Inquiry. Dani writes for HowlRound as a NewCrit Critic and is an artist-in-residence with Halcyon Theatre. She is Assistant Professor of Theatre Arts at Illinois Wesleyan University, where she runs the BA Theatre Arts program. Dani holds a BA from Wesleyan University and an MA and PhD from New York University.