Education
Snyder attended Yale University"s School of Drama where he earned a master of fine arts degree in playwrighting.
Snyder attended Yale University"s School of Drama where he earned a master of fine arts degree in playwrighting.
He is best known for his play The Days and Nights of BeeBee Fenstermaker. In 1962 Snyder"s play The Days and Nights of BeeBee Fenstermaker premiered Office-Broadway at the Sheridan Square Playhouse with Rose Gregorio in the title role and Robert Duvall as Bob Smith. Received with critical praise, the play ran for a total of 304 performances.
The work was later adapted by Snyder into two television films, one in English for British ATV drama with Patricia Neal as BeeBee and one in German for German television with Loni von Friedl in the title role.
Also in 1962, Snyder produced Garson Kanin"s play A Gift of Time for its debut on Broadway at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre where it ran for 94 performances. In 1964 Snyder joined the faculty at the University of Tennessee at Martin.
He taught a variety of theatre subjects including acting, playwrighting, and directing during his thirty two years at the University. Foreign most of his tenure at the University he was director of the Utah Martin Vanguard Theatre.
Notably directing somewhere between 150-200 productions at the University during his career.
After his retirement in 1996 he moved to Oregon. He died twelve years later at the age of 78 due to complications from Alzheimer"s Disease.