David Snider Email & Phone Number

Salem, Ma, Us

Salem, Massachusetts, United States

David Snider oversees all of the museum’s learning and civic engagement efforts, including public programming, internships and fellowships, community partnerships and education programming from pre-school to post-graduate studies. His focus is to develop an array of inclusive offerings and education programs that engage visitors of all ages and backgrounds and to cultivate partnerships with schools, universities, museum volunteers and community organizations at the local, national and international levels.

Cambridge, Ny

Cambridge, Ny

Rock Hill, South Carolina, United States

Taught Community Engagement in the Masters Arts Administration Program.

Saratoga Springs, Ny

Lecturer in Arts Administration program, teaching financial management, producing, engaging arts audiences, and managing the arts in rural areas.

Cambridge, Ny

Led an arts center dedicated to developing, sustaining, and promoting the cultural life of its rural community. Delivered world-class productions of theater, opera, dance, visual arts and storytelling while providing classes and coursework for the community.

New York, Ny

Washington, Dc

Washington, Dc

Mission, Infrastructure and Programming - Successfully transitioned founder-driven organization to a fully sustainable institution, while expanding and enhancing artistic and administrative vision and artistic programming; worked closely with multiple organizations throughout D.C. on grassroots programming and artistic projects; collaborated with an active board of directors, a founding artistic director, a full-time staff, dozens of interns and volunteers, and hundreds of contracted artists and teaching artists, teachers and students.- Reinvigorated and reengaged the board of directors and founder while pursuing the original mission and vision of the organization, and completing a new strategic planning process towards an enhanced pursuit of this original vision.- Developed new local and national partnerships with organizations such as the White House, the Smithsonian Institution and the Kennedy Center.- Hired, supervised and assessed local and regional artists on productions, staged readings and collaborative projects.- Established first resident acting company at YPT and an Advisory Council of acclaimed playwrights, including Paula Vogel, Sarah Ruhl, Charles Randolph Wright, Nilo Cruz and Anna Deavere Smith.

- Elected by the DC theatre community to lead 25 year old membership organization in order to advocate and offer professional development for the entire field of professional theatre throughout D.C. - Represented League membership (DC, MD and VA professional theatres) to the funding community, media, government and other arts membership organization or professional collaborators. - Successfully implemented and oversaw the League’s first strategic planning process in its 25 year history, aimed at reinvigorating the League’s mission and strengthening its ability to serve members effectively.

- Helped to lead organizational growth and mission implementation as a volunteer on the board of Greater Washington’s leading arts education membership organization, serving dozens of organizations and tens of thousands of students and teachers with free arts programming, performances and professional development opportunities each year.- Helped to steer the organization through its founder transition into a more sustainable, executive-led institution.- Served as a member of the professional development committee, then as chair of said committee, as Secretary of the Board of Directors and presently as Vice-President of the Board, over the course of five years.- Still currently on the board of directors.

Significantly increased quality of instruction at major LORT B+ regional theatre with an annual operating budget of $12 million while supervising, implementing and facilitating in-school and after-school programming, master acting classes for young people and adults, senior programming and SHAKESPEARIENCE student matinee program;Successfully represented Shakespeare Theatre Company on the national and local levels, helping to raise the theatre's profile at national conferences such as the TCG's Crossing Paths, at the National Overture for Education and the Arts and throughout the greater D.C. metro area; Taught Shakespeare in performance, text, theatre history, voice and speech (Berry, Linklater and Skinner) and directing to educators as part of Text Alive! professional development as well as to students in public high, middle and elementary schools throughout D.C., MD and VA; led Re:ACT specialized residency programs as well as master classes in advanced acting (Stanislavsky, Meisner and Chekhov);Taught and evaluated approximately 1,300 students and 150 educators per year in original coursework and artistic training programs.

Created and taught curriculum in voice and speech, acting, text and movement to core Lab Company of young actors; produced and directed four full productions, including one new play, one musical, one children's show and one Shakespeare play; mentored company members and facilitated 24-hour new play festival, creating 16 new works of theatre for the community.

Assistant directed four Off-Broadway world premieres of new American works with renowned directors and playwrights; reported directly to artistic director on production progress; facilitated projects with Literary Management, Marketing and Development.

Master Of Fine Arts (M.F.A.)

B.A, English Literature; An Emphasis On Shakespeare And Russian