Juliet and Her Romeo - February 2020
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“Love is love is love” in TURN TO FLESH PRODUCTIONS (TTF) presentation of Juliet and Her Romeo--Emily C. A. Snyder’s vibrant retelling of Shakespeare’s most famous love story.
TTF is dedicated to taking classical work and turning them into new verse—this time centering women and LGBTQIA+ characters. In this version, written by Emily C. A. Snyder with language from Shakespeare’s original text, there is more than one love story, and Verona is more complex than ever before. |
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The Table Round and The Siege Perilous - October 2019
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Myth and magic mingle in this feminist Arthurian duology. THE TABLE ROUND and THE SIEGE PERILOUS by Emily C. A. Snyder combines the stories of Guinevere, Lancelot and Arthur, with the legends of Tristan and Iseult, Gawain and the Green Knight, Morgan le Fay, the Grail Quest, and the rise and fall of Camelot.
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The Other, Other Woman - October 2018
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When a new king takes the throne, all of jolly France is thrown into disarray, worrying that the young monarch might be in favor of monogamy. Their suspicions seem to be confirmed when his sister, Geneviève, comes to a happily affaired town for the purpose of establishing a new judge who will enact theocratic law. While the Princess fights the strictly polyamorous Madame Evolette in the public square, she finds herself fighting her own heart when she begins to fall in love her only ally in town: the pious - and married - Monsieur Valentine.
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The Love & Death Trilogy: Persephone Rises, The Seduction of Adonis and Cupid and Psyche - October 2018
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Main Stage Productions
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2016
May Violets Spring (A new story for a new Ophelia) Written by James Parenti Directed by Emily C. A. Snyder 
The revival of James Parenti's May Violets Spring tells the story of Hamlet from Ophelia's point of view. This expanded text gave greater voice to the role of Queen Gertrude, employing a multi-ethnic cast and a mix of modern and "classical" costuming to bring Shakespeare's classic story into the 21st century.
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2015
In Flight (A new play in rhyming couplets) Written by Jenny Lyn Bader Directed by Jessica Bauman 
Jenny Lyn Bader's riotous comedy is one part His Girl Friday and one part Molière. Following the goings-on of a rapidly sinking travel magazine, Bader's text playfully examines the importance of language - for its beauty, its quirks, and its ability to simultaneously reveal and obscure the truth. (World Premiere)
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2014
Cupid and Psyche ~ A New Play in Blank Verse Written by Emily C. A. Snyder Directed by Emily C. A. Snyder 
In this World Premiere of Emily C. A. Snyder's take on the classic myth, gods and mortals collide as matters of love, sex, and marriage are examined in a modern context. Psyche, a girl who worships Reason over Love, must confront the two parts of herself to tame the god of Passions and allow her own heart to be enflamed by faith.
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