On this episode of WNY Soundstage, Host Daniel Lendzian speaks with Tim Sniffen, performer, author, animator, and playwright of Death of a Streetcar Named Virginia Woolf at Alleyway Theatre.
Tim has written for The Second City, and is a writer and director for Jackbox Games in Chicago, performs with The Improvised Shakespeare Company, and can be heard on the Hello From the Magic Tavern podcast. Tim’s writing can be found online at The New Yorker and here.
This episode includes:
- Early inspirations
- Experiences at Hampshire College
- How writing and animation helped him find his way to improvisational theater
- The biggest takeaways from The Second City
- The courage needed to improvise musicals and Shakespeare
- The impact of improv on writing
- The inspiration for Death of a Streetcar named Virginia Woolf
- The development process of the script
- Reverence for the source material