Barbara Schneider


Barbara Schneider originally from Germany, is an American playwright.

Biography

Studied with Ed Bullins, at the New York Shakespeare Festival Writer's Unit and Cherry Lane Theater Mentor project.
Was a member of Ensemble Studio Theatre, New York.
Teacher and Workshop Leader at Young Playwrights, Inc., New York:
Led extensive workshops, including residencies, in New York City public and private schools, from inception of a play to performance; at the Coterie Theatre in Kansas City, MO; Little Theatre in Raleigh, NC, and many others. Conducted the Young Playwright Festival’s annual Teacher Training Institute weeklong series of all-day playwriting seminars.
Led workshops and seminars at University of Iowa/MFA-Playwriting Program.
Frequent guest professor/dramatist at the Berlin University of the Arts.

Play productions (1978–1985)

Conceived of, developed and directed

  • I. GEGENWIND for the State Theatre of Dresden/Germany. In the course of a six-month residency as Artistic Project Director at the State Theatre of Dresden, she worked with a group of thirty young people of different backgrounds between the ages of 16-25 to create, write and perform a theatre work consisting of scenes, monologues, performance pieces and short plays. This work explored the often dramatic and unforeseen human consequences on these young people’s lives, their parents and friends, of the Fall of the Wall and the Re-Unification of Germany.
  • II. IN FAHRT for the City Theatre of Leipzig/Germany. She conducted a six-month residency as Artistic Project Director at the City Theatre of Leipzig, resulting in the collaborative work of thirty-five young writers and actors exploring themes of love, violence and greed in the “New” Germany.

Publications, honors and awards