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Snehal Desai
snehal.desai@yale.edu

Selected Productions

Good Egg by Dorothy Fortenberry Yale School of Drama 2008
Baal by Bertolt Brecht Yale School of Drama 2007
The America Plays by Jennifer Tuckett     Yale School of Drama 2006
When It Rains by Lauren Feldman  Yale School of Drama 2006
Laura’s Bush by Jane Martin PushPush Theater 2005
Farang by John Grudzien Southeastern Playwrights Project 2003
Mothers by Will Matthews Dad’s Garage Theater 2003
Cabaret by Kander and Ebb  Ad Hoc Productions at Emory University 2002
Marisol by Jose Rivera Emory Theater Studies Honors Thesis 2001
Enduring Justice, Infinite Freedom by David Pollack  Dad’s Garage Theater   2001



                                                                                              

 

 

 

 

 

Original Work/Adaptations

Finding Ways to Prove You’re Not an Al-Qaeda Terrorist
When You’re Brown (and other stories of the gIndian)
Written and performed by Snehal Desai
Yale Cabaret  2007 

Edward II by Christopher Marlowe
Adapted and directed by Snehal Desai     

Yale School of Drama           2007

FOB:  Fresh Off the Boeing

Written and directed by Snehal Desai     
Yale University  2006

Booty Fire
a collage of work by Tony Kushner,
Eric Bogosian, Robert O’Hara etc.
Composed and directed by Snehal Desai
Yale Cabaret  2005

Shakespeare & Music
text by Shakespeare
Adapted and directed by Snehal Desai
Theater Emory     2004

Mike’s Dirty, Yucky, Icky Sticky Adventure

from the book byJustine Korman Fontes
Adapted and directed by Snehal Desai  
National Tour 2001-2002

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Assistant Directing

Lulu directed by Mark Lamos Yale Rep 2007
Pride and Prejudice: The Musical 
directed by Mark Lamos
NYC Industry Showcase 2007
Eurydice directed by Les Waters Yale Rep 2006
Roberto Zucco directed by Arthur Naucyziel Theater Emory 2003

 

 

 

 

Artistic Leadership & Affiliations

Literary Fellow, Royal Shakespeare Company              2007
Founder, Yale Southasian Theater Collective      2006-2008
Member, Lincoln Center Director’s Lab   2004-2005
Resident Director of Theater Emory    2002-2004


                                
                                          

                                                           
                                                          

Honors & Awards

Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowship for New Americans   2006-2008
Charles Badhman Scholarship at Yale School of Drama   2007-2008
International Achievement Summit    2007
Benston Award for Excellence in Theater Studies at Emory University   2002
Best Director of a Musical at Emory University   2002


                                   
                                   
                                                                      
                       
          

                                            

Education

Yale School of Drama, MFA Directing, Expected 2008    
Emory University, BA in Theater Studies/Political Science, Summa Cum Laude, 2002