Member Profiles

Rick Snyder

Biography

Rick Snyder has appeared in over forty productions on the Steppenwolf stage including, Man From Nebraska and August: Osage County. Other memorable Steppenwolf credits include, Time of Your Life, Molly Sweeney, Beauty Queen of Leenane, The Grapes of Wrath, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, Picasso at the Lapin Agile and A Walk in the Woods. In addition, he played Ebenezer Scrooge and Bob Cratchit at the Goodman Theatre, and did numerous television appearances including guest starring roles on Crime Story, Early Edition, Chicago Hope, Angel Street, The Untouchables, and Missing Persons. Some of hisfilm credits include The Tuskegee Airmen, The Net, Whiteboys, Soul Survivors, U.S. Marshalls, and The Human Stain. Television credits include Chicago Hope (CBS); Missing Persons; Early Edition (CBS); ProfilerThe Untouchables
Also a director, at Steppenwolf Rick directed Tavern Story, Things Being What They Are, The Fall to Earth, Last of the Boys, Betrayaland Art. Rick’s Steppenwolf production of Orange Flower Waterreceived critical and audience acclaim both at Steppenwolf and at the Galway Arts Festival in Ireland.Other directing credits include,God of Carnage at the Goodman Theatre and In the Company of Men at Profiles Theatre, where he also directed Killer Joe which won Jeff Awards for Outstanding Production and Director. He also directed Bus Stop and Lion in Winter at Writers Theatre (named the best revival of 2008 by the Wall Street Journal), Mauritius at Northlight, Oleanna and Speed the Plow at ATC and Aristocrats at StrawdogTheatre. In 2010, the Wallstreet Journal named Rick as one of the best directors in Chicago. Film credits include

Rick taught in the Film and Video Department at Columbia College and has taught advanced acting classes at Northwestern University, DePaul University, Gustavus Adolphus College and The School at Steppenwolf. Rick will be forever grateful for being a part of Steppenwolf Theatre. He is now retired and lives, with his wife Susan, on a lake in northern Minnesota.

Watch & Listen

The Unmentionables in Production
Man From Nebraska
One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest
Road to Nirvana
The Grapes Of Wrath
Betrayal in rehearsal
Betrayal in Production
Art in Rehearsal

Past Productions

Member Profiles

Rick Snyder

Rick Snyder

Past Productions