Instructors
Sylvia Schnople, MFA
Sylvia Schnople has been involved in theatre as an educator and director for the past 30 years. She has taught at all academic levels from kindergarten to graduate school. Professionally, she has held top positions at Raleigh Little Theatre, Ft. Lauderdale Children’s Theatre, Mooresville Community Children’s Theatre, and Austin Peay State University Community School of the Arts. She has been a faculty member at Austin Peay State University and Tennessee State University, where she taught on both the undergraduate and graduate level. Sylvia has served on the boards of the Tennessee Theatre Association and Circle Players in Nashville. She was a lead facilitator for the Humanities Outreach Tennessee program for three years. Sylvia has directed more than 100 productions on the East Coast. She holds a Master of Fine Arts in Acting/Directing from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Currently, she is the Artistic Director of Davidson Community Players.