Hilarious Theatrical Mashup Brings Classic Characters to Life at Alleyway Theatre’s ‘Death of a Streetcar Named Virginia Woolf’, Listen to the full interview with the Playwright Tim Sniffen [Video]

Tim Sniffen, playwright and author of Death of a Streetcar Named Virginia Woolf, playing Alleyway Theatre from April 26 – May 18, grew up telling funny stories to his family members.  “I would do a lot of trying to entertain them, especially at dinner…I loved trying to make the adults in the room laugh, and when I was a kid, it was all adults.” 

Sniffen eventually took that love of humor and storytelling to Chicago’s famed Second City comedy school. The experience was one that taught him a lot about the art of storytelling, and listening to audience feedback. “Any like bits of ego I may have had, around like choices on stage or especially writing, it just gets pummeled out of you. In a good way. You stop being precious…you get two hundred, three hundred people giving you feedback on your ideas nightly, and sometimes that feedback is not what you were hoping for. But that’s the thing, you stop mourning …