Ryder Thornton

Ryder Thornton is a theatre artist and scholar who has directed more than 50 productions in the US and abroad, including devised and site-specific work. Their translations, adaptations, and original plays are part of the record. They teach theater studies and performance at Tulane University. Thornton is the author of Transfiguring Tragedy, a 2024 Routledge book on Eugene O'Neill's early plays, which was written during a 2023 residency at A Studio in the Woods. Their articles have appeared in the Eugene O'Neill Review.