THEATRE OF YOUTH - Key Persons


Abigail Flynn

Job Titles:
  • Staff Member

Annie Deck-Miller

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Executive Committee
  • Secretary / Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center

Daria Shanchuk

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Executive Committee
  • Treasurer of the Executive Committee

Delaware North

Job Titles:
  • Staff Member

Kathryn Holmberg

Job Titles:
  • Staff Member

Kayla McSorley

Job Titles:
  • Executive Assistant at TOY
Kayla (she/her) is a French-Canadian Performer, Educator and Arts Administrator from Ottawa, ON. She is a graduate of Niagara University, NY, where she received a BFA in Theatre Performance and a BA in French. Since acquiring her degree, she has worked internationally accumulating a versatile skill set that will be a valuable asset to TOY. A skilled performer, some of Kayla's favorite acting credits include SIX The Musical (Boleyn/Cleves/Parr), Chicago (Velma Kelly), The Last Five Years (Cathy), Comedy of Errors (Luciana/Duke) and Julius Caesar (Brutus). Having been a teaching artist, coach and choreographer for many years, her passion for working with the youth has also led to on and off stage credits with Missoula Children's Theatre, Artishow Québec, The Travelling Stage, Carousel Players, Little Red Theatre and Canada's Wonderland. As a respected and kind professional in the field, the aforementioned experience went hand in hand with taking on administrative leadership positions such as General Manager/Art Coordinator (Pirate Life Children's Theatre), Program Coordinator/Instructor (International Musicals Taiwan), Coordinator of Volunteers (Ottawa Fringe Festival) and Site Manager/Art Specialist (Just For Kids Buffalo). Kayla is incredibly excited to collaborate with TOY and can't wait to assist in providing memorable artistic experiences to the upcoming generations of the Buffalo Theatre Community!

Meg Devine Maxwell

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board of Directors

Paul Tyno

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Executive Committee
  • President / Tyno Energy

Rosalind Cramer

Job Titles:
  • Instructors

Stacey L. Moar

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Executive Committee
  • Vice President / M & T Bank

Stephanie Peete

Job Titles:
  • Vice President of the Board of Directors

Todd Proffitt

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board of Directors

Tracy Snyder

Job Titles:
  • Executive Director
  • Executive Director of TOY
Tracy (she/her) is a Buffalo native and a graduate of both SUNY at Buffalo (B.A. in Theatre Performance) and Niagara University (M.A. in Interdisciplinary Studies with concentrations in business and theatre). Snyder also completed an acting residency at Shakespeare's Globe Theatre in London, UK. Prior to joining TOY in 2019, she was the Education Director and Office Manager for Shakespeare in Delaware Park. She has worked with many Buffalo theatre companies as an actor, stage manager, playwright, director, wardrobe mistress and teaching artist. Her play, Apple of My Eye, was selected to be a part of the Road Less Traveled Production's Emanuel Fried New Play Workshop. She recently made her film directorial debut with "This is Not A Pipedream" (Leaves Are Falling Fast Productions).