Ggreg Snyder

Given Name: Gregory Ralph Snyder ("If my mother were alive, she would want you to know that. She would never give me a name like 'Ggreg'. 'Gregory' was the most normal, fashionable thing one could name a boy in 1962. Actually, she wanted to name me Susan Marie, but the chromosomes were not cooperative.")

Birthplace: O'Connor Hospital in San Jose, California

Birthday: November 24, 1962, 6:55 pm

Marital Status: Single, never married.

Father: Ralph William Snyder (1933-1978)

Mother: Nancy Ann Snyder nee Sparks (1932-1986)

Siblings (in order of age): Stephanie Macchi of Snohomish, WA; Tom Page (deceased); Ted Page of Las Cruces, NM; Matt Snyder (deceased).

Education: HS, Los Gatos High School; BA, San Francisco State University.

Religion: Miscellaneous Protestant at birth, though he later converted into lapsed Catholicism, and now defines himself as a Secular Humanist.

First Play (that Ggreg will admit to): The Matchmaker by Thorton Wilder, Los Gatos High School, November 1978. It was directed by Don Scott, and Ggreg played Joe Scanlon.

Favorite Role: Bottom in Midsummer Night's Dream .

Favorite Role not yet played: Benedick in Much Ado About Nothing.

Current Residence: Santa Clarita, CA.

Why is there an extra "g" at the beginning of "Ggreg?"
Ggreg says: "After much soul-searching, I have finally come up with a pretentious reason. The extra 'g' is a silent prayer for world peace. It is not meant to be pronounced. When there is peace in the world, the extra 'g' will be gone."