Zelda Knapp is a playwright, poet, short fiction author, television and theater blogger, avid theater goer, and now an independent scholar in the world of musical theater academia. She graduated from NYU's Tisch School of the Arts with a BFA in Drama and a minor in Creative Writing. She won the 2nd Annual LJ Idol Contest in 2009. Her plays include Butterflies, This is Hell, Something On Your Mind, and her solo show Evidence, which played at Theatre Row in NYC. Her short fiction and poetry have been published by Standard Culture and The Biscuit, along with her ebook, This Is What They Made It Out Of: tales from the end of the world, currently available on Amazon Kindle. She helps run a popular blog on Veronica Mars and Buffy the Vampire Slayer (yes, they're still relevant), Once More With Extreme Prejudice, as well as maintaining a blog of theater reviews and personal essays, A work unfinishing. Recently she has been collaborating with her father, Distinguished Professor Raymond Knapp, on several articles on musical theater.
The Blogs
A work unfinishing
A collection of theater reviews, personal essays, unpublishable poetry, and random acts of detective fiction.
Once More With Extreme Prejudice:
(Two Scoobies Return to Sunnydale;
Two Marshmallows Return to Neptune)
In which Zelda and her cohort Daniel rewatch Veronica Mars and Buffy the Vampire Slayer for the 3,000th time and blog about it (warning: spoilers galore)
Snark Squad
Zelda guest posted a recap of an episode of Gilmore Girls.
The Puppet Treehouse
As WebSpider, Zelda ghostblogs on things puppety and nutritiony.(on hiatus)