Schneider was in London taking a break from directing Other Places, a trilogy of plays by Harold Pinter, which was reaching the end of its run in New York City, at the Manhattan Theatre Club.
Schneider was then preparing to start rehearsing James Duff's play The War at Home at Hampstead Theatre with Frances Sternhagen, Timothy West and David Threlfall.
Threlfall recounts walking out front at the Hampstead Theatre at lunch break and talking with Schneider the day before the accidental death.
Proceeds from the Fund go to the Alan Schneider Director Award, which provides national visibility to the recipient as well as a grant to support activities specifically tied to the development of the craft of directing.
Recipients of the Alan Schneider Director Award include: Mark Brokaw, Peter C. Brosius, Bart DeLorenzo, Kyle Donnelly, Michael John Garcés, Henry Godinez, Anne Kauffman, Nancy Keystone, Roberta Levitow, Charles Newell, Roman Paska, Mary B. Robinson, David Saint, Joel Sass and Darko Tresnjak.