Faculty
Meet the Theatre Faculty
Elizabeth Carlin-Metz,
Chair
Professor of Theatre
M.F.A., Temple University, 1983
"I seek to integrate physical theatre techniques with more traditional Western theatre practices so as to discover new levels of expressiveness and meaning in theatre of all styles and genres and, thus, in the world."
Neil BlackadderProfessor of Theatre
Ph.D., Princeton University, 1994
"Most recently I've been translating contemporary German-language drama. My translation of Swiss playwright Lukas Bärfuss' The Sexual Neuroses of our Parents has been produced in London and New York; other play translations have been published in journals, and I directed Rebekka Kricheldorf's Rosa and Blanca with students at Knox in 2008."
Craig ChomaAssociate Professor of Theatre
M.F.A., Carnegie- Mellon University, 1996
[working in Chicago]"provides students with unique opportunities to work on professional Chicago productions while maintaining their studies at Knox."
Jeff Grace
Assistant Professor of Theatre
Ph.D., Theatre History, Theory, and Literature, Indiana University, 2008
"My dissertation examines representations of homosexual visibility that occurred in plays presented at the Caffe Cino, a small New York coffeehouse that pioneered the 1960s Off-Off-Broadway movement."Writer-in-Residence
Sherwood KiralyB.A., Knox College, 2007
"Good writing, on page, stage or screen, has provoked, consoled, delighted, moved and inspired me all my life, so creating it -- or helping someone else do so -- is the best way I can think of to justify myself."Lecturers
Emeritus Faculty
Ivan H. Davidson
Professor Emeritus of Theatre
Robert C. Whitlatch
Robert M. & Katherine Arnold Seeley Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Theatre
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"Horizons: A Celebration of Student Inquiry, Imagination, and Creativity" at Knox College in May 2012 included award presentations in art, art history, fiction, poetry and playwriting.
Horizons 2012 featured student work in the performing arts -- dance and music -- including the Knox College Choir's world premiere of "Youth and Pioneers: An Ode" and the formal Spring Dance Concert.
Krista Anne Nordgren, a creative writing major with a minor in dance, shows a flare for entrepreneurship by opening an online company with her sisters that showcases artists' work.
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