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Faculty Member’s Translation Staged in New York City

"More and more I've realized just how much the various branches of theatre practice inform each other," Blackadder said. "Teaching playwriting has made me a better translator, translating plays has enhanced my teaching of dramaturgy, directing plays at Knox has improved my work as a playwright and translator, and so on."

Blackadder's recent translation of Ewald Palmetshoer's hamlet is dead. no gravity was produced by Red Tape Theatre in Chicago. He brings the practical experience he has gained from professional productions to the courses he teaches at Knox.

"Having worked closely as a translator and dramaturg on professional productions enables me, in working with students in both the classroom and the rehearsal room, to draw on concrete examples of the choices directors, playwrights, actors, and designers might make, and how those decisions relate to the most current trends in theatre practice."