Klaus van den Berg

Dr. van den Berg (Ph.D., Indiana University) teaches graduate seminars in theatre history, theory, dramatic literature, and dramaturgy as well as undergraduate courses in theatre history and play analysis. Areas of research specialization include cultural conceptions of space and their relevance for twentieth-century German theatre, nineteenth and early twentieth-century Scandinavian drama, postmodern theory and late twentieth-century intercultural performance. In addition to articles in books on August Strindberg, Richard Wagner, George Tabori, and image theory in contemporary performance, he has contributed essays, book reviews, and performance criticism to Theatre Research International, Theatre Survey, Theatre Journal, Bühnentechnische Rundschau, Brecht Yearbook, and Western European Stages. He is the resident dramaturg for the Clarence Brown Theatre, specializing in stage adaptations and translations. He has been the production dramaturg for CBT productions of Mein Kampf, The Seagull, Arcadia, the Oedipus/Caligula Project, The Brecht File, Nora, and Buried Child.

 

 

 

 

Contact Information

Klaus van den Berg
Associate Professor, Dramaturgy/History & Literature
1109 McClung Tower
University of Tennessee
Knoxville , TN 37996

Phone: (865) 974-8972
E-mail: kvandenb@utk.edu
Web site: http://web.utk.edu/~kvandenb/