Derek Matson is a dramaturg and translator of theater and opera. His dramaturgical work has included productions for Steppenwolf Theatre Company, the Metropolitan Opera, Lookingglass Theatre, The House Theatre of Chicago, About Face Theatre, American Theater Company, the Ryan Opera Center at Lyric Opera of Chicago, Strawdog Theatre, Chicago Opera Vanguard, DePaul University, and Northwestern University. Derek studied acting at the Cours Florent in Paris and holds a lectureship in Performance Studies at the University of Chicago. His translations of French, Spanish, Italian, Russian, German, and Catalan have been featured at Lyric Opera of Chicago, Wolf Trap Opera, the Montreux Comedy Festival, and Cornell University, where he earned his M.A. in Theater and Performance Studies.

New Play Development, Opera, Musicals, Translation, and Foreign-Language Plays

French, Spanish, Russian, Italian, Catalan, German

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