Robert Knopf has directed at several New York City theatres, including Cherry Lane Studio, Circle Rep Lab, Circle-in-the-Square Downtown, the Paradise Factory, and historic Town Hall. As a playwright, his adaptions and collaborations include Neo-Retro-Woyzeck (NY Fringe), Miracle Mile (Theatre Row), Go, Tell Michelle (Mo’olelo, San Diego), and Hidden Dragon (NPR Playhouse). He is the author and editor of six books, including: Theater of the Avant-Garde, 1890-1950 (2nd ed., Yale University Press, 2015) Theatre of the Avant-Garde, 1950-2000 (Yale University Press, 2011) The Director as Collaborator (Pearson, 2005) Theater and Film (Yale University Press, 2004) The Theater and Cinema of Buster Keaton (Princeton University Press, 1999)