KRZYSZTOF WARLIKOWSKI, born in Szczecin in 1962, has established himself on the cutting edge of contemporary theater. He has worked with some of the most renowned European directors, including Peter Brook, Krystian Lupa, and Giorgio Strehler. Warlikowski has a versatile body of work—from Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice, The Winter’s Tale, and Hamlet; to Sophocles’ Electra and Euripides’ The Phoenicians and The Bacchae; to Verdi’s Don Carlos. Warlikowski is best known for his staging of modern plays, including Franz Kafka’s The Trial and Bernard-Marie Koltès’ Roberto Zucco and Quai Ouest. His 2002 production of Sarah Kane’s Cleansed at the Festival d’Avignon and the Festival de Théâtre des Amériques in Montreal received wide acclaim. He recently returned to the Festival d’Avignon directing Tony Kushner’s Angels in America with TR Warszawa. Warlikowski has directed throughout Poland, France, Italy, and Germany.