Shown at the National Theater of Kosovo and internationally to wide acclaim, Jeton Neziraj’s plays address a constellation of challenges and social issues affecting Kosovo and Europe today—the traumas of war, postwar reconciliation, corruption, gay marriage, shifting gender roles and dynamics, and the Roma experience. A prolific playwright with a long list of productions to his name, including The Hypocrites or the English Patient, Department of Dreams, and 55 Shades of Gay, Neziraj will let us into his creative process, the arts and culture scene in Kosovo, and the upcoming New York premiere of his play Balkan Bordello. A longtime resident of Kosovo and a translator of Neziraj’s plays, Alexandra Channer will speak about her experience of translating and bringing this work to Anglophone audiences.