Samuel Buggeln is the founding Artistic Director of Ithaca’s Cherry Arts, an award-winning theater translator, and one of the US’s preeminent directors of new international plays. For the Cherry, Sam has commissioned, directed and/or produced over 20 full productions, virtually all world or English-language premières; he has also directed scores of productions at US regional theaters, in universities, and off- and off-off-Broadway. His theater translations have been published by Seagull, the Mercurian, and Oberon Books.

• PrefaceIntroduction, by Walter Byongsok ChonGeorge Kaplan, by Frédéric Sonntag (France), translated by Samuel BuggelnGeorge Kaplan translator’s & director’s notesOn the Other Side of the Sea, by Jorgelina Cerritos (El Salvador), translated by Margaret Stanton and Anna DonkoOn the Other Side of the Sea translator’s & director’s notesTestosterone, by Rebekka Kricheldorf (Germany),translated by Neil BlackadderTestosterone translator’s & director’s notesA Day, by Gabrielle Chapdelaine (Quebec),translated by Taylor Barrett GainesA Day translator’s & director’s notesThe Weight of Ants, by David Paquet (Quebec),translated by Leanna BrodieThe Weight of Ants translator’s & director’s notesThe Wetsuitman, by Freek Mariën (Belgium), translated by David McKayThe Wetsuitman translator’s & director’s notesAfterwordNotes on Contributors

Samuel Buggeln is the founding Artistic Director of Ithaca’s Cherry Arts, an award-winning theater translator, and one of the US’s preeminent directors of new international plays. For the Cherry, Sam has commissioned, directed and/or produced over 20 full productions, virtually all world or English-language premières; he has also directed scores of productions at US regional theaters, in universities, and off- and off-off-Broadway. His theater translations have been published by Seagull, the Mercurian, and Oberon Books.

• PrefaceIntroduction, by Walter Byongsok ChonGeorge Kaplan, by Frédéric Sonntag (France), translated by Samuel BuggelnGeorge Kaplan translator’s & director’s notesOn the Other Side of the Sea, by Jorgelina Cerritos (El Salvador), translated by Margaret Stanton and Anna DonkoOn the Other Side of the Sea translator’s & director’s notesTestosterone, by Rebekka Kricheldorf (Germany),translated by Neil BlackadderTestosterone translator’s & director’s notesA Day, by Gabrielle Chapdelaine (Quebec),translated by Taylor Barrett GainesA Day translator’s & director’s notesThe Weight of Ants, by David Paquet (Quebec),translated by Leanna BrodieThe Weight of Ants translator’s & director’s notesThe Wetsuitman, by Freek Mariën (Belgium), translated by David McKayThe Wetsuitman translator’s & director’s notesAfterwordNotes on Contributors

Samuel Buggeln is the founding Artistic Director of Ithaca’s Cherry Arts, an award-winning theater translator, and one of the US’s preeminent directors of new international plays. For the Cherry, Sam has commissioned, directed and/or produced over 20 full productions, virtually all world or English-language premières; he has also directed scores of productions at US regional theaters, in universities, and off- and off-off-Broadway. His theater translations have been published by Seagull, the Mercurian, and Oberon Books.

• PrefaceIntroduction, by Walter Byongsok ChonGeorge Kaplan, by Frédéric Sonntag (France), translated by Samuel BuggelnGeorge Kaplan translator’s & director’s notesOn the Other Side of the Sea, by Jorgelina Cerritos (El Salvador), translated by Margaret Stanton and Anna DonkoOn the Other Side of the Sea translator’s & director’s notesTestosterone, by Rebekka Kricheldorf (Germany),translated by Neil BlackadderTestosterone translator’s & director’s notesA Day, by Gabrielle Chapdelaine (Quebec),translated by Taylor Barrett GainesA Day translator’s & director’s notesThe Weight of Ants, by David Paquet (Quebec),translated by Leanna BrodieThe Weight of Ants translator’s & director’s notesThe Wetsuitman, by Freek Mariën (Belgium), translated by David McKayThe Wetsuitman translator’s & director’s notesAfterwordNotes on Contributors