A Riff on 'The Dead', by Kelli Shermeyer
Adaptation is inextricably linked with interpretation. At its core, producing all live theater is a process of interpretive transcoding, and therefore a form of adaptation.[i] We must read a text, suss out its central concerns, and then imagine how the distinctive capabilities of various media used in the theater (such as bodies, sound, light, imagery, or video) can best tell its story.