Chris is Associate Professor of Theatre Arts and Chair of the department at Gettysburg College where he has directed productions of Our Town; My Fair Lady; West Side Story; Romeo and Juliet; The Imaginary Invalid; The Story; The Secret Garden; The Hairy Ape; The Comedy of Errors; A Flea in Her Ear; An Experiment with an Air Pump; A Number; Metamorphoses; A Streetcar Named Desire; and Measure for Measure. Prof. Kauffman lived in New York City from 1995-2004 and performed in, or directed, numerous productions at Bleecker Street Theatre, Interart, West Side Theatre, PS 122, and the Florence Gould Hall, among others. He has also performed at Merrimack Repertory Theatre in Lowell, MA; Perseverance Theater in Juneau, AK; W.H.A.T. in Wellfleet; Theatre Project in Baltimore; a national tour of The Miser, and a tour of Brazil with contemporary dance company Dona Orpheline. He is the co-author of three plays: Motel California; (Official selection, HBO U.S. Comedy Arts Festival), Nharcolepsy (“Best Original Concept,” San Francisco Fringe Festival) and Cabaret Terrarium (Official Selection, New York International Clown-Theatre Festival & “Best of Fest” Winnipeg International Fringe Festival). Since 1999, he and collaborator Richard Harrington have performed their plays throughout North America and in Europe, including the Westbeth Theatre, Triskelion Arts, and HERE Arts Center in NYC, and the Mezi Ploty Festival in Prague. From 2006-2011 he was Co-Director (alongside his wife, Emily Windover) of The Greylock Theatre Project, the replication of the Manhattan based 52nd St. Project, at the Williamstown Theatre Festival. He holds a B.A. from Gettysburg College (’92) and an M.F.A. from Brandeis University (’95).