Next offering . . . Summer 2009!
Spend three and a half weeks in the town where Shakespeare was born, studying the craft of acting with members of the Royal Shakespeare Company, perhaps the most famous classical acting company in the world, followed by four days in London.
While in England, students will attend productions in Stratford, London, and Oxford; take acting, voice, fencing, and other classes; attend lectures, seminars, and workshops, and visit points of interest throughout England. Classes will take place in the Shakespeare Centre, overlooking the Shakespeare birthplace.
Acting classes, with final performance
Voice classes
A fencing workshop
A wigs and make-up demonstration
A private performance of Shakespeare’s Sonnets by a Royal Shakespeare Company actor
Seven shows and question and answer sessions
Lectures and post-performance discussion on each play that participants attend
Lectures on Shakespearian and theatrical subjects
Backstage tours
Play-readings at the Shakespeare Institute (you perform!)
A film showing at the Shakespeare Centre
Presentations of Shakespeare archives and collections
While in Stratford, program participants will visit the five Shakespeare houses and Holy Trinity Church, where Shakespeare is buried.
The program also includes a four day excursion to London to visit the Globe Theatre and other London sites, visiting Hampton Court on the way. Two London theatre performances are included. Students will also travel to Oxford to attend a play, with a stop at the magnificent Blenheim Palace.
The program was created in 2005 by Paul Meier, Professor in the Department of Theatre and Film. Meier has spent many years cultivating a special relationship between KU and the Royal Shakespeare Company, with two sabbatical leaves with the company. His background as an English actor and voice teacher, training and teaching at the same schools attended by the company members, opens some doors not normally open to visitors from abroad. He is the author of Voicing Shakespeare.
In 2009 the program will be led by John Staniunas, Chair of the Department of Theatre and Film and Acting Artistic Director for the University Theatre. Staniunas brings a wealth of knowledge to the program with extensive performance, directing and choreographic experience in both dance and fight choreography to the work of William Shakespeare. Of note is his performance of Edgar in King Lear directed by American Players Theatre Producing Artistic Director David Frank and starring Royal Shakespeare Actor Geoffrey Beevers as Lear.
TH&F 304/TH&F 704 Topics in : Shakespeare in Performance (6 credit hours)
Undergraduate students will be enrolled in six credits of TH&F 304. Graduate students will be enrolled in six credits of TH&F 704.
Program participants will stay at different guesthouses close to the town centre and within walking distance of the Shakespeare Centre. Breakfasts are included at the guesthouses. In London, the group will be staying at a hotel in the Bloomsbury neighborhood, a short walk from London's theatre district.
June 3 – July 1, 2007
Open to students from any accredited U.S. college or university. Minimum 2.5 GPA required (exceptions considered after submission of a petition).
Six hours of Theatre and Film credit are granted by the University of Kansas upon successful completion of the program.
2007 Program Fee: Approximately $5,700 ($6,000 for non-KU students). The fee includes undergraduate tuition and fees, accommodations, breakfast, three dinners, entrance to 7 shows, excursions and site visits, KU orientation, and emergency medical evacuation and repatriation services.
Additional costs: Airfare, passport and visa fees, books, most meals, and personal expenses. Graduate tuition will cost approximately an additional $260.
All dates, costs, and program information are subject to change as necessary due to fluctuations in the exchange rate or other reasons.
KU students who qualify for summer financial aid in the form of Stafford and/or other loans, Pell or SEOG Grants, and scholarships may apply the aid to the cost of a Study Abroad Program.
Limited supplemental scholarships are available to KU undergraduates. Applications are available at the Office of Study Abroad. You can also download the scholarship application. The scholarship application deadline is March 1.
Non-KU students should check into the financial resources available to them at their home institutions.
Application Deadline: March 1, 2008. Early application is strongly encouraged.
Applications are available in the KU Office of Study Abroad. You can also download the application.
(Adobe Acrobat Reader is required to download an application. If your computer does not have Acrobat Reader you can download it for FREE.)
Professor John Staniunas, Program Director
Department of Theatre and Film
356 Murphy Hall
Lawrence, KS 66045
phone: 785-864-2651
fax: 785-864-5251
email: stanj@ku.edu
The University of Kansas
Office of Study Abroad
Lippincott Hall
1410 Jayhawk Blvd. Room 108
Lawrence, KS 66045-7515
phone: 785-864-3742
fax: 785-864-5040
e-mail: osa@ku.edu
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