Over the years, KU's Department of Theatre and Film has participated in a wide variety of Study Abroad Programs.

Recent examples of Theatre Study Abroad programs include:

Shakespeare in Performance
Stratford-Upon-Avon, England

Students studied Shakespeare performance in Stratford-Upon-Avon, the great playwright's birthplace, for 28 days in the summer of 2005. Professor Paul Meier led a group to the picturesque English riverside town that is home to The Royal Shakespeare Company, perhaps the greatest producing company of the Bard's work. They studied with members of the company, saw all the shows, enjoyed excursions to London and other places of interest. Information about the upcoming Summer 2007 program is available on the KU Study Abroad web site.

Summer Theatre in Greece

Students in KU's 2002 program in Greece strike a pose in an amphitheatre in the ancient city of Delphi.

The 2004 program offered participants an opportunity to be exposed to the Greek culture and language in its native environment, right in the midst of the township of Katohi, a rural farm community of Greece, and to experience preparing and performing a Greek tragedy in the ancient outdoor theatre of Oiniades.

The Theatre Production
The production, Sophocles' tragedy, Women of Trachis, was part of the Oiniades Summer Theatre Festival in Katohi with a performance on July 27, 2004. A portion of the play was in Greek, but most lines were spoken in English.

Below are links to student web sites with photos and information about the 2006 KU Summer Theatre in Greece:

• http://kugreece.seansmitharts.com
• http://bondari.com/greece

Theatre and the Arts in Prague, Czech Republic

Tyn Cathedral in Prague, Czech Republic