SUMMER: June 5 – June 23, 2010
Enjoy plays and the theatre in London, the theatre capital of the world! You'll see at least nine plays, hear British guest lecturers, and enjoy visits to the National Theatre, the Barbican, the Royal Court, or others in the West End. In addition, we'll walk in London itself with a London educator/guide and cross the Thames by boat to get to the Globe, just as Shakespeare might have done. We'll also have a session at the new Globe Theatre.
Weekends will be free for your own travel plans. Past participants have ventured to Paris, Stratford upon Avon, Bath, St. Alban’s with its Roman Theatre, the English Lake District and even to Scotland. We'll stay at the International Students House (ISH) in the very heart of London – ISH is a very active, friendly, student-centered facility and has its own in-house travel office. One can easily walk from ISH to west end theatres.
The purpose of this program is to provide an opportunity to study and enjoy English theatre both for University students and for all other adults who love the drama.
Application Deadline: February 15, 2009; though late applications may be taken. Contact the International programs Office on available space. Application requires a $250 deposit to secure a spot.
Go to the Applications page to find out how to get an application.
Most seminars are open to all majors and minors, not simply those whose field/s matches the department/s granting credit. For continuing UWSP students a minimum GPA of 2.25 is required.
Priority is given to regularly registered UWSP students, but students from other universities and community members are welcome to apply. All participants will be registered in a college course, for credit or audit at the same cost, and will be expected to participate in the program at an intellectual level.
We do work on a first come, first serve basis, so early registration is strongly advised. Priority is given to regularly registered UWSP and UW-System students, but others, may participate either for credit or as auditors on a space-available basis and at the same cost. All participants, whether students or auditors and regardless of age, must be able to participate in the program at the college level, and stand up to the considerable physical rigors of this course (carrying your luggage on public transit systems and extensive walking are common).
This trip carries two course options for three transferable UW-Stevens Point credits:
THEATER 490/690 - Seminar in Theatre 3 undergraduate or graduate credits, GDR: HU
Research and discussion of specialized areas of theatre and drama. Subtitle will designate area. May repeat for credit with different subtitles.
ENGLISH 395/595 - Workshop in Drama: On-site Study of Contemporary British Theatre 3 undergraduate or graduate credits, GDR: HU2 WE is possible.
Attendance at the plays, participation in post-play lectures, and analytical discussions on aspects of drama and modern theatre production. Graduate credit requires an additional fee and the preparation of a research project on return to the UWSP campus.
James Stokes is emeritus Professor of English and recipient of the Eugene Katz Distinguished Faculty award at UWSP. He has taught Shakespeare, History of English and European Drama, and Reading the Drama; is the author of two two-volume books in the Records of Early English Drama series; publishes widely on early drama and culture; and has directed a university drama program. He received his MA from San Francisco State University and his PhD from Washington State University. He has lead, or co-lead, three previous UWSP Theatre in London Programs.
Sarah Pogell is Associate Professor of English at U.W.S.P., who earned her M.A. and Ph. D. at Washington University. She is a “culture vulture,” as they say, loving art museums, independent film, theater, dance, classical and popular music, architecture, interior design, the fashion industry, pop culture kitsch, and ethnic food-- in addition, of course, to literature. Her scholarship focuses on nineteenth- and twentieth century British literature, particularly the intersection between literature and medicine in this period, and recent innovative fiction. She is currently researching black humor in the work of George Saunders as part of a book she’s writing on this contemporary satirical short story writer and essayist
Professor Jim Stokes (715) 345-0571 jstokes@uwsp.edu
Professor Sarah Pogell (715) 346-4533 spogell@uwsp.edu
Approximately $4450-4950 Estimation for approximately three weeks based on 20 fully-paying participants.
Cost Includes:
Students wishing to stay in Europe after the program is completed may do so with an extra charge for airfare, although they will have to arrange and pay for their own room, board, travel and other expenses during the extra days.
Up to ten weeks before the start of the program, all fees except the initial $250 deposit will be refunded. After the time, tuition, airline, tour costs and housing charges are assessed. If the program would be cancelled, all fees will be refunded. Because exchange rates and airline prices fluctuate, International Programs reserves the right to cancel, surcharge, or to alter the program.
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