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Irish Theater: Origins and the Contemporary Scene
Berkeley Summer Sessions offers exciting Travel Study programs that give you the chance to combine international travel with academic achievement. Courses are taught by regular rank UC Berkeley faculty, faculty of host institutions, and UC Berkeley graduate student instructors. Join us next summer for the educational adventure of a lifeti... read more
Berkeley Summer Sessions offers exciting Travel Study programs that give you the chance to combine international travel with academic achievement. Courses are taught by regular rank UC Berkeley faculty, faculty of host institutions, and UC Berkeley graduate student instructors. Join us next summer for the educational adventure of a lifetime!
Today, Irish theatre is at an unprecedented level of popularity as measured by the number of international tours, productions, and translations of plays worldwide in recent years. Within the Republic and North, established playwrights and new artists are continually creating work with a global impact. In the early 20th century, W.B. Yeats and Lady Gregorys Abbey Theatre set the standard for the aspirations of national(ist) theatres around the world as Ireland began producing a lineage of playwrights whose work is celebrated throughout the world. Despite huge social and cultural changes in the last 15 years, early 21st century Ireland stands poised to continue expanding the scope and influence of this body of work.
This study abroad program takes advantage of Irelands rich theatre, literary and historical culture by engaging you in the study and practice of Irish theatre from historical and contemporary contexts. You will attend two courses: Modern and Contemporary Irish Theatre: Culture, Context, Critique (Charlotte McIvor) and Applied Acting Techniques (Christine Nicholson). The first three weeks of the course will be taught in Dublin at Trinity College, Dublin and the last two weeks in Galway at the National University of Ireland, Galway. This split location gives you the chance to experience Irelands capital city and the West of Ireland in one program.
You will attend 12 plays at theaters such as the Abbey, the Peacock, Project Arts Center, the Gate and Druid as well as participate in visits to numerous historical and cultural sites including the Galway Arts Festival, Dublin Writers Museum and major sites associated with the Irish struggle for independence.
We will also welcome prominent theatre artists into our classroom throughout the program for talkbacks and group workshops including Druid Theatres Casting Director, Maureen Hughes, Barabbass artistic director, performer and clowning expert Raymond Keane, Irish Modern Dance Theatres John Scott, and the co-artistic directors of the internationally acclaimed Brokentalkers, Gary Keegan and Feidlim Cannon. In addition, we will host panel discussions with professionals working in technical design and theatre management and dance. Less
