<p>Are there any study abroad programs that are especially good for theater and/or musical theater? Which are they and what are peoples' experiences with them? Any personal study abroad stories or suggestions on a program/school for students who want to study musical theater or acting would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks!</p>
<p>Do you mean study abroad as in do a full time college course in the US and spend a year of that abroad? Or do a separate 1/2/3 year course abroad that is not related to a college in the States?</p>
<p>When we went to Roger Williams with my up and coming HS Sr., they had a fabulous abroad program that I wish my daughter's school offered. It was for a semester in London where you did nothing but see plays/musicals/dance. I think there were about 40-50 productions on the list. What a fabulous experience that must be. Here's a link of what the kids saw this year:
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<p>Wow, I'd like to go on that semester in London. I assume they are getting credit somehow?</p>
<p>Wow that sounds pretty amazing! and Jane, to answer your question: I mean enroll in a four year college in the US and go abroad for a quarter or two. I was thinking London would be fantastic! I'm just confused though because the school I am attending has their own study abroad opportunities but they don't offer anything in particular for people interested in theater. Would it be impossible to find a program willing to give credit for courses in acting/musical theater even if it isn't already related to my school?</p>
<p>Take a look at Syracuse's and Ithaca's study abroad programs for MT students.</p>
<p>peachiepizzazz, Tisch has several wonderful study abroad options. I honestly do not know if they are available to non-NYU students but it might be worth investigating. You can study with RADA in London. The other locations where there are various arts-related programs of study are Shanghai, Havana, Prague, Dublin, and Johannesburg. These are all one semester programs during the school year, and there are also individual studio summer programs, e.g., Experimental Theatre Workshop's program in Amsterdam.</p>
<p>^^^ Yes, I believe non-NYU students can do some of the Tisch abroad programs. For example, my daughter's good friend who is in BU's BFA in Acting program just did the Tisch drama program in Johannesburg.</p>
<p>My s (Tisch) studied abroad in Shanghai (and studied with Shanghai Opera Co). I believe one of his fellow students was not from NYU.</p>
<p>thank you all so much! i will definitely look into these. So am I required to get permission from my own college in order to participate in another school's study abroad program? I'm not sure how all the credits would transfer. Also, I'm on the quarter system so would it be hard scheduling-wise to do a program on the semester system?</p>
<p>At most colleges, including the one where I believe you are headed next fall, they offer some of their own study abroad programs but ALSO allow students to study abroad through many other college abroad programs that they approve of. If you visit the site for your college, they explain the procedure and actually at your college, they open it up to your studying at any abroad program. For instance, my daughter attended Brown. Her field is architecture. While Brown offers many of its own abroad programs, they also have a list of approved programs through other universities. They don't offer many abroad programs in architecture and so my D did the Syracuse in Florence program which offers architecture among many other fields. Students who attended the program in all fields came from numerous US colleges and Syracuse was just one of them. My D's roomies attended Wellesley and Tulane, for example. </p>
<p>Many BFA programs have abroad programs and so look these up and go from there and then once you find ones that interest you, you must apply but you also must go through your own school's procedure to ensure that the credits will work and the exchange of tuition payments and all that jazz. As others mentioned (and this is just a very short list), there are abroad programs in theater through Syracuse, Ithaca, and Tisch. You could do Tisch in London and the faculty is from RADA. There is the Shanghai opera program through Tisch and the drama program in Johannesburg. My D's pal who is in UMich's BFA in MT program just did a theater abroad program in Moscow. Sarah Lawrence has a program in London through BADA. </p>
<p>If you decide not to go for a semester, there are summer abroad programs in theater. I can tell you that my D knows numerous kids who have done (and some who are about to do) Tisch's summer program in Amsterdam through Experimental Theatre Wing and it is supposed to be absolutely fantastic. She would die to go to it herself. It is by audition. It is open to non-NYU students as well. Just putting that out there for your consideration in case you wish to do an abroad program in summer.</p>
<p>They all sound great, but also very expensive.</p>
<p>Well, for most schools you won't pay past the regular tuition for study abroad programs. Most schools also let you apply regular scholarships towards study abroad. Some schools even provide for a small stipend to offset extra costs for study abroad (like airfare, etc.). Depending on where you go, the study abroad experience can actually cost a lot LESS than the academic year, both tuition and spending money-wise. To conclude, study abroad is typically not more expensive than regular semester costs and can possibly be even less expensive.</p>
<p>Chiming in on the expense....usually, one's tuition, etc. to their own college, covers the cost of a semester study abroad program even if through another college. Sometimes it can cost a little more due to airfare or side trips that are taken. But the basic cost is usually similar to what you pay to your home college who then pays the study abroad college. </p>
<p>The one thing that is expensive is if you do a summer abroad program. For example, Tisch in Amsterdam through Experimental Theater Wing, which is ONLY a summer program, costs around 10K. My child would LOVE to do it and has been encouraged to do it but there is no way she can do it as I cannot fund summer programs during her college years as these would be in ADDITION to the regular school year tuition and thus most of those who attend in summer have the ability to pay. That is not the same as a semester abroad which is akin to paying for college anyway. When my older D went to Florence, her own college paid the expenses to the abroad program college. It did cost us a little more because of the airfare and the required side trips in her particular program (not all study abroad programs have required side trips but hers did as they related to her studies).</p>
<p>Syracuse Study Abroad for MT in London- you take acting classes at the Globe Shakespeare Theatre and u can taking dance classes at the Pineapple Dance Studio- famous dance place in london- and also, you can take a few classes at the University of London, Royal Academy of Drama/Music</p>
<p>My son who just graduated from UofM and several of his classmates spent a semester at RADA thru NYU- he had a great experience-</p>