Welcome to NYU Steinhardt's 2022 London Study Abroad: Drama & Youth!!

 
Image Caption: 1974 Study Abroad - The Program in Educational Theatre's First Summer Abroad - Theatre Centre London

Greetings, fellow traveler! As the study abroad program unfolds, this blog will serve as an interactive chronicle of our experiences. 48 years ago, the co-founders of the Program in Educational Theatre, Nancy and Lowell Swortzell, accompanied the first group of eager NYU graduate students to London, and you are now a part of that great history. 

Here are some images from the Study Abroad Experience over the years:


Image Caption: 1975 Study Abroad Flier - note the tuition was only $60 per credit!

Image Caption: 1979 Study Abroad - Students attend a performance of medieval mystery plays from The Wakefield Cycle at The Fountains Abbey, the largest and best preserved ruined Cistercian monastery in England.

Image Caption: 1986 Study Abroad - Sir C. Walter Hodges and Nancy Swortzell in costume for Elizabethan celebration at Bretton Hall.

Image Caption: 2002 Study Abroad - faculty member Audrey Cauldron (maroon sweater, former head of drama at Bretton Hall) looks on at a site-specific Titanic performance.


Image Caption: 2003 Study Abroad - David Montgomery bonds with Edie Demas and Jay Pecora at the IDIERI Conference in Northampton.



Image Caption: 2003 Study Abroad - Jonathan Jones spends a day off at the student residence at Schafer House, London.


Image Caption: 2010 Study Abroad - course tutor Jonathan Heron orients students to Stratford-upon-Avon with a tour based on William Shakespeare's seven ages of man.

That first summer inspired the creation of the Creative Arts Team, one of New York City's preeminent educational theatre organizations. What might our work together this year inspire?

Jonathan P. Jones, PhD

Links

2018 Study Abroad blog

2014 Study Abroad blog

2010 Study Abroad blog


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