Program Description

In this program, participants will be able to enjoy much of the historic and cultural sites of London during the day and attend at least four theatre presentations in the evening. The theatre presentations will all be located in the West End theatre district of London.

Wikipedia describes the West End theatre as a popular term for mainstream professional theatre in London or sometimes more specifically for shows staged in the large theatres of London. Along with New York's Broadway theatre, West End theatre is usually considered to represent the highest level of commercial theatre in the English speaking world.

Course Description

Th 1050 London Theatre Tour (1 cr), S-N only

Supervised field trip to London, England; attending selected professional theatre productions; backstage tours; discussions with theatre professionals.

Faculty Profile:

Tap Payne teaches technical theatre courses in the Humanities Division of the University of Minnesota, Morris. He has been leading UMM students in study abroad activities since 1986. He has taken UMM students to England, Scotland, Italy, Cameroon, Mali, and the Ivory Coast.

Tap received his MFA from the University of Oregon and has been teaching at UMM since 1979. Besides his own study abroad classes, Tap has helped to develop the study abroad activities of the UMM campus through a Ford Foundation grant and through the recently completed Bush grant on the Twin Cities campus.

Program Costs:

Program Fee: $2000

Includes: Some meals, Travel Pass, insurance, and administrative fee.

Estimated Airfare: $900

Estimated Extra Costs: $300

Includes: Personal spending money.

Application Deadlines:

Initial - Friday, December 14, 2007
- Receive a $150 program fee reduction
- Entered into a $500 fee reduction drawing

Early—Friday, January 25, 2008
- Receive a $100 program fee reduction

Final—Friday, February 15, 2008

Regardless of when you turn in your application, you may be eligible to apply for UMM scholarships worth up to $750. For scholarship applications, contact the Center for International Programs.