Abstract
In the winter of 2025, one Shakespeare-based production was prepped, rehearsed and produced on two continents, through the bifurcated international engagement of two undergraduate programs in collaboration. For a semester, Wellesley College’s Theatre Studies program (USA) interpreted the sections of the narrative set in Sicilia, while Soon Chun Hyang University’s English Drama Performance organization (Korea) prepared a K-pop and namsadangpae-infused Bohemia. Eventually, each cohort was hosted on the other’s campus where the production details were finalized, adjusted, and shared with live audiences. What we anticipated when we all committed to this project was that the benefit, challenges and discoveries for all of our students during the process would exceed even the promise of the production itself. What we could not know until it was fully realized was: how. This study illuminates the obstacles, solutions, reception of and reflection on this grand international experiment.
Presenters
Marta RainerDirector of Theatre Studies, Wellesley College Theatre, Wellesley College, Massachusetts, United States
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Theme
2025 Special Focus—The Art of Hospitality
KEYWORDS
Intercultural, Live Performance, Theatre, Shakespeare, Educational Theatre, Hosting Guest Artists
