Rutgers
Conservatory at Shakespeare's Globe in London gives serious theater artists
intensive conservatory training in London under the most accomplished theater
artists in the United Kingdom. Through access to the Globe space, master
teachers, scholars, and practitioners, this program fulfills the twofold
mission of both Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, and Shakespeare's
Globe by combining the best of conservatory training in a professional theater
of international stature. Rutgers sends B.F.A. and M.F.A acting students abroad
for six months of conservatory study at Shakespeare's Globe. Designers study in
London for the fall semester of the third year. For more information on the
Globe curriculum please see visit the Mason Gross website.
Acting in London (12 credits each semester). Students study in London for the fall semester of the third year.
Design in London (12 credits). Students live and study in the heart of London with world- renowned faculty of master teachers.
Shakespeare's Plays in Context (3 credits per semester).
Plays and history are studied with Globe scholars.
British Art and Culture (3 credits per semester).
Weekly trips to major cultural, artistic, and historical landmarks
including a weekend trip to Stratford-Upon-Avon. Each week students see
both classical and contemporary plays on the London stage, as well as
opera, ballet, and fringe performances.
