There are just a handful of days left before we depart for Romania. It seems like an eternity as we have all worked so very hard on the workshops here at the University of Buffalo. The workshop was followed by the showcase performances in May at the Center for The Arts. The State University of New York @ Buffalo is the delegation from the U.S. and we will be joining with colleagues from the following Universities and academies:

• Academy of Dramatic and Cinema Art in Budapest, Hungary
• The Ludwik Solski State Drama School in Cracow, Poland
• Seoul Institute of the Arts, Korea
• Academy of Dramatic Arts in Zagreb, Croatia
• Shanghai Theatre Academy, China
• National School of Drama in New Delhi, India
• Theater Academy of Limoge, France
• Universitatea de Vest, Timisoara, Romania
• Universitatea Ovidius din Constanþa, Romania
• Theatre Arts University in Targu Mures, Romania
• Arts University of Cluj Napoca, Romania

The themes of the actor's workshops are Ibsen's Ghosts and Euripides. All participating schools have worked on these themes and will showcase their work at this workshop. Other conferences that Professor Horne and I will attend are; the UNESCO International Conference of Teachers from European Drama Schools,the topic of the discussions: Master Studies according to the Declaration from Bologna, and the International Scientific Session "Ibsen – 100 years since his death". In addition to these conferences we will be attending the ITI-UNESCO intensive course on Ancient Indian Theatre taught by a team of three master teachers from the National Drama Academy in New Delhi. This promises to be a very exciting journey. Debbie and I have been busy preparing. Please stop back to see the journey unfolding day by day. I hope to post daily about our activities but this will depend on the internet cafes and my ability to access the web.