Welcome to Amazing!
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Colorado State University Inaugurates ACSA in Summer 2025!

Course Overview

  • Faculty-led summer study abroad course
  • With Dr. Megan Lewis, South African theatre studies expert
  • Study performing arts as a lens into another culture
  • Explore the role of the arts in our global world
  • Experience the National Arts Festival, “10 days of amazing!”
  • Learn about South African history and culture
  • Visit museums and monuments
  • Savor the flavors of exquisite cuisine
  • Safari excursion and wine tasting
  • See new plays & cutting-edge international performances
  • Meet scholars, playwrights, actors, artists, & other students interested in theatre and social change
  • 10-unit online course plus 3 week in-country travel
  • 6 credits qualify as F/T summer credits for financial aid
  • Enroll in TH382A Study Abroad--South Africa: Performing Arts & Culture

Why Take This Course?

 
  • IMMERSE yourself in the culture, history, politics, and arts of South Africa

  • EXPERIENCE the largest arts festival in the southern hemisphere

  • VISIT the most beautiful country on earth: South Africa!

  • SEE incredible performances and meet the artists who make them

  • LEARN from passionate, knowledgeable professor and artists

  • EARN 6 upper division credits

  • ENJOY a once-in-a-lifetime learning experience in Africa
 

Course Leader

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Dr. Megan Lewis is a South African-American theatre, performance, & film scholar concerned with the staging of national identity, gender, and race in a variety of performance media---including monuments and public pageants, traditional staged texts, and documentary and narrative films. She is a multidisciplinary educator with a passion for inspiring intellectual curiosity and advocating for the performing arts as a powerful force for social change.
For more about Dr. Lewis, visit her faculty profile at Colorado State University


APPLY HERE

EARLY deadline for applications is DECEMBER 1st.
REGULAR deadline February 15th.
We STRONGLY RECOMMEND you apply early to secure a summer slot.

Photos are used with deepest respect for the following artists:
Yael Farber, Re/Mix Dance Company, Expediesies, Iain "Ewok" Robinson, African Family Puppeteers, M. Schurter, Kitty Phetla

Copyright 2012-2026 Dr. Megan Lewis. All Rights Reserved.