Orvieto Who?

I'm hosting this week's blog on my website. In it I cover some aspects of Orvieto, a town I'd never heard of before I went to teach there. The quaint town is an hour from Rome, two hours from Florence. It boasts Patrizio's Well, Luca Signorelli frescoes in the Duomo, a thriving community of artisans, and friendly people. I've been blessed to have the chance to work there!

For more about the Arizona in Italy Summer Study Abroad Program, please check out my school website: http://ransdell.faculty.arizona.edu/summer_study_orvieto_italy

I'll be teaching classes in Creative Non-Fiction, Film and Literature, and Shakespeare's Italian plays.

View from the Rupe

Chillingly Diabolical

It's summer, so I'm out and about again. This year I started in Stratford-upon-Avon. Although my friends and I enjoyed John III and Julius Caesar, Jonjo's O'Neill's performance in the title role of Richard III blew us away. O'Neill was brilliant as the heartless ruler. O'Neill started his performance on a casual note, so we were taken off guard when he reeled in the audience along with his victims, one by one.