Study Abroad Summer 2007 in Japan by Shan Ayers Floating torii Miyajima. No matter how interesting we faculty try to make a lecture, or how many visual aids we provide, it is very difficult to adequately or, sometimes, accurately portray the beauty and uniqueness of another culture's theatre. Because we can never go back to see a production done in ancient Rome, or one enacted by The Lord Chamberlain's Men we must rely on the historians. In the summer of 2007, however, I was able to experience first-hand performances of 18 theatre design & technology S U M M E R 2008