East Meets West in "The Dining Room"

During the summer, a group of MSU students collaborated with their Shanghai Theatre Academy counterparts when A.R. Gurney's "The Dining Room" had its debut in China as part of MSU's Global Education program.

President Susan A. Cole hosted a dinner in her house for Rong Guang-Run, president of the Shanghai Theatre Academy, who was visiting Montclair State for the performance at the Alexander Kasser Theater last week.

Pictured from left: Hu Yi, Consul, Consulate of the People's Republic of China in New York; Marina Cunningham, Global Education Executive Director; Rong Guang-Run, President, Shanghai Theatre Academy; Professor Susan Kerner; Fang Chun, Education Counselor, Consulate; MSU President Susan Cole; Chinese Ambassador, Consul General Liu Biwei, Ai Fan Lin, Counselor, Consulate; Professor Jane Peterson; Professor Xu Wei-Hong, Director of the Acting Department, Shanghai Theater Academy; School of the Arts Dean Geoffrey Newman.