Upcoming Adult Theatre Training

Training

Theatre education can do more than improve your skill sets in the arts; it improves your skills in life and brings joy to your soul. Join us in our education programs and be changed by the performing arts: grow your confidence, connect with a community, develop a new hobby, and discover professionals ready to enhance your life.

All programs are developed and run by Dragon’s Education Director Justine Bechler. Please email her with questions.

Drop-In Virtual Writers Cafe

It’s back! This eight-week online course is designed for writers who have mastered the basics of playwriting and wish to take their work to the next level! Join playwright Bridgette Dutta Portman to explore deepening your playwriting skills and connect with your peers. Learn More Here.

Every Saturday!
10:00am – 12:00pm
Hosted on Zoom
FREE

Playwriting Intensive

This eight-week online course is designed for writers who have mastered the basics of playwriting and wish to take their work to the next level! Join playwright Bridgette Dutta Portman to explore deepening your playwriting skills and connect with your peers. Learn More Here.

Mondays, 6 – 8pm PT
January 3 – February 21
Hosted on Zoom
Tuition: $215
Registration has closed for Jan 2022

Essential Elements of Playwriting

In this eight-week online course for beginning playwrights, we will delve into the art of writing plays that engage, delight, and move audiences. This course will utilize in-class writing exercises, discussion, and examples from produced plays towards writing original ten-minute plays. Learn More Here.

Sundays, 6 – 8pm PT
January 2 – February 20
Hosted on Zoom
Tuition: $200
Registration has closed for Jan 2022

Dragon Improv for All

It’s finally here! We’ve heard your requests for continued Improv programming and we’re delivering. It’s time to allow improv into your weekly life and improvise past the beginning moments. Continue the “yes, and…” towards regular showcases throughout the year!

Saturdays, 10 am – 12 pm

March 19th – 24th

San Jose

Improv for Everyone

Our very popular Improv for Everyone course is coming back soon!This course welcomes everyone: those new to Improv or seasoned improvisers, actors who want to try this genre of theater and all those in between who just want to have fun! Learn more here.

10 Ways to Get a Laugh

This is a practical course focusing on humor in plays, movies, web content, and television. Through case studies, discussion sections, and practical exercises, students learn ten distinct ways to earn the laugh in these 5 pre-recorded lectures. Learn more here.