Best Drama School Pasadena Near Me

4worldlovers: An award-winning, internationally recognized children’s theatre company and school that offers professional theatre productions and theatre education to children ages 3 to 19


We offer after school and weekend classes in singing, acting, and dancing year round!


Summertime is camp time! Camps run in either one or two week sessions, 9:00am-3:00pm and culminating in an end performance. We offer a winter break camp too!

Our talented teachers are ready to work one-on-one with you! We’ll help you prepare for that upcoming audition or work on your singing, acting, and/or dancing skills.

Our students have gone on to some of the nation’s top college including Juilliard, Yale, and Michigan. We’re here to help and guide our students to pursue their performing arts careers!

Each session we hold auditions for our mainstage productions. We just require that you are signed up for a class/camp in order to participate.

Wanna work backstage? We got that too! All of our mainstage productions have opportunities for students to crew helping with lights, sound, props, and general backstage management.

Theatre 360 staff and faculty are made up of hard working professionals. All of our teachers have educational and professional backgrounds in musical theatre. They are here and ready to train and educated you and bring you to your highest potential. Our staff is also ready to answer your questions and get you to where you need to be.

4worldlovers:
Almost overnight, the coronavirus pandemic has changed our lives. Our once-carefree days are now tinged with worry, anxiety, and fear.


Work from home. This is, for now, the new normal for professionals.

Approximately a fortnight into an island-wide lockdown, those of us who thought we’d handle it well are beginning to crack and those of us who panicked from the get-go have been in a snack food, post-Netflix binge limbo for longer than we’d care to admit.

At John Robert Powers, we consider our students and customers as family. As such, your health and well-being are our highest priorities.

JRP Bangkok has recently moved to its new home in Pradiphat Road, Rama VI.

John Robert Powers International Vice President Chris Upton and Curriculum Director Marisyll Pengson discuss the importance of training, coaching, and developing soft skills to unleash your potential.

4worldlovers: As a young child, Wayne C. Dvorak grew up on black-and-white movies and was enthralled with acting and actors from the beginning. At age 15, he was scouted as a promising actor while he was in a high school play, and then immediately went into performing in community theater. Later continuing drama study in college, he was mentored at the Guthrie Theater in Minnesota by the celebrated Sir Tyrone Guthrie, who during his lifetime was considered the greatest director on the English-speaking stage including in both London and New York. At the Guthrie, Mr. Dvorak experienced first-hand the rehearsals and performances of star legends like Jessica Tandy, Hume Cronyn, George Grizzard, and Ellen Greer. And he sat in on discussions about writing and directing with the great Arthur Miller and Harold Clurman.


In the early 1970's, Mr. Dvorak came to Hollywood. He continued his study for TV and film in Los Angeles classes, performed at the Mark Taper Forum, and he worked on television with such greats as Lucille Ball, Mary Tyler Moore, Beatrice Arthur, Betty White, Angela Lansbury, William Shatner, and Peter Falk. During his acting career, he appeared in such shows as Murder, She Wrote; Hill Street Blues; Seinfield; The Nanny; Evening Shade; Everybody Loves Raymond; and The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case with Anthony Hopkins.

Mr. Dvorak began coaching other actors in the late 1970's because he realized he had a talent for helping his fellow actors understand scripts and bring out the best in their acting. As a result, in 1982 he opened his own acting studio -- the Wayne Dvorak Acting Studio.

When asked why he now dedicates all his time to coaching actors, he says that he simply likes seeing the actor "get it." Says Mr. Dvorak –

"I think there is a difference between teaching and coaching. I think the teacher can give you a body of information and you can get that. So, for example, if someone is teaching you about a noun and a verb and an adverb you can get that because those are definitions and you can pass on information. But a real coach is someone who has an eye for coaching and really understands what they’re seeing. I think that’s a talent. And I think some people who are teaching in Los Angeles really have it. The people that do have that coaching talent can see the person, can see what they can do to guide that person, and know what they can do to make that person freer and deeper in their work."

4worldlovers:
Best acting class in LA by far! I have never been anywhere else that offers what the workshop does for this great a price. The smaller classes allow for more one-on-one coaching time from Eric, which makes it feel almost like private coaching depending. On "shooting days" your scene is recorded on 4k cameras, which makes it so easy to see what Eric is talking about when he is giving you feedback. Also, the low cost is great because it allows you to take advantage of Eric's private audition coaching (which he also offers at a great rate) and also encourages students to buy copies of their tapes, which are great for first-time reel builders. All in all, if you need an acting class in Los Angeles, this is where you should start (and probably stay).

This is one of the best workshops for film acting in Los Angeles. The Tony Barr technique is super practical and specific, making it easy to apply in acting and coaching alike. Eric teaches the technique as Tony intended, and is very clear, specific and consistent in his coaching. Moreover, he's kind in his approach--nurturing an atmosphere of trust--while also pushing us to grow and improve our craft. If you're looking for a safe space to work on your acting, get experience in front of the camera, and build a sense of community, this is your class. I can't recommend it enough.