All The Small Things--Dan O'Connor

🎭 All the Small Things — 2-Day Workshop coached by Dan O’Connor

Stop overthinking. Start playing.

Great scenes don’t come from doing more—they come from making clear choices, staying present, and responding to what’s actually happening.

In this workshop, you’ll learn how to:

• Start scenes with confidence

• Build strong characters from simple, specific choices

• Stay connected and grounded with your partner

• Course-correct quickly when a scene goes off track

Simple tools. Immediate impact.

📅 Sept 26–27, 2026

⏱️ 2.5 hrs each day (Zoom)

💲 $80 (all fees included)

🎯 Limited spots

If you’re ready to relax, trust your instincts, and create scenes that work—this is it.

Sign up now.

Dan Bio:

Dan O’Connor is an actor, improviser, writer, director, and the founder and former Producing Artistic Director of Los Angeles’ acclaimed Impro Theatre. A pioneer of West Coast improv, he co-founded BATS Improv in San Francisco and LA Theatresports.

Dan began improvising and acting at age nine at ACT’s Young Conservatory, later training in London at the Webber Douglas Academy. After returning to the U.S., he joined the first Theatresports workshop in San Francisco and studied extensively with Keith Johnstone. His work in unscripted narrative improvisation led to the creation of Impro Theatre in 2003, known for full-length improvised plays inspired by Shakespeare, Jane Austen, Chekhov, Dickens, Film Noir, The Twilight Zone, and many other literary and film genres.

He has taught and directed worldwide—at festivals, universities, and Fortune 500 companies—and performed in venues including the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, the Pasadena Playhouse, South Coast Rep, and Off-Broadway in Improbable Theatre’s Lifegame, created by Keith Johnstone, as well as in the television series of the same name. His stage, improv, and television credits include Seinfeld, Malcolm in the Middle, Raising Hope, NCIS, The Righteous Gemstones, Emily in Paris, and over 100 commercials.

Dan co-created and starred in NBC/PAX’s World Cup Comedy, produced Quick Witz, directed the sitcoms Sons & Daughters and Campus Ladies, and wrote for The Wayne Brady Show, Payne, and Disney’s The Weekenders. He also co-created, with Stephen Kearin, “Living Story Board,” a real-time collaborative improvisation method for developing animated features at DreamWorks and Disney Animation.

A frequent consultant for major corporations, Dan has worked with DreamWorks, Disney, KPMG, Ernst & Young, Bank of America, Cirque du Soleil productions, and more. He is the co-author, with Jeff Katzman, of two books on applying improvisation to everyday life—UnScripted and Ensemble!—published by North Atlantic Books/Penguin Random House.

Dan lives in Los Angeles with his wife, actor Edi Patterson.

More Dan stuff available at: www.danoconnor.net