Summer Programs

Summer Programs at Theatre Arts School of San Diego include private training in acting and musical theatre, small group workshops, and classes and camps. Students can take part in college coaching, writing, and a conservatory training program, as well as workshops with leading theatre professionals. The program also features annual student recitals and showcases, an ongoing Eco-Theatre project called “Sloth Stories and Monkey Tales,” the “Outside the Box Short Play Festival,” and participation in the San Diego International Youth Arts Festival.


Theatre Arts School of San Diego was founded in 2012 and has produced and developed multiple projects and programs since opening in late 2012. The mission of Theatre Arts School of San Diego is to teach the cornerstones of theatrical technique and training in a non-competitive environment, with a focus on both the process of artistic learning and the final product. The organization states that it does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, gender expression, age, national origin, disability, learning style, marital status, sexual orientation, or military status, and that it is committed to an inclusive and welcoming environment and a SAFE and SUPPORTIVE environment for students, families, teaching artists, and audiences.

Summer Programs are led by founder and director Courtney Corey, who is also Head Instructor, Director, and Playwright in Residence. Well-qualified guest instructors have performance and creative credits from Broadway, Off-Broadway, and respected regional theatres across the country. Courtney Corey has worked in the original Los Angeles and Chicago companies of WICKED, in the 1st and 2nd National Broadway tours of RENT, and onstage at La Jolla Playhouse, The Old Globe, and San Diego Repertory Theatre, and has taught privately and at universities and high schools throughout San Diego County for almost two decades.

Theatre Arts School of San Diego is a resident organization of the ARTS DISTRICT@Liberty Station and offers outreach theatre arts classes through the Liberty School Program coordinated by the NTC Foundation. It has the support of artistic organizations in the ARTS DISTRICT@Liberty Station, including Malashock Dance, San Diego Dance Theater, San Diego Ballet, and P.A.A.R.T.S., and has installed a public art exhibition in the Arts District@Liberty Station featuring professional and emerging artists. The organization co-hosted a twice-annual San Diego International Youth Arts Festival with Enlite Bridge and has provided theatre arts education in K–6 San Diego Unified classrooms with Liberty School.

The program includes focused private and small group training in acting and musical theatre, small group workshops, and guest instructors with Broadway, Off-Broadway, and respected regional theatre credits. It also offers the Theatre CO-Laborative program, extended with New Match Collective, which includes a class for neurodivergent and disabled adult actors. The organization describes its environment as non-competitive, inclusive, and welcoming, with an explicit non-discrimination policy and a stated commitment to a SAFE and SUPPORTIVE environment for all young artists to create and learn.

Theatre Arts School of San Diego won the 2016 Best Musical award at the San Diego International Fringe Festival for its co-production of “The Test” with playwright Katie Brady. It was represented at the 2015 San Diego International Fringe Festival with student finalists in the original play “#HappySadMadFun&EverythingInBetween.” San Diego Magazine named Courtney Corey one of “50 People To Watch,” and she was nominated for the 2020 Excellence in Theatre Education Tony Award. The organization has been featured in Broadway World, San Diego Magazine, and The San Diego Union-Tribune.

Last updated December 13, 2025.