Abstract
n the Czech Republic and abroad, there are several organizations or independent lecturers offering courses using drama techniques and theatre conventions as an educational method. It seems that everyone likes to play regardless of their life stage. Even for adults, a game is welcome as they have fewer opportunities for "declared games" (as opposed to children). Summarising all drama / theatre forms under an umbrella term applied drama
(AD), this article introduces one example of an integrative educational strategy which offers a large transformative potential. Following text is introducing the first findings from multiple-phase dissertation research, more precisely educational workshops which took place in
Prague during spring 2022. We are asking why, in what way and for which content applied drama helps the socio-professional development. The main aim of this research is to provide the interested practitioners and academic audience with a solid empiric basis for further use of drama in non-formal educational settings of adult learners.