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Upcoming Classes

All of our training opportunities  take place virtually using Zoom. There are generally 3-4 full days of formal Audio Description instruction with time in between for assignments, practice, or preparation. To be added to our mailing list for class announcements, or for any other questions, please email us at info@adtrainingretreats.com.

Fundamentals of Audio Description with Bridget Melton and Colleen Connor

Tuition: $800 for participants, $650 for observers

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Upcoming Class:

November 2025

November 7, 8, 14, and 15

11 AM to 7 PM Eastern / 8 AM to 4 PM Pacific 
 

Curriculum Overview

  • History of description, challenges, context, and current trends

  • Disability awareness, justice, and statistics of our primary audience 

  • Overview of jobs in AD: workflow of live theater, film, TV, and more

  • ADTR’s Top Ten Tips, techniques and tools on how to approach and craft AD

  • Style guides, industry guidelines, and practice–AD is equally skill and art

  • Collaboration, feedback, and critique from professionals and peers

 

Training Information

  • 4-day virtual training via ZOOM; AD exercises, discussion, and practice

  • Prep material, handouts and assignment in advance with tailored notes

  • Class sessions: 11 AM to 7 PM Eastern / 8 AM to 4 PM Pacific

  • 5 minute breaks top of each hour; 1 hour break mid-session

  • Maximum of 8 participants, with 8 more spots available for real-time observers 

  • Participants: in-class Q & A, discussion, practice, and feedback; instructor and peer critique of scenes, and a Certificate of Completion at the end of the course.

  • Observers: all the same educational materials, opportunities to submit questions via chat, written feedback on a script for a selected practice scene, and a Certificate of Attendance at the end of the course.

  • Everyone invited to ADTR’s Discord for communication prior to, during, and after

  • Post-Grad: access to Living Library of continuing education and networking group

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Advanced AD: Writing for the Screen with Melissa Hope and Colleen Connor

Tuition: $800

Pre-requisite: ADTR Fundamentals or equivalent training/experience

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Upcoming Class:

February 2026

Class dates TBD

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Please contact us if you would like to sponsor a training or provide a scholarship to someone!

For further details or questions, email us at: info@adtrainingretreats.com

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