This study aims to explore the experiential characteristics of drama and examine signs based on these experiential aspects. To achieve this, the experiential features of drama are categorized into four types: ‘contextual experience’, ‘imaginative experience’, ‘dramatic experience’, and ‘reflective experience’, forming the foundation for identifying the characteristics of signs according to these experiential dimensions. The signs representing contextual experience serve as boundaries between the real world and the dramatic fiction, enabling participants to distinguish between immersion and critical detachment, thus fostering voluntary engagement in drama based on trust. Signs representing imaginative experience play a crucial role in symbolization and resymbolization during drama communication, indirectly stimulating participants’ imagination through indirect experiences. Signs associated with dramatic experience provide participants with an objective distance within the dramatic fiction, facilitating critical thinking and fostering the ‘metaxis’ effect. Lastly, signs representing reflective experience manifest through actively transforming the context within the dramatic fiction, such as drama events or irony, using dualistic signs to indirectly intervene and bring about changes. Overall, this research offers insights into the experiential nature of drama and its correlation with signs. By categorizing the experiential features of drama and exploring the characteristics of signs accordingly, this study contributes to a deeper understanding of drama and its potential for meaningful educational experiences.