La Crescenta-Montrose3-2-1- Acting Studios
On-camera school for ages 2 to adult in La Crescenta, founded 2007 by Mae Ross and now under new ownership, with tiered TV commercial and scene study classes, published package pricing, and a free trial class.
HollywoodAMDA College of the Performing Arts, Los Angeles
WASC-accredited performing arts college at Hollywood's Yucca and Vine, offering BFA and AOS acting degrees with audition-based admission, published tuition of $49,500 per year, and scholarships reaching 95 percent of students.
Downtown GlendaleAntaeus Academy
The classical training arm of Glendale's Antaeus Theatre Company: Shakespeare, heightened-language scene study, voice, and movement taught by company members, with dated 2026 classes and published tuition.
CSULB campus, Los Altos-adjacent East Long BeachCalifornia State University, Long Beach, Department of Theatre Arts
Cal State Long Beach's Theatre Arts BA with an audition-gated Performance: Acting option and the California Repertory Company as its producing arm, at CSU-resident tuition.
University HillsCalifornia State University, Los Angeles, Department of Theatre and Dance
Cal State LA's Theatre and Dance department: a no-audition Theatre BA with performance and design tracks, six to eight productions a year at the State Playhouse, and CSU-resident tuition on the Eastside.
Norwalk, southeast Los Angeles CountyCerritos College Theatre, Film and Television Department
Cerritos College's theatre and film department in Norwalk: an acting-emphasis AA gated by a jury, graduated performance credit up to lead roles, four productions a season, at $46 per unit.
Studio CityCreative Combustion Acting Studio
Joshua Finkel's Studio City coaching practice and master classes: Broadway-credentialed training in musical theatre auditioning, Shakespeare, cold reading, and college prep, for all ages at published hourly rates.
South BayEl Camino College Theatre Department
El Camino College's South Bay theatre program: AA and transfer degrees, five to six productions a year including a musical with live orchestra, and master classes with visiting artists, at $46 per unit.
Verdugo foothills, northeast GlendaleGlendale Community College Theatre Arts Department
GCC's theatre program in the Verdugo foothills: acting-emphasis AA with voice, movement, and camera coursework, a produced season with Shakespeare in fall 2026, at $46 per unit.
Santa MonicaKids On Stage, Inc.
Santa Monica youth musical-theatre institution since 1987, running no-audition production classes, camps, improv, and parent-and-me programs for ages roughly 3 to 18, with sessions ending in full shows.
Lakewood Village area, Liberal Arts CampusLong Beach City College Theatre Arts (Performing Arts Department)
LBCC's theatre program with a dedicated Acting Academy AA track, media certificates in commercials, film acting, and voice-over, and a brand-new $75 million performing arts center, at $46 per unit.
Valley GlenLos Angeles Valley College Department of Theatre & Dance
Valley Glen community college theatre program with AA degrees in acting, directing, and technical theatre, an acting certificate, and a new performing arts center, at California's $46-per-unit community college rate.
East Pasadena, on Colorado Blvd east of the Playhouse DistrictPasadena City College Theater Arts
PCC's pre-professional theatre program: an AA-T in theatre arts and technical theatre credentials, five student-cast productions a year including a musical, in a professional campus venue at $46 per unit.
MalibuPepperdine University Theatre Program (Seaver College Fine Arts Division)
Pepperdine's Malibu theatre program: a BA with acting and musical theatre emphases plus a theatre-and-screen-arts hybrid, small classes, optional live auditions with automatic scholarship consideration, and published tuition.
Temple CityPopRock Academy
Temple City triple-threat academy founded 2011 by Paul Kwo, teaching acting, voice, dance, and musical theatre from age 3 to adult in the San Gabriel Valley, with a free first class.
Sunset ParkSanta Monica College Theatre Arts Department
SMC's seventy-year theatre department: AA and transfer degrees, a technical theatre AS, real productions in two campus theaters, and a transfer record reaching Juilliard and NYU, at $46 per unit for residents.
East PasadenaTheatre 360
Pasadena's education-first youth theatre school since 2000: technique classes in acting, voice, and dance for ages 3 to 19, semester structure with free showcases, a $30 credited trial class, and a pre-professional teen academy.
Cahuenga PassTheatre West
LA's oldest continuously running theatre company (1962), whose weekly acting, writing, musical comedy, and Shakespeare workshops are open to members only; admission by audition, dues published.
WestwoodUCLA School of Theater, Film and Television
UCLA's Westwood theater school: an audition-supplemented Theater BA, MFAs including Acting (currently closed to new applicants), summer institutes open to non-degree students, and California-resident public tuition.
University ParkUSC School of Dramatic Arts
USC's drama school, founded 1945: BA and BFA programs including Acting for Stage and Screen, a three-year MFA, filmed pre-screen auditions, a high school summer conservatory, and published university tuition.
Beverly GroveYouth Academy of Dramatic Arts
Beverly Grove kids' musical-theatre academy since 1997: production-based leveled classes from Tots to an audition-only Master level, improv and sketch programs, camps, and tuition aid every session.