LA ACTING SCHOOLS

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Shakespeare and classical Classes in Los Angeles

Verse, text analysis, and classical style. Every listing is researched from official sources and dated; see our methodology.

Antaeus AcademyDowntown Glendale

Antaeus 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.

Classical and verse$$
Valencia

CalArts School of Theater

The Disney-founded arts institute's theater school in Valencia: BFA and MFA Acting with mandatory live auditions for most US applicants, experimental ensemble culture, and published institute tuition.

Eclectic / multi-techniqueConservatory$$$$
Studio City

Creative 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.

Eclectic / multi-techniqueOn-camera techniqueYouth programsAudit / trial$
Kids On Stage, Inc.Santa Monica

Kids 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.

Improv and sketchEclectic / multi-techniqueYouth programs
The Lee Strasberg Theatre & Film InstituteWest Hollywood

The Lee Strasberg Theatre & Film Institute

The West Coast campus of the institute Lee and Anna Strasberg founded in 1969, teaching the Method in structured programs from two-week intensives to a two-year AOS degree, with free class audits and published tuition.

Method (Strasberg)StanislavskiConservatoryYouth programs$$$$
Westchester

Loyola Marymount University Department of Theatre Arts

Loyola Marymount's NAST-accredited Theatre Arts BA in Westchester: an impacted program with video auditions for performance applicants, Pulitzer- and Emmy-credited faculty, and published private tuition.

Eclectic / multi-techniqueConservatory$$$$
Stella Adler Academy of Acting & Theatre - Los AngelesHollywood

Stella Adler Academy of Acting & Theatre - Los Angeles

The nonprofit Hollywood academy founded by Stella Adler in 1985, teaching her imagination-first technique through eight-week terms, a two-year conservatory of roughly 1,956 hours, and need-based scholarships up to 50 percent.

AdlerStanislavskiConservatoryYouth programs$$$
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