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.
Downtown Santa MonicaBaron Brown Studio
Meisner technique studio in downtown Santa Monica, established 1975 by Joanne Baron, teaching a traditional two-year sequence plus intensives, on-camera audition work, and master classes.
Atwater VillageBerg Studios
Atwater Village studio founded in 1998 by Yale School of Drama graduate Gregory Berger-Sobeck, teaching a Yale and Stanislavski-derived system through a gateway technique intensive and three levels of scene study, with free audits.
North HollywoodThe BGB Studio
North Hollywood on-camera and audition studio founded in 2012 by casting director Risa Bramon Garcia and coach Steve Braun, with application-based entry, a free intro session, and flat $295 monthly ongoing classes.
BurbankDavid Gray Studios
Burbank on-camera acting school run by David Gray, successor to the closed Gray Studios NoHo, with age-banded classes from 5 years old to adult, hybrid Zoom options, and a 10-day summer film camp.
NoHo Arts DistrictElizabeth Mestnik Acting Studio
NoHo Meisner studio founded in 2001 by Elizabeth Mestnik, an MFA student of William Esper, running a traditional cohort-based two-year Meisner program plus beginner courses and voice work.
HollywoodHoward Fine Acting Studio
Hollywood 'actors gym' operating since the late 1980s, built on Uta Hagen-lineage technique, with a six-week entry course taught by Howard Fine and David Coury, invitation-based scene study, a global online arm, and youth intensives.
West HollywoodJohn Rosenfeld Studios
West Hollywood studio with a structured fundamentals path, a career-coaching Actor Salon running since 2007, youth and young-adult classes, published $295 monthly pricing, and a consultation-first, no-audit admissions model.
North HollywoodKeep It Real Acting Studios
Commercial and on-camera specialist founded by actress Judy Kain in 2012, with a four-level commercial track, youth classes, self-taping services, and unusually transparent published pricing; currently running classes virtually.
HollywoodLesly Kahn & Company
Comedy-first Hollywood training company at the Kahnstitute on La Brea, led by Yale MFA Lesly Kahn, with a famous two-week Comedy Intensive, beginner Essentials course, and gated ongoing classes.
La Brea Ave corridorMargie Haber Studio
The audition-technique institution on La Brea, founded in 1986, teaching Margie Haber's script-in-hand phrasing approach to on-camera auditioning, with intensives, youth programs, and a free intro session.
Culver CityMichelle Danner Acting Studio
Multi-technique studio led by acting coach and film director Michelle Danner, now at the Creative Center for the Arts in Culver City, with adult classes, a conservatory track, youth programs, and international student visa sponsorship.
Santa Monica AirportThe Ruskin School of Acting
Meisner school at the Santa Monica Airport founded in 1986 by John Ruskin, a Neighborhood Playhouse apprentice of Sanford Meisner, with a cohort-based two-year program, youth classes from age 8, and published tuition.
Larchmont VillageScott Sedita Acting Studios
Larchmont Village studio teaching comedy and sitcom technique since 1998, built on Scott Sedita's Eight Characters of Comedy, with structured drama and comedy tracks, published prices, and a strict no-audit policy.
West Los AngelesSpeiser/Sturges Acting Studio
The West LA studio formerly known as Aaron Speiser Acting Studio, led since 2015 by Shannon Sturges, with technique courses, ongoing scene study, published pricing, and paid audits.
Cahuenga PassWarner Loughlin Studios
Home of the Warner Loughlin Technique, a brain-based approach built for film and TV that avoids reliving personal trauma; acceptance by self-tape or reel, ongoing classes at a published $375 per month.
North HollywoodThe Young Actor's Studio
North Hollywood youth acting school founded in 1996 by Jeff Alan-Lee, teaching kids, teens, and young adults with a Stanislavski-based, individualized approach; weekend classes and summer programs.