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.
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.
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.
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.
Burbank Media DistrictNew York Film Academy, Los Angeles
The Burbank campus of the film school founded in 1992, offering Acting for Film degrees from a one-year conservatory program to an MFA, WSCUC-accredited, with backlot production work at Universal Studios.
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.
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.