LA ACTING SCHOOLS

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Meisner Acting Classes in Los Angeles

Listening, repetition, and truthful response under imaginary circumstances, in the lineage of Sanford Meisner's Neighborhood Playhouse teaching. Every listing is researched from official sources and dated; see our methodology.

Baron Brown StudioDowntown Santa Monica

Baron 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.

MeisnerThe BGB StudioNorth Hollywood

The 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.

Eclectic / multi-techniqueMeisner$Elizabeth Mestnik Acting StudioNoHo Arts District

Elizabeth 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.

Meisner$Keep It Real Acting StudiosNorth Hollywood

Keep 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.

On-camera techniqueMeisnerYouth programsAudit / trial$$Culver City

Michelle 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.

Eclectic / multi-techniqueMeisnerConservatoryYouth programs$$New York Film Academy, Los AngelesBurbank Media District

New 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.

Eclectic / multi-techniqueMeisnerConservatoryYouth programs$$$$Playhouse West School and Repertory TheaterNoHo Arts District

Playhouse West School and Repertory Theater

North Hollywood Meisner school and repertory theater founded in 1981, where Sanford Meisner himself taught his final LA classes; flat $255 monthly tuition, free audits, and co-founding director Jeff Goldblum.

MeisnerAudit / trial$The Ruskin School of ActingSanta Monica Airport

The 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.

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