Actors Workout Studio
NoHo Arts District institution of 30-plus years run by Emmy-winning coach Fran Montano, teaching Meisner-based ongoing classes with two in-house theaters and a genuinely free participating audit.
Miracle MileEric Morris Actors Workshop
The Miracle Mile workshop where 94-year-old Eric Morris still personally teaches his instrument-liberation system three times a week, with a free audit and published monthly tuition. A living piece of acting history.
North HollywoodInnovative Actor's Studio
NoHo Arts District studio where 40-year working actor Bob Caso teaches eclectic technique with on-camera work in month-to-month classes, administered by his actor son Vince, with a free first class.
Sherman OaksKimberly Jentzen Studio
Sherman Oaks studio of multi-award-winning coach Kimberly Jentzen, teaching her Power Tools technique in a Monday night scene study at the Whitefire Theatre and an interview-gated online class with published tuition.
West HollywoodThe 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.
NoHo Arts DistrictThe Markland Studio
NoHo studio of coach John Markland, who trains Jeremy Allen White, Rami Malek, and Anna Sawai, blending Method acting with Jungian dreamwork and somatics; open auditing, evening classes Monday through Wednesday.
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.
Century CityThe Playground: A Young Actors' Conservatory
Century City young actors conservatory founded 2005 by Gary Spatz, the on-set coach of the All New Mickey Mouse Club generation, with age-banded on-camera training from 7 up, an on-camera tryout, and a free intro class.
Los AngelesSharon Chatten Studio
Method scene study over Zoom and in LA with Sharon Chatten, Actors Studio lifetime member and former Strasberg Institute teacher whose coaching resume spans decades; contact by email, tuition unpublished.
New to this approach? The LA Actor Guide explains what Method (Strasberg) actually is, where it came from, and who it suits, in plain language. This page lists the LA schools that teach it.