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STAGE PRODUCTIONS

In addition to being an Acting School, Playhouse West is also a Repertory Theater showing several staged productions year-round. When students make it to the Advanced level, they can start working on plays in their entirety in class with the option to put the play up. Some are published plays, while others are original works that have been workshopped in class. We very much encourage our students to exercise their creativity and skills. We also often have the honor of Scott Caan returning to Playhouse West to share his original works.

FILM FESTIVAL

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Every Spring, Playhouse West holds a 3-day Film Festival at the El Portal Theater in North Hollywood showcasing our student's films. This event gives our members the chance to build relationships and discover new collaborators with filmmakers and actors alike.

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Special Industry Guest Speakers

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Workshop with Casting Director Danielle Eskinazi

CLASSES

Meisner Technique
Comedy Improv (Use Code: playhouse)
Screenwriting
Theatrical Production
Filmmaking
Dialects

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WHAT WE OFFER

Our reputation for excellence is not only nationwide, but worldwide. Actors come here to study from England, Russia, Australia, South Africa, India, China, and many other countries. Our students have gone on to achieve success at all levels of the Industry, from Academy Award nominees, to Golden Globe & Emmy Winners. From film producers to TV show creators. Our actors have starred in film, television, and Broadway.

FILM FESTIVAL

VIEW GALLERY

Every Spring, Playhouse West holds a 3-day Film Festival at the El Portal Theater in North Hollywood showcasing our student's films. This event gives our members the chance to build relationships and discover new collaborators with filmmakers and actors alike.

STAGE PRODUCTIONS

UPCOMING SHOWS

In addition to being an Acting School, Playhouse West is also a Repertory Theater showing several staged productions year-round. When students make it to the Advanced level, they can start working on plays in their entirety in class with the option to put the play up. Some are published plays, while others are original works that have been workshopped in class. We very much encourage our students to exercise their creativity and skills. We also often have the honor of Scott Caan returning to Playhouse West to share his original works.

TESTIMONIALS

Our students have gone on to achieve success at all levels of the Industry: from Academy Award nominees, Golden Globe & Emmy Winners and nominees, to film producers and TV show creators, our students have had incredible success in film, television, and Broadway.

I didn’t know anything about acting until I attended Playhouse West. I had so much fun there, and learned the variables to solve any equation that might be given to me in a script.

Ashley Judd
Actress, Golden Globe and Emmy Nominee

Kylie Bunbury

Actress, Big Sky, Pitch, When They See Us, Game Night

Jim Parrack
Actor, 9-1-1: Lone Star, Suicide Squad, The Deuce, True Blood

Scott Caan
Actor, Golden Globe Nominee, Hawaii Five-0

James Franco
Actor, Golden Globe Winner, Oscar & Emmy Nominee

Adam Small
Producer, Emmy Nominated Writer, Show Creator

Eva Fisher, Filmmaker, Actress, Unbelievable, LA's Finest

Henry Barrial, Filmmaker, Actor, Famous in Love, The Fosters

"Acting is living truthfully under imaginary circumstances."

Sanford Meisner

Playhouse West is a Top Acting School and Repertory Theater in Los Angeles and Philadelphia, founded by Robert Carnegie and Jeff Goldblum. The training at Playhouse West is fully endorsed by Sanford Meisner, chosen by the legendary teacher of acting as the venue for his last decade of acting classes. During that time, he was still evolving his method and adding new exercises and enhancements to his original exercises.

Only we are heir to those improvements and additions, and therefore, exclusively offer the final version of the Sanford Meisner Technique. We are recommended by leading Agents, Managers, Casting Directors, and Actors.

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AUDIT

Our core, ongoing technique class. Learn more about our Meisner Technique class structure here.

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From classes on auditioning to writing, our online classes are a great supplement to you Technique training.

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Our workshops are EXTREMELY popular, featuring special Industry Speakers.

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CLASSES & WORKSHOPS

We have always believed in not charging overly expensive rates for classes, which break the budgets of the students and limit their ability to continue their work for an extended period of time. As with any profession, time-at-task is fundamental to success. So our payment structure is designed to SUPPORT our student in their career objectives, more than it is to support ourselves.