West Acting Studio — Train. Perform. Book the Role.

Scene Study — On-Camera Technique — Meisner — Audition & Self-Tape — Voice & Movement — Scene Study — On-Camera Technique — Meisner — Audition & Self-Tape — Voice & Movement —

Black-box theatre — 2 stages Small classes — 12 seats max No shortcuts

Technique is the floor. Truth is the ceiling. We train actors who are impossible to ignore.

West Acting Studio is a working actors' studio in the heart of Los Angeles. No lecture halls, no theory for theory's sake — you are on your feet from the first class, in front of the camera by the third, and in the room with casting by the end of the season.

01 — Programs Fall enrollment open

01 Scene Study

12 weeks — Mon / Thu The core of the studio. Contemporary and classical text, worked on its feet every session. You leave with a repeatable process, not a bag of tricks.

02 On-Camera

8 weeks — Tue Frame size, eyelines, stillness, stakes. Every class is shot, reviewed, and reshot. You watch yourself the way casting does.

03 Meisner

2-year track — Wed The full Meisner progression, from repetition to independent activity to emotional preparation. Rigorous, sequential, transformative.

04 Audition

Ongoing — Fri Self-tape bootcamp and mock callbacks with working casting directors. Bring your real auditions — leave with a tape that books.

05 Voice

10 weeks — Sat Voice and movement for stage and screen: breath, resonance, accent work, and a body that doesn't betray the story.

Inside the studio

Rehearsals / Showcases / Sets

Actors rehearsing a scene in the black-box studio — Scene Study — Week 09

Showcase

Two industry showcases a year. Casting in the room, not on the mailing list.

Spring / Fall

Actor performing for a cinema camera on a dark set — On-Camera — Tape Review

Empty theatre seats and a ghost light on stage — The West Stage

Alumni

Our actors have booked on network, streaming & indie features — and they come back to class.

Since 2013

Coach giving direction under a single lamp — Coaching Session

12y

Of training working actors

400+

Alumni in the industry

97%

Book or callback within a year

Head Coach — Mara West

“I don't teach you to perform. I teach you to be so present that the camera has no choice but to watch.”

Mara West — Founder, 25 yrs on stage & screen

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stage.

Your first class is free — a full working session, not a sales pitch. Bring a monologue or don't. Bring your attention.

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Technique is the floor. Truth is the ceiling. We train actors who are impossible to ignore.

Inside the studio

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