Schools / The Elysian Theater
Acting school in Atwater Village, Los Angeles
The Elysian Theater is an acting school in Atwater Village, Los Angeles, that teaches Viewpoints, improv and scene study. As of November 1, 2026, Arlo lists 3 current classes at The Elysian Theater, confirmed on the school's own site.
The Elysian Theater is an independent comedy theater and 501(c)(3) nonprofit in Los Angeles’ Elysian Valley. It offers year-round workshops and classes from resident artists, community members, and visiting international masters. Classes and workshops cover topics such as Viewpoints, modern clown, bouffon, voice, ensemble work, and related performance forms in multi-week and intensive formats.
From the school's own pages (elysiantheater.com), last checked October 8, 2026.
3 current classes confirmed on the school's own site.
Study the fundamentals of modern clown with the artists who make the Elysian “clowning’s North American nerve center.” Use your body, hone your presence onstage, connect vividly with your audience, and create performances that are radically playful, vulnerable, strange, mischievous, gloriously dumb and beautiful.
Wed, Nov 4 · 6:00 – 10:00 PM · Wednesdays 6:00–10:00 PM · Nov 4 – Dec 2 · 4 weeks
For students ready to keep exploring. Returns to core principles—presence, impulse, and play—with emphasis on stamina, specificity, and trust in instincts. Through stage reps and performance, sharpens real-time response and what lands with an audience. Begins lightly devising using unique rhythms and sensibilities for original work. Less theory, more doing.
Sat, Nov 7 · 11:00 AM – 3:00 PM · Saturdays 11:00 AM–3:00 PM · Nov 7 – Nov 28 · 4 weeks
ONE-WEEK INTENSIVE scene study focused on storytelling craft for actors and performers used to comedy who want dramatic theater roles. Comedians and non-comedic actors welcome. Students cast in two-person scenes from modern/contemporary plays with script analysis, intention-driven technique, and improvisational moment work.
Mon, Dec 7 · 11:00 AM – 3:00 PM · Dec 7 – Dec 11 · 1 week · 5 sessions · Application required
Also named on the school's site: Cassie Ahiers, Aitor Basauri, Christopher Bayes, Guy Branum, Erin Callahan, Bill Conway, Chad Damiani, Eric Davis, Jessica Elaina Eason, Ithamar Enriquez, Carmina Escobar, Cameron Esposito, Jet Eveleth, Deanna Fleysher, Inessa Frantowski, Conor Hanney, Rachel Ho, Meera Rohit Kumbhani, Annelise Lawson, Adam Lustick, Christina Catherine Martinez, Reshma Meister.