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 October 28, 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.
Unleash your inner Bouffon through ensemble play, chorus work, mocking, non-linear ritualized play, and investigating dynamics of objects, actions, and roles. Suitable for actors, clowns, comedians, improvisers, dancers, devisors and anyone investigating pleasure, play and fun.
Wed, Oct 28 · 12:00 – 4:00 PM · Through Oct 29 · 4 sessions
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.
Sun, Nov 1 · 5:00 – 9:00 PM · Full · waitlist · Sundays 5:00–9:00 PM · Through Nov 15 · 4 weeks
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
Also named on the school's site: Cassie Ahiers, Aitor Basauri, Christopher Bayes, Guy Branum, Erin Callahan, Bill Conway, Chad Damiani, Jessica Elaina Eason, Ithamar Enriquez, Carmina Escobar, Cameron Esposito, Jet Eveleth, Deanna Fleysher, Inessa Frantowski, Conor Hanney, Rachel Ho, Meera Rohit Kumbhani, Jacquelyn Landgraf, Annelise Lawson, Adam Lustick, Christina Catherine Martinez, Reshma Meister.