Beverly Hills Playhouse

Beverly Hills Playhouse The BHP is one of LA's oldest and most respected acting schools, and has classes currently active in

09/09/2026

Advanced Scene Study Class at the BHP taught by Allen Barton.

The BHP has been a training ground for thousands of actors over 40 + years, many of whom went on to make their indelible mark on the industry, and its current students continue in that tradition day in and day out.

Two more actors are moving up from Intermediate to the Advanced Class and we are thrilled about it. Shayla Durbois who h...
09/01/2026

Two more actors are moving up from Intermediate to the Advanced Class and we are thrilled about it. Shayla Durbois who has been serving the as Stage Manager throughout the summer and Lonnie Sugarman did their final scenes in the Intermediate Class last night.

Congratulations to both!

08/31/2026

Discussing the nature of the scene, its challenges and how they made it their own.

08/31/2026

Intense dialogue, philosophical and antagonistic. It provokes.

08/31/2026

A 20 minute scene from the play RED by John Logan was directed for the INTERMEDIATE Class this week. The purpose of working in Scene Labs and or full-out Directed Scenes like this is so valuable to implement notes, address recurring areas of the work for each individual actor and to encourage actors to trust in the approach and most importantly to trust their own ability to go for it. We are pretty sure that this kind of dedication from our teachers is rare in the LA array of acting classes. This scene had over 18 hours of teacher input. It was a move-up scene for our Intermediate class Stage Manager, Charlie McGuire and was highly entertaining for everyone in class that evening. Chris LePanto (who is also a fine artist) played Mark Rothko.

This scene was directed by Mia Christou

Congratulations! Great collaboration!

08/25/2026

Sometimes, you just need to hear it out loud.

08/24/2026

Bianca is moving up to ADVANCED SCENE STUDY. Her work is so thorough and alive and her own. She has served the Intermediate Class as Stage Manager and is greatly appreciated by everybody. It has been a busy August, and it’s not over yet!

Have a great week!

08/18/2026

Moments of levity when discussing the serious work we do make for a happy place to study.

This was a moment from last night!

08/18/2026

Work on the stuff that challenges you and pushes you into new territory with your character work. This was a directed scene with two actors who are more recent move-ups to INT. Art Cohan was at the helm and the actors were game for the challenge of fulfilling what Albee’s play demands.

08/17/2026

Rick Podell reacting to the work we had just seen.

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