San Francisco Bay Area Acting Classes

The San Francisco Bay Area is home to some of the nation’s best theaters, actors, and performances spaces. Favorite Bay Area theaters include: American Conservatory Theater, the Magic Theater in Fort Mason, Berkeley Rep in Berkeley, and Pan Theater in Oakland.

The Bay Area offers a wide range of acting styles and places to study theater. The acting classes offered at American Conservatory Theater focus on method acting.  The improv comedy acting classes offered by Pan Theater focus on Spolin based improvisational technique combined with elements of Meisner Technique.

Some of the Bay Area’s favorite theater groups and schools include:

Pan Theater (offering laugh out loud comedy improv shows including both improvised plays, and comedy improv only one block from BART)
Crisis Hopkins
Piano Fight (offering cutting edge theater at affordable prices)
ACT
Berkeley Rep
For Meisner Technique Classes we highly recommend: the Bay Area Acting Studio.

Of course also be sure to check out Theater Bay Area the local resource for all things theater related in the Bay Area.

During the summer months be sure to check out the San Francisco Improv Festival

With the wide range of acting classes offered by local theaters the Bay Area has plenty to offer.

This resource page is made possible by Pan Theater’s Awkward Face.