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Welcome to Theatre of Arts, founded in 1927, and now the home of one of the foremost multimedia schools of acting in the country. Our mission is to provide a stimulating, challenging and practical training, enabling our students to enjoy a fulfilling career in today’s competitive entertainment industry.
Our students are selected from around the world and from many different environments; our faculty are highly experienced working professionals. Our program is based on a wide spectrum of disciplines reflecting the diverse nature of professional demands encountered in all aspects of television, film and theatre today. We invite you to tour our site, apply your talent and join us for the professional experience of a lifetime.
Theatre of Arts has been in continuous operation since the film actor Ben Bard founded the school in 1927. It was then called Ben Bard Drama and was based at The Playhouse on Wilshire Boulevard in Los Angeles. When Bard was named Head of Talent at Twentieth Century Fox, he handed over the school's operation to the famous director Max Reinhardt, who renamed the school the Max Reinhardt Theatre Workshop....
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