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Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

A New Chapter in

Professional Training

LAPAC +
LACAE

The Los Angeles Community of Acting and Entertainment (LACAE) is collaborating with the Los Angeles Performing Arts Conservatory (LAPAC) to present our flagship Act III: Professional Training Program—a one-year career accelerator for emerging artists.


Founded in 1996, LAPAC is a licensed institution under the California Bureau for Private Postsecondary Education (BPPE) and accredited by the National Association of Schools of Theatre (NAST). Their longstanding commitment to excellence in performing arts education provides the academic framework and credentials that support our program.
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Enrollment and certification are administered through LAPAC as they join us in our vision of offering this incredible program. This structure ensures students receive high-level instruction from a dedicated faculty along with access to recognized academic credit, certificates, and eligibility for both domestic and international enrollment.


Together, we’re expanding access to world-class training, vibrant creative spaces in Los Angeles, and a curriculum designed to launch careers in today’s evolving entertainment industry.
 

Support the cast of tomorrow.
Support LACAE.

LACAE exists because a community of artists believed something better was possible and then got to work building it. If you believe in the power of storytelling, in training that empowers, and in a more equitable future for the arts, we invite you to stand with us.

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The Beginning

Future Artists of Los Angeles was born during a pivotal moment for the artistic community in Los Angeles. Alumni, faculty, students, and working professionals came together in response to the loss of a beloved training institution and the fear that an important artistic community might disappear with it.

While the original effort to preserve that institution ultimately changed course, it revealed something powerful: the community itself was still alive.

Rather than simply recreating what had existed before, we chose to build something new — an organization designed for the realities of today’s artists and the future of the entertainment industry.

That vision became LACAE: a collaborative creative hub where professional training, artistic development, community programming, and industry connection exist under one roof.

Finding Rhythm

Future Artists of Los Angeles exists to support performing artists at every stage of their creative journey through professional training, original arts programming, industry engagement, and community-centered collaboration.

Through the Los Angeles Community of Acting & Entertainment (LACAE), we are creating a creative ecosystem where artists can train, create, collaborate, perform, and build sustainable artistic lives in Los Angeles.

We believe artists need community, opportunity, and spaces where emerging and established voices can work alongside one another, exchange ideas, and create meaningful work that impacts audiences both inside and outside the entertainment industry.

What began as an effort to preserve a legacy of rigorous acting training evolved into something larger: a forward-thinking artistic hub rooted in accessibility, collaboration, and real-world creative practice.

What We Do

Today, LACAE operates as a multi-layered artistic ecosystem that bridges the space between training, professional practice, and community engagement.

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Professional Training & Artist Development

Our programming includes workshops, intensives, labs, and the ACT III Professional Development Acting Certificate, created in collaboration with Los Angeles Performing Arts Conservatory (LAPAC).

Across all programs, artists work directly with active professionals from film, television, theater, casting, writing, directing, and production. Training is designed not only to strengthen craft but to prepare artists for the collaborative realities of modern creative careers.

Beyond technique, we emphasize original work creation, interdisciplinary storytelling, professional development, and artistic sustainability.

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Original Programming & Industry Engagement

LACAE regularly hosts staged readings, screenings, guest artist events, showcases, creative labs, and conversations with working professionals across the entertainment industry.

Through partnerships with organizations like FYC Independents, artists gain access to intimate industry experiences that connect education with the broader professional landscape.

These events are designed to break down barriers between emerging artists and established professionals while fostering meaningful artistic dialogue and mentorship.

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Community Partnerships & Civic Impact

We believe the arts are an essential community resource.

That belief guides our collaborations with nonprofit organizations, local artists, theaters, veterans groups, and community initiatives across Los Angeles.

Recent partnerships include work with Returning Soldiers Speak, where veteran stories were brought to life through staged readings featuring both professional actors and veteran performers from our community.

We have also collaborated with the Young Playwrights Festival, local theater makers, independent producers, educators, and arts advocates to provide accessible space for performance, development, and artistic gathering.

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Dreams In Motion

We envision a Los Angeles where artists have sustainable access to training, creative opportunity, mentorship, and community throughout every stage of their careers.

Whether it’s an actor stepping into their first workshop, a playwright developing a new work, a veteran sharing their story on stage, or a working artist returning to reconnect with their craft, LACAE exists to create space for meaningful artistic growth and human connection.

What started as an urgent effort to protect a creative legacy has become a long-term commitment to building the future of artistic community in Los Angeles.

Gratitude

“They led by example. I’m the artist I am today not only because of the technique I learned from them, but because they showed me it was possible.

Jade Santana

Actor

“Working with them has redefined my definition of professionalism and preparation. I felt like I had been reborn, finding the fire that inspired me to be an actor in the first place." 

Sean Muramatsu

Actor

“Honest, encouraging, supportive, and committed to getting the very best from an actor. They see potential in everyone and their dedication and endurance make them an inimitable force."

Bree Pavey

Actor

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