The Actors Workout Studio offers a safe and challenging work environment for the beginning or professional actor. The studio is dedicated to training and preparing actors for professional work in the film and television industry. Classes are small and individualized. Everyone works—every class.

Owner and Artistic Director Fran Montano runs one of the longest running acting schools in Los Angeles, which has received more than 20 production and theater awards. He founded the Actors Workout Studio to be an intimate and inspirational creative community, where both aspiring and working actors can explore and discover new tools and resources to expand and accelerate their artistic journeys. Fran’s students range from brand new beginning actors to accomplished working actors of all ages in film, television, theater and new media. He coaches not only actors, but also writers, directors, and other creative professionals who want to learn acting techniques that will improve and advance their own craft.

Fran Montano first arrived in Los Angeles over 30 years ago. He booked steady television roles on shows such as ER, Melrose Place, The Nanny, Married With Children, Days of Our Lives, The Young and the Restless, Sunset Beach, Becker, and many more. He was a series regular on the Showtime series Laughs and appeared in numerous films and commercials. He has performed in countless stage productions, and is well established in the Los Angeles independent theater and film communities, having been recognized with Artistic Director Achievement awards from the Los Angeles Valley Theater League, multiple Drama-Logue Awards, two Telly Awards, a Cine Golden Eagle Award, and an Emmy. Fran's background in acting, producing, theater and film makes him an ideal resource for actors in Los Angeles to find their own way toward authenticity and success in their craft and careers.

Actors Workout Studio
is a member of the
NoHo Arts District
in North Hollywood


What Is NoHo?

The NoHo Arts District in North Hollywood is "Where the Arts are Made." This one square mile community, located just a mile north of Universal Studios is filled with an eclectic array of entertainment options for the artist, arts lover and the art curious.

Fran Montano is an Emmy award-winning acting coach and master teacher.

Fran’s small, intimate classes allow for individualized and personal teaching. His teaching style is based on the famed Meisner Technique, as taught by the late Edward Kaye-Martin. Students receive the intensity and attention of a private acting coach in a group setting, and gain feedback from Fran to enhance their strengths and transcend their limitations. His reputation lies in finding and breaking actors’ blocks to discover the vein of gold that brings their work to life.

Fran's background in acting, producing, and theater makes him an ideal resource for actors in Los Angeles to find their own way toward authenticity and success in their craft and careers.

A Workout for the
Working Actor:
A Profile on Acting Teacher Fran Montano

Read the article here.

Stacy Ann Raposa serves as Program Administrator for AWS.

Originally from the suburbs of Boston, Stacy Ann Raposa is an actor, director, writer, producer, photographer and teacher who is thrilled to have found an artistic home at the Actors Workout Studio, where she serves as the Program Administrator. She earned her B.A. from USC's School of Theatre and is currently working towards her master’s in Photography.

Having written, directed and produced theatre in L.A. for the better part of the last 2 decades, Stacy is also the creator of a program called Bare Naked Angels, in which she guides actors through a four month process, teaching them how to create a solo performance piece. She loves to create and encourage others to create.

She is a die-hard New England Patriots fan who loves Philosophy, Penguins, Tattoos, Motorcycles, Classic Chevys, Dalí Paintings and Chocolate.