La Crescenta-Montrose3-2-1- Acting Studios
On-camera school for ages 2 to adult in La Crescenta, founded 2007 by Mae Ross and now under new ownership, with tiered TV commercial and scene study classes, published package pricing, and a free trial class.
MelroseThe Groundlings School
LA's defining improv and sketch school, run by the nonprofit Groundlings theatre company on Melrose since 1979, with an audition-gated core track that feeds the Main Company, published pricing, and teen programs.
West HollywoodThe Lee Strasberg Theatre & Film Institute
The West Coast campus of the institute Lee and Anna Strasberg founded in 1969, teaching the Method in structured programs from two-week intensives to a two-year AOS degree, with free class audits and published tuition.
HollywoodLesly Kahn & Company
Comedy-first Hollywood training company at the Kahnstitute on La Brea, led by Yale MFA Lesly Kahn, with a famous two-week Comedy Intensive, beginner Essentials course, and gated ongoing classes.
Larchmont VillageScott Sedita Acting Studios
Larchmont Village studio teaching comedy and sitcom technique since 1998, built on Scott Sedita's Eight Characters of Comedy, with structured drama and comedy tracks, published prices, and a strict no-audit policy.
Franklin Village, HollywoodUpright Citizens Brigade Training Center - Los Angeles
The Upright Citizens Brigade's LA improv and sketch program, teaching game-of-the-scene long form across its Franklin Village theatre and Silver Lake training center, fully relaunched under new ownership and running dozens of 2026 sections.
Cahuenga PassWarner Loughlin Studios
Home of the Warner Loughlin Technique, a brain-based approach built for film and TV that avoids reliving personal trauma; acceptance by self-tape or reel, ongoing classes at a published $375 per month.