Actors Comedy Studio

Actors Comedy Studio teaches comedy as a codified craft. Co-founder Gunnar Todd Rohrbacher, a Warner Bros. Comedy Writers' Program graduate and author of The Comedy Code, built the school with Lauren Bertoni in 2011 in the old Liberace building on Beverly Boulevard; today it operates fully online, which has spread its student base well beyond LA.

The acting track ladders through three levels: Comedy Essentials, a six-week intensive published at $490 that requires the founder's book; The Heroes of Comedy; and an ongoing weekly Pro Workout with Rohrbacher. A six-week comedy pilot writing class serves the hyphenates, and a full youth wing covers ages 11 to 18 with teen versions of the essentials and audition courses at published prices. Private lessons run $145 an hour with package discounts, plus audition coaching, career coaching, and even work-permit help for young performers.

One shopping note: the site's session dates are posted without years and some resolve stale, so confirm the next start date directly. For actors targeting sitcom and comedic episodic work specifically, this and Sedita's studio are the two most codified curricula in the directory, one online, one in person.

Techniques taught

• Comedy technique: Craft-first comedy training: joke structure, sitcom rhythm, and comedic character work.

Class types

• Comedy
• Audition technique
• On-camera
• Cold reading
• Film and TV acting

Enrollment and schedule

Schedule: 6-week class cycles; sections on Mondays, Tuesdays and Saturdays; site's posted session dates lack years. Duration: Essentials and writing classes run 6 consecutive weeks; Pro Workout is ongoing weekly.

Published pricing

Prices are the school's own published rates on the dates shown. We never estimate prices. Always confirm before enrolling.

Instructors

• Gunnar Todd Rohrbacher, Co-founder, head teacher. Comedy/sitcom and audition technique; Warner Bros. Comedy Writers' Program alum; author of The Comedy Code
• Lauren Bertoni, Co-founder. Full name Lauren Marie Bertoni per official Our Story page

Questions actors ask

Sources and verification

• Actors Comedy Studio homepage, accessed 2026-07-16
• Our Story, accessed 2026-07-16
• Classes, accessed 2026-07-16
• Comedy Essentials Mondays product page, accessed 2026-07-16
• Private Acting Lessons, accessed 2026-07-16
• My Safe & Easy Writing Class, accessed 2026-07-16
• Teen Comedy Essentials, accessed 2026-07-16

Researched 2026-07-16, last verified 2026-07-16. Facts above come only from these sources. Anything we could not confirm is simply not shown. Report incorrect information or claim this listing if you represent the school.

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