John Rosenfeld Studios pairs craft training with unusually explicit career coaching. The Santa Monica Boulevard studio, led by Rosenfeld for more than two decades, structures its fundamentals as a sequence: the Tool Shop covers script analysis, genre work across multi-cam, single-cam, and drama, and the business of acting, then Practicum, then the weekly Ongoing class, which works currently-casting material and runs month to month at a published $295 for four classes. The Actor Salon, running since 2007, is the business track, career coaching that can be bundled with the Ongoing class at $445 per month.
The studio is explicit about its no-audit policy, advertising no distracting audits; entry runs through a booked consultation instead. The youth program follows the same logic, with a mandatory $25 half-hour one-on-one consultation before enrollment. Youth classes run Saturdays for ages 9 to 17 with Sonal Shah, and Mondays for ages 18 to 24 with Alex Jennings, both four sessions a month at $295, hybrid in-person and Zoom.
A faculty of roughly thirty working actors, including Camille Guaty and Steven Krueger, teaches across the program, and guest casting-director workshops at $35 to $110 run roughly monthly, with 2026 dates published through July at research time. A Mahershala Ali endorsement sits on the homepage; take school-published praise as marketing, but the structured curriculum and published pricing are verifiable and real.
Techniques taught
- Eclectic / multi-technique: Schools that draw on several lineages and fit the tools to the actor, not the reverse.
Class types
- cold-reading
Enrollment and schedule
No audition is required. An interview is required before enrolling. Entry via booked consultation; Tool Shop prerequisite for Ongoing; youth students require a mandatory $25 30-minute one-on-one consultation. Schedule: Ongoing classes meet once weekly (4 classes/month, month-to-month); youth Saturday class 11am-3pm PT (4 Saturdays/month); young-adult Monday class 12-4pm PT; weekend guest workshops roughly monthly. Duration: Sequenced fundamentals path: Tool Shop then Practicum then Ongoing; Audition Camp and Co-Star Workshop run as month-long specialty intensives.
Audit, trial, or intro class
No. Studio advertises 'no distracting audits'; prospective students book a consultation instead (youth consultation $25)
Published pricing
| Program | Published price | Source, as of |
|---|---|---|
| Ongoing class (4 classes/month) | $295/month | source 路 2026-07-16 |
| Ongoing class + Actor Salon membership | $445/month | source 路 2026-07-16 |
| Youth Saturday class, ages 9-17 (4 Saturdays/month) | $295/month | source 路 2026-07-16 |
| Young-adult Monday class, ages 18-24 (4 Mondays/month) | $295/month | source 路 2026-07-16 |
| Youth Consultation (required 30-min one-on-one) | $25 | source 路 2026-07-16 |
| Guest workshops (casting classes, memorization, mocap) | $35-$110 per workshop | source 路 2026-07-16 |
Prices are the school's own published rates on the dates shown. We never estimate prices. Always confirm before enrolling.
Instructors
- John Rosenfeld, Founder / head coach. 20+ years in the LA acting community
- Sonal Shah, Faculty Coach, Ongoing, Youth. Teaches the Saturday youth class (ages 9-17)
- Alex Jennings, Faculty Coach, Tool Shop, Ongoing. Teaches the Monday young-adult class (ages 18-24)
- Rachel Rosenbloom, Faculty Coach, Tool Shop, Ongoing. Also leads co-star audition workshops; credits incl. Platonic
- David Sullivan, Senior Faculty Coach
- Jeff Witzke, Faculty Coach, Practicum, Ongoing
- Britt Rentschler, Faculty Coach, Ongoing, Actor Salon
- Camille Guaty, Faculty Coach
- Steven Krueger, Faculty Coach, Substitute
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Sources and verification
- JRS, home, accessed 2026-07-16
- Contact, accessed 2026-07-16
- Acting Classes, accessed 2026-07-16
- Ongoing class page, accessed 2026-07-16
- Youth and Kids Acting Classes, accessed 2026-07-16
- Faculty, accessed 2026-07-16
- Workshops, accessed 2026-07-16
- Actor Salon, 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.
Guides for choosing a school
- Acting for beginners: how to start
- How to choose an acting school in LA
- Types of acting classes, explained
- What acting classes cost in LA
Career resources for LA actors
Practical next-step guides from the LA Actor Guide.
- Actor headshots: the complete LA guide
- How auditions and casting work in LA
- How to find and sign with a talent agent
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