Hollywood9th Level Acting Studios
Small Hollywood on-camera studio run by working actor Alex Boling, built deliberately for new and nervous actors, with Thursday classes, a free audit, and published $200 monthly tuition.
Online-only since ~2020s; former studio at 7461 Beverly BlvdActors Comedy Studio
Online sitcom and comedy acting school founded 2011 by Warner Bros. comedy-writing alum Gunnar Todd Rohrbacher, with a three-level ladder, teen programs, and published pricing, all on Zoom.
Studio CityCreative Combustion Acting Studio
Joshua Finkel's Studio City coaching practice and master classes: Broadway-credentialed training in musical theatre auditioning, Shakespeare, cold reading, and college prep, for all ages at published hourly rates.
Magnolia Park, BurbankCSz Los Angeles, Home of ComedySportz Los Angeles
LA's longest-running improv show and its school, founded 1988 by James Thomas Bailey: a 101-401 short-form curriculum with published prices, a $65 one-day intensive, and the largest US high school improv league.
BurbankJohn D'Aquino's Actors Workshops
Burbank on-camera workshops from veteran TV actor John D'Aquino, with weekly age-banded classes from 8 to adult, summer film camps, and Zoom coaching; formerly branded the Young Actors Workshop.
Magnolia Park, BurbankL.A. Connection Comedy Theatre
Burbank improv institution founded 1977 by Kent Skov, training kids from age 5 through adults in an audition-into-repertory model, with $10 Saturday shows across all ages and a famous movie-dubbing legacy.
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.
Studio CityMarnie Cooper School of Acting
Studio City youth acting school led by Marnie Cooper, coaching since 1989, with age-banded scene study on Zoom and in person, a Disney/Nickelodeon comedy class, and published per-class pricing.
Sherman OaksMatthew Barry Teaches
Sherman Oaks class taught by casting director Matthew Barry (The Notebook, Rush Hour): one weekly everyone-works session rotating on-camera, audition, comedy, and scene work at a published $89 per class.
Los FelizPack Theater
Los Feliz improv and sketch theater grown from the Miles Stroth Workshop, with $330 eight-week classes taught by SNL and streaming-credit writers, shows six nights a week, and no-prerequisite house team auditions.
Temple CityPopRock Academy
Temple City triple-threat academy founded 2011 by Paul Kwo, teaching acting, voice, dance, and musical theatre from age 3 to adult in the San Gabriel Valley, with a free first class.
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.
Studio CityShari Shaw Studios
Studio City studio branding itself LA's comedy audition specialist: Shari Shaw's on-camera comedy and audition classes, youth camps, and a paid consultation-then-placement intake, with a live calendar and shop pricing.
East PasadenaTheatre 360
Pasadena's education-first youth theatre school since 2000: technique classes in acting, voice, and dance for ages 3 to 19, semester structure with free showcases, a $30 credited trial class, and a pre-professional teen academy.
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