Certificate · Initial professional preparation
Theatre Academy: Actor Training (Professional Actor Training Program)
Los Angeles City College Theatre Academy · East Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States
- Award
- Vocational Certificate
- Audience & level
- Adults
- Format
- In person
- Price
- $46per credit
About this program
A full-time block program of acting classes and productions at LACC, leading to a vocational certificate rather than a degree.
- Offering
- Conservatory / diploma training
- Fields
- Theatre acting, Actor training
- Purpose
- Initial professional preparation
- Teaching language
- English
Qualification and recognition
- Qualification
- Certificate
- Exact award
- Vocational Certificate
- Award status
- Vocational qualificationA vocational qualification listed in a national system or issued by a national awarding body.
- Awarding body
- Not stated on the pages we checked
Structure and schedule
- Duration
- Not published
- Delivery
- In personTaught at the listed teaching location.
- Physical attendance
- Regular physical attendance
- Schedule
- Full-timeNo night or Saturday classes in the Theatre Academy program (as published).
- Teaching location
- Los Angeles City College (Theatre Arts Building)855 N. Vermont Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90029
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Admissions and auditions
Audition required
- Monologues
- 1
- Self-tape
- Yes
- Audition detail
- Single fully memorized monologue, 2 - 5 minutes, from a published play; video auditions currently accepted. Alternative path: pass the introductory course TA 200.
- Prior education
- High school graduation or equivalency exam, and passing the interview/audition.
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Fees
Original currency is authoritative. Each price keeps its basis (per class, per term, per year, whole program) and is never converted or added up for you.
| Item | Amount | Applies to | Dated |
|---|---|---|---|
| Enrollment fee per unit, California residents (FAQ text refers to August 2021 law)Tuition · mandatory | $46per credit | In-state residents | 16 October 2026SourceSource could not be re-checked automatically. |
| Non-resident tuition plus enrollment fee per unitTuition · mandatory | $378per credit | Out-of-state students | 16 October 2026SourceSource could not be re-checked automatically. |
Sources and verification
Not published on the program’s source pages: duration, experience level.
Sources and how this was checked
Last checked 16 October 2026. Each fact carries a verbatim quote that is re-checked against the live page. Research methodology.
Sources (checked 16 October 2026)