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Program profile
Skills Certificate
Training
•Bullet: Acting-focused certificate combining scripted scene work with improvisational technique to prepare students for professional stage and film auditions
Performance & Productions
•Bullet: Performance opportunities across the Valley Academic & Cultural Center's four theaters (opened Spring 2026): a 450-seat Mainstage, a 150-seat Horseshoe Theater, an 80-seat Lab Theater, and a 225-seat Screening Theater
Notable Alumni
•Bullet: Sean Astin — Samwise Gamgee in The Lord of the Rings trilogy
•Bullet: Michael Richards — three-time Emmy winner as Kramer on Seinfeld; performed in LAVC student productions
•Bullet: Ed Begley Jr. — Emmy-nominated actor (St. Elsewhere, Better Call Saul); did improv and student productions at LAVC
Location
•Bullet: Van Nuys campus at the crossroads of L.A.'s theatre, film, and television industries
•Bullet: Acting-focused certificate combining scripted scene work with improvisational technique to prepare students for professional stage and film auditions
Performance & Productions
•Bullet: Performance opportunities across the Valley Academic & Cultural Center's four theaters (opened Spring 2026): a 450-seat Mainstage, a 150-seat Horseshoe Theater, an 80-seat Lab Theater, and a 225-seat Screening Theater
Notable Alumni
•Bullet: Sean Astin — Samwise Gamgee in The Lord of the Rings trilogy
•Bullet: Michael Richards — three-time Emmy winner as Kramer on Seinfeld; performed in LAVC student productions
•Bullet: Ed Begley Jr. — Emmy-nominated actor (St. Elsewhere, Better Call Saul); did improv and student productions at LAVC
Location
•Bullet: Van Nuys campus at the crossroads of L.A.'s theatre, film, and television industries
Program Highlights
Training
•Bullet: Acting-focused certificate combining scripted scene work with improvisational technique to prepare students for professional stage and film auditions
Performance & Productions
•Bullet: Performance opportunities across the Valley Academic & Cultural Center's four theaters (opened Spring 2026): a 450-seat Mainstage, a 150-seat Horseshoe Theater, an 80-seat Lab Theater, and a 225-seat Screening Theater
Notable Alumni
•Bullet: Sean Astin — Samwise Gamgee in The Lord of the Rings trilogy
•Bullet: Michael Richards — three-time Emmy winner as Kramer on Seinfeld; performed in LAVC student productions
•Bullet: Ed Begley Jr. — Emmy-nominated actor (St. Elsewhere, Better Call Saul); did improv and student productions at LAVC
Location
•Bullet: Van Nuys campus at the crossroads of L.A.'s theatre, film, and television industries
•Bullet: Acting-focused certificate combining scripted scene work with improvisational technique to prepare students for professional stage and film auditions
Performance & Productions
•Bullet: Performance opportunities across the Valley Academic & Cultural Center's four theaters (opened Spring 2026): a 450-seat Mainstage, a 150-seat Horseshoe Theater, an 80-seat Lab Theater, and a 225-seat Screening Theater
Notable Alumni
•Bullet: Sean Astin — Samwise Gamgee in The Lord of the Rings trilogy
•Bullet: Michael Richards — three-time Emmy winner as Kramer on Seinfeld; performed in LAVC student productions
•Bullet: Ed Begley Jr. — Emmy-nominated actor (St. Elsewhere, Better Call Saul); did improv and student productions at LAVC
Location
•Bullet: Van Nuys campus at the crossroads of L.A.'s theatre, film, and television industries
