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4worldlovers: With decades of experience coaching the top A-list actors in addition to up-and-coming talent, Speiser/Sturges Acting Studio is the perfect fit for students who are serious about improving their craft and want to get more bookings.

Through our unique process, we’ll guide you through the fundamentals of acting technique, scene study, improv, and audition technique.

“Shannon has a gift for teaching, she really does. She’s able to give precise feedback in a way that just clicks.”

These are just a few of the performers and filmmakers we have had the privilege to work with.

4worldlovers: “Working with Gregory Berger has been a revelation. His approach centers around unleashing and tending to your innate imaginative capacity. He has taught me how to investigate text with specificity and how to load up my imagination, trusting that emotion follows when adequately provoked by specific imaging. His work involves investigating all senses in order to create three dimensional characters that are unique and born of the actor’s personal interests. Ultimately, my work with Berg has taught me how to trust myself, and that is invaluable!”

“Gregory has helped reconnect me to my imagination as an actor and to my sense of mission as an artist. His method is both rigorous and irreverent, always pushing you to question yourself and your surroundings. By unleashing your innate sense of playfulness, he grounds you in the most active and surprising ways – allowing you to unmask your privacy.”

“Gregory Berger is a passionate and clear instructor teaching real-world craft and practical methods for actors.”

Gregory Berger-Sobeck is a graduate and former acting faculty member at the Yale School of Drama in addition to teaching bi-coastally both in Los Angeles and New York. Additionally, he has taught workshops all over the world including in London, Paris, Sydney, and Tahiti.

Gregory’s many regular private coaching clients include Oscar winner Lupita Nyong’o (Us, Black Panther), Emmy winner Riz Ahmed (The Night Of), Winston Duke (Us, Black Panther), and Portia Doubleday (Mr. Robot) among many others.

Mr. Berger has or is currently coaching on the following shows: Titans, Flow, Stargirl, Helstrom, Manifest, Physical, and an untitled Tracy Oliver project.

Mr. Berger opened The Berg Studios in Los Angeles in 1998, where he is the artistic director and master acting teacher. As well as teaching in Los Angeles, Mr. Berger taught on camera acting at the Yale School of Drama. Berg Studios alumni have been Emmy Award Winners, Emmy Award Nominees, acted on Broadway and have had multiple series regular and guest star roles on television. Mr. Berger has also been voted Best Acting Class, Best Classical Class, Best Monologue Coach and Private Coach by Backstage Magazine.

As an actor he has was nominated best actor at the Beverly Hills Film Festival and the S.O.Y.S. Film Festival for the film Persona. The film was also in the semi-finals for the Best Short category for the Academy Awards. Guadalupe the Virgin, another film he starred in, was named best film in the Mexico International Film Festival.

Prior​ to Yale​ he trained at The Circle in the Square Theatre in New York City. He has studied with such legendary teachers as Paul Mann, Michael Howard, Kim Stanley, Nikos Psacharopoulos and Earle R. Gister. His New York stage credits include Come Back to the Five and Dime Jimmy Dean, The Flowing Peach, Romeo and Juliet, The Admiral Bashful, The Shrewing of Blanco Posnet, Molly, Andrew After Dark, Much Ado About Nothing, Faust, and The Colonization. Regional credits include work at the Yale Repertory Theater and The Yale School of Drama: A Midsummer Night’s Dream, King Lear, King John, Measure for Measure, Three Sisters, and A Ride Across Lake Constance, to name a few. Among his directing credits are Dolores and Sisters at the Company of Angels and the west coast premiere of John Ford Noonan’s POPPS.


Our studio is dedicated to cultivating the actor’s skillset through imaginative and behavioral work. Students strive for authenticity and bold originality by building a repeatable technique.


Our approach is twofold: first providing the actor with tools to make choices from the text, and then leading them to find their own spontaneous behavior. In doing so, the actor’s task shifts from self-consciously asking “What do I look like?” to examining “What do I see?” We believe that this foundation is applicable to film, television, and stage, across all genres and media.


The Berg Studios faculty is primarily composed of graduates of The Yale School of Drama and The Juilliard School. Unique among Los Angeles acting schools, we replicate the techniques of the top graduate acting programs in the country.

We offer on-going classes led by our core teaching staff of working professionals, as well as curated workshops taught by guest faculty from around the world.

Berg Studios was founded in 1998 by Gregory Berger, alumnus and previous faculty member of the Yale School of Drama​, where he taught on-camera scene study.

It is never about right or wrong, but about illuminating one’s own authenticity and originality; which is what casting people want to see!​

4worldlovers: At Bright Horizons, our Discovery Driven Learning approach makes early learning an adventure. Visit us to find out how we nurture your child’s natural curiosity, focus on what interests them most, encourage learning through play, and help them get ready for school success.

I love teaching because: it gives me the opportunity to shape young minds and build confident, empathetic, lifelong learners.


I love teaching because: as teachers, we're able to work with parents to create wonderful, educational experiences for children.

I love teaching because: children are little explorers ready to learn.

Bright Horizons is committed to 100% NAEYC (National Association for the Education of Young Children) accreditation for all of our eligible child care centers and preschools.

Why NAEYC? Based on a multi-step process of continuous evaluation and improvement, NAEYC accreditation is the most comprehensive in the field, ensuring that our programs are informed by research and demonstrate high-quality standards.

NAEYC accreditation is our commitment to families. It is one way we provide the very best care and education for young children. Bright Horizons goes beyond what a traditional daycare would offer in order to establish a strong foundation for success in school and life.

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Community Magnet Charter School (CMCS) is a National Blue Ribbon and California Distinguished elementary school in the Los Angeles Unified School District serving grades K-5. The school is located in the canyons above Westwood in the Bel Air neighborhood. Students at Community Magnet Charter School come from all over Los Angeles through the LAUSD magnet program.

4worldlovers: Who your student is matters to us. At Pilgrim, lessons and assignments start with meeting each student where they are. Using what already interests a student to guide their education leads to memorable and surprising learning.