NO GIMMICKS! NO TRICKS! NO ATTITUDES!

This is not the "be happy, be sad, be angry, be rich girl, be tough guy, be nerd" cliché acting so often taught to young people by the Hollywood industry. This is not the "go with your feelings" technique which leads to self-indulgent, attention dependent actors who without a foundation of artistic integrity often lose their way early in their careers.

This is professional training that youth actors can use the rest of their careers. No need to drop all the artificiality of Teen sit-com/TV acting and scramble to develop a Truthful, Honest, Human acting technique as they transition into adulthood and much more demanding roles. The Hagen Object Exercises process engages the imagination of each unique individual so that they are self-reliant, inventive, courageous professionals making their own creative choices from the very first day of class.