ABOUT HB
HB Studio was founded in 1945 by the Broadway actor and director Herbert Berghof. He conceived HB Studio as a place where artists at all stages of their careers could continue to work and practice between jobs with the support and challenges of their more experienced colleagues in a space free from pressures related to commercial success.
In 1945, Berghof met the celebrated actress Uta Hagen on a production of THE WHOLE WORLD OVER and invited her to join him in teaching at the studio. Hagen, author of the seminal acting texts RESPECT FOR ACTING and A CHALLENGE FOR THE ACTOR, became one of the most renowned and respected acting teachers of the 20th century. Together, Hagen and Berghof trained some of the most noted actors of the American theater.
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