Uta Hagen, who was awarded a National Medal of the Arts two years before her death in 2004, was one of the most influential acting teachers of her generation. Her students included Matthew Broderick, Jason Robards, Sigourney Weaver, Robert De Niro, and Al Pacino, among many others. These DVDs, edited from nearly two hundred hours of recorded classes, put you and your students in the front row in her studio. “Will watching this video make you a better actor, director, or teacher?” asks former student David Hyde Pierce. “Yes, yes, and yes.”