Laura Henry was my anchor while working in the rudderless land of Hollywood. Laura was always available, to help me refocus my heart and mind back to the work. She lives and speaks Shakespeare’s advice to the actors; “suit the action to the word, the word to the action”. She would remind me, simply to be there and listen. Any individual group or institution would be very blessed to have her in their company. I will always be grateful to Gerald Freedman for many things, and right at the top of the list, was making Laura Henry part of my professional life.

Laura Henry is simply the best acting teacher in the US and maybe the world. 
She connects, challenges and nurtures whether in a long format or individual coaching.
There is no better way to prepare for a life as an actor!

Laura compliments and reinforces my philosophy on actor training, and she brings the skills necessary for a well-rounded, professional actor in the 21st century. We were lucky to have her and lucky that she enjoyed working with us during the time she was able to stay. I could not be more pleased to have had Laura as an employee and colleague, and I highly recommend her as both a director and a masterful teacher.

-Gerald Freedman
Former Dean School of Drama, North Carolina School of the Arts

I’m forever grateful to Laura Henry - she is indeed one of the best acting teachers in America.

-Jonathan Majors, Actor
The Last Black Man in San Francisco, Da 5 Bloods, The Harder They Fall, Devotion, Creed III, Magazine Dreams, Lovecraft Country, among many others

Quite simply, Laura taught me how to act. She has an incredible and unique ability to meet every student wherever they are, and push them to their highest ability while creating a safe and nurturing environment. She is honest, insightful, and compassionate. I learned of her through some of her students who would not stop raving about her, and after training with her myself, I cannot stop raving either. If you are serious about acting, Laura is the best thing you can do for yourself. Before I met Laura, I had worked in theatre professionally for 7 years, and still felt like a fraud. Laura demystified the skill of acting and helped me grow in a way that completely changed the trajectory of my career. She is the best teacher I have ever had!

-Stephanie Jae Park, Actress
Broadway - Hamilton (Eliza), The King and I, War Paint, Cinderella (1st Nat’l Tour)

Before Laura, I wasn’t really sure what to do with “the work.” I was doing it, but I wasn’t , I didn’t know how it helped me. It felt like I was reaching in the dark for something that wasn’t there, but Laura made the craft concrete. Something I could grasp. She taught me how to apply “the work” to myself in a succinct and specific way. She is clear and she is precise in what she teaches. Nothing is vague and, most importantly, nothing is overlooked.

-Tyler Lea, Actor
Broadway - The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime (Christopher)

Laura is a person of integrity, with an unwavering commitment and passion for her craft. Laura has a vision for what she wants to accomplish with her class as a whole, and for each student in particular.

-Patricia Belcher, Actress
Disney’s Good Luck Charlie (Ms. Dabney), Bones (Caroline Julian), starred in Heartbreakers, 500 Days of Summer, Seinfeld, ER, NYPD Blue, Everybody Loves Raymond, Ally McBeal, Malcolm in the Middle, How I Met Your Mother, Community, How to Get Away with Murder, Will & Grace, etc.

Acting is hard but it doesn’t have to be impossible. With the right tools and proper training you learn to discover how strong your heart and will can be under the given circumstances. And that’s only the beginning…

-Efren Ramirez, Actor
Napoleon Dynamite (Pedro), Eastbound and Down (Catuey), E.R., American Dad, Judging Amy, The District, MADtv, Scrubs

Working with Laura changed my perspective on what was possible as an actor. I came back to work with her after starting my first bway show and it couldn’t have come at a better time. I realized that while I had innate talent and training, doing 8 shows a week for over a year required untested stamina and tools I hadn’t utilized before. She, as always, broke it down in very tangible ways that made my run exciting and new.

-Joshua Morgan, Actor / Director / Producer
Co-founder and Artistic Director of No Rules Theatre Company
Actor - Ain’t Too Proud (upcoming), HBO’s Paterno, The Trojan Women,
Comedy of Errors, Othello, Show Boat, Sweeney Todd, Les Miserables

Working in Laura Henry’s class was such a blast. Her relaxed environment gives you the license to really let go and be bold! I experienced a real sense of breaking out of my shell while I worked with her! It was amazing! Since then I’ve booked many guest stars and co-star parts on TV. If you’re looking to go to the next step in your acting, Laura Henry really is the best place to study!

-Ciera Payton, Actor
The Walking Dead, General Hospital, She’s Gotta Have It, Graceland, NCIS, Tyler Perry’s A Madea Family Funeral

As a working actress with over 20 years experience dealing with the daily challenges of the entertainment industry, I have studied with a number of acting coaches.

As a veteran actor, you like to check in from time to time with a coach to hone your skills, get practical feedback or sometimes you just need a sounding board. It's necessary to have a go-to person when you need a quick, concise and right on target solution to any acting challenge you might be facing.

Laura Henry is my go-to person. Her coaching has helped me book many jobs...Southland, Harry's Law and Shameless to name a few. She gets the job done with no ego. A rare quality in this ego-driven industry.

She's a skilled coach and a great director.

-Del Hunter-White, Actor
Trial & Error, Colony, The Bachelors, ER, Chicago Hope, Dexter

Ms. Henry is one of a very small coterie of individuals in the United Staes who is qualified to teach the Meisner work well, and understands the sequences and lessons perfectly. Laura has a technical mastery of the art of acting. Both her training and instinctual intelligence are impeccable. She possesses a thorough knowledge of theatrical literature both past and present.

-Kathryn Gately
Former Head of Acting MFA, Northern Illinois University

Laura Henry is the John Wooden of acting. She is the best teacher - of anything - that I have ever had. Laura provides an artist's tool belt of skills, techniques and exercises. She teaches how to listen and react with the naked vibrance of a four year-old. Most importantly, what Laura does with consummate mastery is find the truth. Matching respect for her students with reverence for the assiduity that the art demands, she guides each actor to recognize and become free from the habits which mask truthful response and open up to the momentary surprise of unfettered impulse. It's breathtaking and beautiful. The artistic effect is a profound love of acting. The professional effect is the ability to arrive to the set or the theatre or the audition as a pro. Of course, I'm not through studying with Laura. If Tiger Woods needs a coach, then I think I need one too.

-Brian Silverman, Actor / Director/Producer
After We Leave (actor & producer), West Rosencrantz , Two Lives in Pittsburg (write, director), (actor) S.W.A.T.,Ray Donovan, Grimm, Monk

I will forever look at my life as an actor before and after Laura Henry. Before Laura I really had no process to speak of, but now I have all the tools I will ever need to begin the lifelong process of mastering the art of acting. Simply, put, I am both a better technician and a better artist because of her teachings.

-Matt Shingledecker, Actor
Les Miserables (Enjolras, US Tour), Bway- Wicked (Fiyero), West Side Story (Tony), Spring Awakening, Off Bway - Rent (Roger)

Without a doubt, it was Laura Henry's Audition Technique that helped me land my first Broadway job right after graduating from The University of North Carolina School of the Arts. As a young actor just beginning auditioning, this technique has been extremely helpful for channeling my nerves about the unknowns of auditioning. It has put me in control over what I do in an audition room. I highly recommend taking any of Laura's classes. Her teachings have had an immensely positive impact on my acting.

-Alex Hoeffler, Actor
Mammoth, Dear Michelle, War Horse

Working with Laura Henry during my training at UNCSA was the most valuable teaching I got in college. She taught me how to dissect a script in a way I had never been shown before...a way to fully understand a character, not just mentally but emotionally and kinesthetically. She was able to see my strengths and weaknesses as an actress immediately, and worked with me individually that way. Her audition class showed us a way to handle any set of sides in any audition situation and I have booked all the work I've done after college because of how she taught me to break down a set of sides and how to behave before, during, and after auditions.  Her training is invaluable. I recommended her to a friend of mine in LA who hadn't gone to UNCSA. My friend took her class and then booked her first job in LA before she even finished Laura's course. 

-Lauren Culpepper, Actress
Happyish, House of Cards, Elementary, Nikolai and the Others (Lincoln Center)