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It's funny actually. The University of Delaware hosts the well respected Professional Theater Training Program: it's Colonel Kurtz figure, renowned acting teacher Sanford Robbins (scroll down for bio here), requires all of his acting students to attend Landmark Education's "The Forum," a series of cult-like psychologically and physically grueling self-help sessions. Indeed, Robbins is apparently on LE's board of directors, which creates an obvious financial conflict of interest that seems to bother no one in Delaware. This situation has the same potential for abuse as the one with Katselas, but it's probably worse, because attending The Forum is a requirement, not a suggestion, and the Hollywood teacher profits in no way from his students exploring Scientology.

Here's the funny part. Landmark Education is what was once called "est" in the 1970s. Est was created by a snake oil salesman named Werner Earhard who literally stole many of his ideas and "educational" practices from Scientology when he was a member in the late 60s. Scientology, of course, hates him, and has responded in typical fashion for some three decades now, suing and harassing him so much that he fled the country in the mid 90s, fearing assassins.

Well, that's what he gets. Now if we can only find somebody to run the Scientologists out.

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Director Sanford Robbins returns to the Milwaukee Rep after directing last season's wildly successful Stiemke Theater production BAD DATES. ... In addition to his work in the theater, he leads programs for Landmark Education.

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Sanford Robbins is a Senior Consultant for Landmark Education, designing and conducting corporate and institutional engagements, and also holds a position on the faculty of the University of Delaware.

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Acting teacher, Landmark BOD member requires his students to take The Landmark Forum?

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It's funny actually. The University of Delaware hosts the well respected Professional Theater Training Program: it's Colonel Kurtz figure, renowned acting teacher Sanford Robbins (scroll down for bio here), requires all of his acting students to attend Landmark Education's "The Forum," a series of cult-like psychologically and physically grueling self-help sessions. Indeed, Robbins is apparently on LE's board of directors, which creates an obvious financial conflict of interest that seems to bother no one in Delaware. This situation has the same potential for abuse as the one with Katselas, but it's probably worse, because attending The Forum is a requirement, not a suggestion, and the Hollywood teacher profits in no way from his students exploring Scientology.

Here's the funny part. Landmark Education is what was once called "est" in the 1970s. Est was created by a snake oil salesman named Werner Earhard who literally stole many of his ideas and "educational" practices from Scientology when he was a member in the late 60s. Scientology, of course, hates him, and has responded in typical fashion for some three decades now, suing and harassing him so much that he fled the country in the mid 90s, fearing assassins.

Well, that's what he gets. Now if we can only find somebody to run the Scientologists out.

Some more info
Sanford Robbins bio at University of Delaware:
[www.udel.edu]

Board of Directors, Landmark Education
[www.isthmus.com]

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Director Sanford Robbins returns to the Milwaukee Rep after directing last season's wildly successful Stiemke Theater production BAD DATES. ... In addition to his work in the theater, he leads programs for Landmark Education.

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"A new paradigm for educational change"

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Sanford Robbins is a Senior Consultant for Landmark Education, designing and conducting corporate and institutional engagements, and also holds a position on the faculty of the University of Delaware.

[www.culteducation.com]
Sanford Robbins, Board of Directors, Landmark Education
from Minutes of the General Board Meeting of the Board of Directors of Landmark Education Corporation, August 19, 2002

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ajinajan
Acting teacher, Landmark BOD member requires his students to take The Landmark Forum?

[realart.blogspot.com]

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It's funny actually. The University of Delaware hosts the well respected Professional Theater Training Program: it's Colonel Kurtz figure, renowned acting teacher Sanford Robbins (scroll down for bio here), requires all of his acting students to attend Landmark Education's "The Forum," a series of cult-like psychologically and physically grueling self-help sessions. Indeed, Robbins is apparently on LE's board of directors, which creates an obvious financial conflict of interest that seems to bother no one in Delaware. This situation has the same potential for abuse as the one with Katselas, but it's probably worse, because attending The Forum is a requirement, not a suggestion, and the Hollywood teacher profits in no way from his students exploring Scientology.

Here's the funny part. Landmark Education is what was once called "est" in the 1970s. Est was created by a snake oil salesman named Werner Earhard who literally stole many of his ideas and "educational" practices from Scientology when he was a member in the late 60s. Scientology, of course, hates him, and has responded in typical fashion for some three decades now, suing and harassing him so much that he fled the country in the mid 90s, fearing assassins.

Well, that's what he gets. Now if we can only find somebody to run the Scientologists out.

Some more info
Sanford Robbins bio at University of Delaware:
[www.udel.edu]

Board of Directors, Landmark Education
[www.isthmus.com]

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Director Sanford Robbins returns to the Milwaukee Rep after directing last season's wildly successful Stiemke Theater production BAD DATES. ... In addition to his work in the theater, he leads programs for Landmark Education.

[findarticles.com]
"A new paradigm for educational change"

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Sanford Robbins is a Senior Consultant for Landmark Education, designing and conducting corporate and institutional engagements, and also holds a position on the faculty of the University of Delaware.

[www.culteducation.com]
Sanford Robbins, Board of Directors, Landmark Education
from Minutes of the General Board Meeting of the Board of Directors of Landmark Education Corporation, August 19, 2002

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Two acting teachers, West Coast and East Coast – the West Coast teacher requires his students to take Scientology, the East Coast teacher requires his students to attend Landmark