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November 2012 sent in by a friend of an ex-student
I am writing to you because you should know that Wayne Allen Geis now resides in new Jersey in the town of Mount Clair. He performs with his partner and girls he lives with at an open Mic night at a place called Studio 12 in Bloomfield new Jesrey. He now goes under the name Wayne Eric Geisson.He attempted to gain control over my friend when he invited her to a "party"he was hosting.. He cornered her and isolated her. ...and then he started to tell her that she needed to move away from her mother who was no good and that he Could help her overcome her sexual insecurities. This man is a disgusting human being and someone should do something about him because he is still up to his deviant behavior.
December 2012 sent in by an ex-student
It was quite disturbing to read your web site. I knew Wayne in German, and then I moved to WA state to 'follow'. I knew XXX, his first wife, and his second, whose face I can see clearly but whose name slips my mind. I remember her miscarriage and subsequent diagnosis of a thyroid condition and he tormented, wait Regina?? he tormented her psychologically and blame the miscarriage on her. poor woman....I am glad she got custody of her children. I pulled away from Wayne, and was not as deeply involved as some people. I did introduce XXX XXX to Wayne. XXX has gone on to a great career, singing Wager, and Bach. But this success was not due to Wayne Geisen, I guarantee that. Anyway, I am a mature woman, over 50, and I sang for 30 years. But it is creepy reading about Wayne or should I call him Eric.
Creepy and disgusting.
"I met with Wayne Allen Geis in the spring of 2006. I remember this day as clear as if it were yesterday. I went onto to his web site www.wayneallenstudio.com. His message about the being state pulled me right in. After viewing the site, I sensed a very intense connection and decided to further study and pursue my acting career with Wayne. I was taken aback almost immediately upon meeting him. Wayne spoke like an honest, caring and sincere Acting coach. He stated he would be both my life coach and mentor. His words but most of all, his eyes always looking upon me with out judgment made me feel safe. I was hooked right from the start.
The first month in the process Wayne and I spoke about my life and where I was today due to a very unpleasant abusive childhood and that my parents were to blame. Wayne explained the guilt, shame and inadequacy I felt in my adult life was purely the fault of my parents. Having no father or mother to guide, love or nurture me from a child into adulthood. Wayne would help me heal all this pain I carried around that was toxic in my life. In order for me heal myself I would have to go through a process of undoing all the damage they caused by blaming them for everything and then later on wishing them dead. His famous Quote “Dance & Spit on there Graves.”
According to Wayne and his process the childhood abuse I received as a child, inflicted this personality disorder that would consume me my entire adult life if I didn’t get help from Wayne. I would say this and I did this all on my own in that process , I cleared a lot of pain –purely on the basis of being an open wound ready to bleed out just about anywhere and with anyone willing to sit and listen to my broken spirit that needed lifting. Wayne realized the vulnerable state I was in. It was evident. I was in a lot of emotional pain. Wayne knowing this dug deep into me and all this trapped pain started to unravel and flow. Once this emotional pain started to come to the surface, I truly believed I found the truth in myself and in life as well. Letting go of trapped pain was the ultimate high for me. In reality all I needed was a licensed Psychotherapist. Wayne claimed to be better and have much more knowledge then a therapist so I believed and became very much surrendered to him and his process. He stated I was growing very quickly in the process because I was healing my pain at such a rapid rate. He saw greatness in me .Wayne eventually asked me to leave my girlfriend and then my family as well. If it meant being healed and finally acting I was willing to do what ever it took to make it.
I now know Wayne is not the truth and is not the way to achieve my hearts desire which is to become an actor. I myself using my own mind, skills and talent will get there. When a person wants to fulfill a childhood dream in acting with the passion and desire that I have…..If they think they have met the person /mentor and path there they will stop at nothing to achieve greatness. Today I know no one can give this to you, you have to go out there and make it happen for yourself. Wayne is not the way or answer nor the truth. He is an extremely abusive and demented old man. But he feared me and my temper, so I sat back and watched as he abused the other students, thinking this would heal them. How wrong I was. What Wayne did to the other students was pure evil and emotional damage.
In the process, I met some pretty amazing people, who are now my friends for life. I just wish the few that are left under the influence of Wayne’s mind entrapment techniques would realize how severely damaged and sick Wayne is. I write this Testimonial not out of Anger or Vengeance or to destroy anyone, just to try and wake up & warn some of the students who still remain under his spell. Wayne has damaged and abused so many of the past students over many years and nothing he teaches is the truth nor healthy. He inflicts the same abuse that was done to him in his childhood. Obviously he never sought help for his childhood abuse.
Wayne will self destruct in time! I write this for the few students left behind and the many that want the dream of acting that I will make my reality. Don’t ever let anyone tell you what to think, feel or say. Most of all do not allow someone to tell you who to blame for your pain and inadequacy. The pain that we experienced in our childhood was a repeated cycle done to our parents and theirs. If Wayne was truly non judgmental he would have realized this and gotten over blaming his parents and sisters and gotten therapy. His superior way thinking has gotten him nowhere, his process is all about himself and as you can see it does not work. Wayne has lied and betrayed all of us. He has taken peoples dreams and shattered them. His Process has not yet produced one single actor /singer. He is a sexual mind controlling predator and conman who has never made it in anything in life. He preys on the young, vulnerable and emotionally scarred. He knows that people who desire to act and perform in the arts are the perfect candidate to mind entrap. We are the eccentric few who want to make it so bad that finding a mentor is a very serious thing. Most actors/singers are vulnerable and allowing a mentor to discipline and take control of your life can be damaging to the mind. When we surrender to such a person it is truly self destructive not only in your mind but in your spirit.
When I exited this process - the misery, betrayal, suffering and sickness I felt was done to my very core And it was a difficult time to heal myself, but of my life was like this and I got through it all. So to all of you still allowing Wayne the unhealthy brain stain get out while there is still enough life left in you to live and enjoy. With the help of loved ones and family I am doing just fine, I feel great and alive. The fight inside of me is what keeps me going and the love I have for myself and others is the real only truth. To all of you still in the process you can have love for others, love of self is healthy but to have no love of others is a truly sick and sad way to go through this Journey called life."
“....well, a friend introduced me to Wayne , I had all these questions in the beginning, Wayne had an answers for everything. He made me believe he cared for me, I mean really cared for me as a human being. Like no one has ever cared for me before. I felt so special and loved. He asked me all these questions about my childhood and parents and family and friends. He soon knew everything about me. He told me I was neglected, spoiled and not cared for by my parents. He told me that my own thoughts were sick, those of an abused child. Wayne said he had the answer to all my questions. He said he could heal me, and make a perfect human being out of me. He said I had to fully submit to him and his process. He had to humiliate me and slander me in order for me to become this great human being he kept taking about. He said he was a genius and he will make a genius out of me. He said I will be a star.
After a while Wayne picked on me, pulled my mind in all directions, and verbally abused me. He made me feel like shit, all in the name of him the Mentor healing me. He said I had to go through this; I had to turn off my own thoughts, listen to his thoughts and apply them to me. He wanted me to think his thoughts. Mine are sick; I am speaking and coming from abuse.Later I found out that he was abused as a child, he unspeakable abused his three sons, and he abused his other students. He described his childhood to me and his own mental problems, but later I realized that he seemed fixed on acting out his deprivation and issues on his students...... which is so abusive. I saw a few inappropriate touching episodes between him and this one female student. There are sexual elements to his teachings. One of the rules to getting healthy was to abstain from sex. When I found out he had sex with his female students, I left the group. I feel for those left in the group, and I wish they would see what I am seeing, and the rest of the world is seeing: an abusive, very mentally damaged and controlling sick old man that acts out his perverted needs with his students and family members I thank God that I got away from him. I am perusing my career as an actor now and I am suceeding. During my Wayne years I was held back by Wayne and his controlling habits. I found a new wonderful teacher, that helps me to find myself on my own, he supports me in everything I say and think. I can voice my opinion without being scared to be put down.My new acting teacher makes suggestions but in the end allows me to make my own choices on how I want to play the character. I can live free, I can breath freely. I am as free as a bird! “
" .......I wasn't sure what to say to all the people who are dealing with Wayne and his teachings. Unfortunately, the more you try and interfere, the more ammo he gets, so relax, and love your family member no matter what. It may take years. ..... "
"I remember the day when another ex-student's mother showed up at his house to get some belongings left behind. He was shaking in his boots, stuttering and stammering, he could hardly deal with the situation and it all became very clear to me what a small little insecure man he really is. "
"......He uses the guise of acting and singing to ensnare people into his unfulfilled dreams of what he thinks success is. ......I went in for voice lessons so that I could learn how to sing. Instead I became his disciple cramming "the truth" down everyone's throats, which was so against my own nature that it put me in a constant state of quandary. If I did what I was told and didn't fight him, I turned against myself, creating self doubt so great that I stopped listening to my own spirit. If I didn't, I would get hours of lectures and arguing, until I broke. It was hell. Hell on all sides. Hell dealing with him, and hell dealing with my family. "
"........He would call my voice "his voice", and tell me that he had "created it", and he was right. The way he was teaching me, I would have had his voice....a ugly, strained, ruined, voice. I have since started taking lessons from a very well known teacher with several very successful students. I told him who I had been studying with and the horror on his face was frightening. He had already had a student who had studied with Wayne and it took him years to undo all the unnecessary controls that Wayne teaches. Wayne's famous line was to ask whether singing was natural or not. And his answer is that it is not. Which is such a lie, children sing, and really good singers sang way before they ever had lessons. Lessons are supposed to help you learn how to control your voice and breath, not make you so conscience of the whole act that you have to think about it as if it were a science. There is no freedom in that kind of singing."
"Everyone is insecure, and we are brought up in a society that doesn't teach us confidence, so it is a pretty easy sell on his part to convince people that he can help them. I found out that as long as I blamed my parents for not being consciously aware, it was keeping me consciously unaware. My belief is that only through acceptance, one can truly be free. Everyone's life journey is different and everyone learns in their own ways, and in this truth, Wayne confuses people with his own need to be right. He is not a therapist, but uses the books and knowledge to further his agenda. So he still cannot sing, and he isn't acting, and his one mode of income left is convincing insecure people that he has the answers. One would think with all his wisdom and intelligence that he would be acting and singing. But he can do neither.... he has ruined his voice from over practicing it and pushing it, and continually convinces people that he can help heal theirs.....Pretty Crazy!!! "
".......the truth is the only thing that will set them free, and in time it will shine its light on their situation. "
".....which students Wayne has taught that are now successful:: If there are any (which I seriously doubt) tell XXXX to go and talk with them. Then ask them what they learned, or not, from Wayne. References from successful, WORKING actors is always the great teacher test (some of the students I taught in the past are now major stars but that was never my motivation to teach). XXXX is studying with Wayne to be a star -- always a bad reason to study with anyone. It is the love of the craft that should motivate the teacher and student. Wayne is NOT a teacher. He is a sick predator. I saw him perform once and sing and he was so awful it was embarrassing. Has XXXXX ever seen Wayne perform?......“
“I spent 7 months in the Process with Wayne Allen Geis.
I woke up one morning at the age of 40 and decided I wanted to take up a new hobby, it would be singing. I started to attend Wayne Allen Studio in New York City. I went for voice lessons, immediately I was convinced by Wayne Allen to attend his acting classes as well. I was not interested in acting at all. Wayne would charge $120 for a 45min voice lesson.
During my first voice lesson I was diagnosed as a paranoid personality disorder by Wayne Allen. My first thought was this man sincerely cares about people. Wayne claimed to be fully knowledgeable of each and every mental disorder out of the DSM and that he would heal me of this disorder which he diagnosed me with, so that I could sing and act at my full potential. He said I had to fully submit to him and his Process to get healed.
Within weeks and many intensive talks with Wayne I got more & more confused about my past and what was right and wrong. Wayne infused my brain with false memories of my past. I felt bad and wanted to quit the process. I was told by Wayne and the other students that if I quit the process I would die from my disorder. If my mental illness is not healed by Wayne it would eventually lead to suicide. Wayne then told me he was the only person in the entire world who had the truth.
My initial feeling deep down was that he was insane, but I felt shameful for feeling this - not quite understanding why.
Every time I voiced my thought or opinion to Wayne, he claimed it was my disorder that was speaking and that I was not thinking or speaking from health. Wayne was twisting my beliefs of good & bad. He was replacing my emotions with guilt, shame, blame and anger. Wayne's powerful manipulations were eating through my brain and I started to distort my own reality past & present. I was no longer allowed to speak to family and friends. I was not allowed to be in a sexual relationship. I was not allowed to have friendships outside of the group. My parents were to blame for my disorder and that I should wish death on them and dance & spit on there graves when they die.
Wayne stated weekly there is only truth in Love for Self and that it was humanly impossible to love another human being.
The acting classes were at times 5 hours long with about 12 to 14 students present twice a week. Most of the time Wayne was verbally & mentally abusing a singled out student who he felt like breaking that week. Wayne would have the students verbally attack each other and gang up on who ever was the pick of the week to emotionally break one of us.
Once I found out he had been sleeping with two of the young female students and making porn with them by viewing his lap top accidentally, I started to question Wayne and his teachings. I went home that night and goggled his actual name and found the rape case online and his involvement with Ramtha. I then contacted ex-members of the Ramtha-Cult in Washington State. I found out that Wayne is a sexual predator and lost custody of three children because he severely abused them. I felt a panic wash over me that was unbearable. I mentally crashed and felt emotionally broken. I wanted to jump out of my skin. I knew I had to tell the other students. I could not leave them behind. A week later I gathered my strength and informed 8 other students about what I had found out. Each student woke up out of the snare and we all went for Exit Counseling.”
"Geis' criminal court file (Lewis County Clerk's Office) demonstrates his use of cult-like methods to prey upon his victims. His m.o. is to isolate his victims from their families/support network, then manipulate and exploit them, either for sexual or financial gain, or both. His criminal prosecution was dismissed on a technicality--not due to a lack of proof."
" Driving back from XXXX, on one occasion, he invited me to swing by his house on my way back to XXXXX, which I did. That visit prompted me not to seek his aquaintance any longer, because he struck me as weird, just as the group of people who hung around him. I do not remember too many details of that day, but I remember feeling the urge to get away from that place. As an artist you come across a lot of wacky people and some just seem to be "out there' , but are really darling human beings. But there was something about Wayne and his entourage, that I felt not wanting to belong to, neither be associated with. The last time I encountered him was at a NATS meeting, years back, and I am not sure , if he was a guest or a member at that time. We hardly spoke, and I never saw or heard of him again. What I read on the website is no good news, but it did not totally surprise me after all."
“My last interaction with Mr. Geis was nearly XX years ago. I can empathize with the experiences of XXXX and others. What I can offer is this: each of us brings people and situations into our lives to teach us lessons. While I would never direct someone to study with Mr. Geis, I learned much about life and myself through him. I was already on a path of self-discovery, and Mr. Geis significantly stimulated that self-discovery which led to my eventual departure from his studio.
I invite you to be supportive of XXX and the others still involved with Mr. Geis. Let them know that you still love them and are a resource for them. When they talk to you, listen for their passions because they are very passionate people. Their passion is the impetus driving them to study with Mr. Geis. By demonizing him, you only add credence to his arguments. Your loved ones will painfully and sincerely believe that you want to slam the door on their success.
Offer your unconditional love and patience. Do not try to education your loved ones about what Mr. Geis has done, because he is a master spin-doctor. When I studied with him, he skillfully introduced me to his history. He presented his past in such a way that I told myself that I did not care about his past actions: the “everyone makes mistakes in their lives” argument. What I wanted was “my voice, my acting, and my career”. I convinced myself that I could remain unaffected by the storm, though I was standing in its eye.
The opening that made it possible for me to leave the studio was the very environment he created. Since I had no family or friends to actively refute Mr. Geis’ teachings, I was left with myself, his teachings, and the reality of my life. I studied with Mr. Geis for XXXX years. When I chose to leave, I mentally knew I had to extract myself from his world, but I was emotionally wedded. The first several months “on the outside” were like being in a rehabilitation program: learning to live again.
My contribution to you is to let your loved ones know that they are contributions. Leave the door open for them to return, if and when they return. Each of them will make the choice for her- or him-self. Know that whatever they may say, that whatever they may accuse you of doing or not doing, they DO love you. And, they need to know that you love them, too…without judgment or criticism of their actions”
"Yikes! I went to one of his acting classes way back when... luckily I didn't get sucked into his game, although that may have been because I was already sucked in elsewhere, lol. There was something a bit creepy about him to me though, he was just a bit too intense. Plus at the time he told us this whole story about his wife accusing him of molesting their sons and that she was making it all up, etc, etc. Now I tend to believe his (ex-)wife's story.
Judging by his site, it looks like he's still up to his old game. Crazy, I actually recognized some of the faces on his site. XXXX It's a mean thing to mess with someone's dreams, unfortunately people are too willing to do anything given the right promise (or threat...). "
"Amazing. This seems on the level since I recognize his face. A strange place, this world. I knew Wayne was gay, but this?!"
"When I first met Wayne, he seemed very spiritual and interested in the heart and soul of entertainment. He asked me a few questions that got me to think. Maybe he does this with others. My initial reaction to this man was that he had deep concern for the well-being of others. Later on I found him to be anything but that. He used me for whatever purposed he seemed he could get from me. I was quite disturbed to find out the truth about this man----that is, I found this out after I had known him for several months and socialized with him. I met his son, his daughter, and he said many things that caused me to think about my life. When he told me that in order to get to the next stage in my life I would have to cut off my contact with my parents and my family I told him I would not do that. He told me at that point---that I needed to do that or I would not grow. I told him that every person most likely has some sort of issue from their childhood, and that I was a mature man who was evolving and I knew how to handle myself and my relationships. He betrayed me. Betrayal is a horrible thing, and to find out that this "Life Coach" would do this to me was incomprehensible. Even though my family and I don't always agree on my life or what I do for a living,family is family and I love each and everyone of them. I could never have walked away from them---as Wayne suggested---this would have broken their hearts---and would have beena selfish act, in another way, a different form of suicide. While I did believe in this man upon initial meeting(s,) had I known that this man was who I found him out to be, I never would have continued talking to him. Some people are not who they claim to be. "
"well, being that HE is a "walled off" person, a term he LOVES using, it would be nice to see him put on the spot to do dialogues from scenes in a movie. he would fail at this horribly. he always wants his students to stop talking to his/her family members. he still talks to his father and sister(s) (i'm not sure how many he has) being that he is clearly running a family cult, i wouldn't put it past him that he is somewhat dangerous when provoked, OR if he has weapons. i personally believe he has at least a handgun (i maybe wrong) according to XXXX he's racist against blacks he probably hates it wen a "student" of his excels, or does anything well. this is due to the fact that anyone coming to their own senses will soon realize he is a fraud keeping us from our dreams and passions. the question i wanna know is, how can officials see what he is doing in his home. how CLEARLY narcissistic he is. how he BOSSES people around. the EMOTIONAL BLACKMAILING he so frequently violates with. he tells us to stop having sex and associating with others OUTSIDE OF THE GROUP. i later figured out that he was doing this to have his "students" stay "loyal" and uninfluenced by "outside" people. anyway, this man is the equivalant of a arch nemesis in a super hero comic, its going to take a great force to take him down, but when it happens, it will be a day that i can put a part of my stresses to rest. i hope this helped."
