Classes

Instructor: Ron Torgow

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This event is only open to paid-up SAG-AFTRA members in good standing — no guests are allowed. Parents/guardians of performers under 18 years old are welcome. SAG-AFTRA members, please bring your membership card or digital card from the app (paid through April 30, 2020) for admittance.

Instructor: Joseph Melendez

Have an upcoming audition? Need help working through a particular scene or monologue? These one on one private coaching sessions are designed to help you prepare for a specific audition or help you overcome challenges with a particular character/role. 

RSVP: Reservations are required. Please complete form below to RSVP. Please note that you must be logged in to RSVP. 
 

This event is only open to paid-up SAG-AFTRA members in good standing — no guests are allowed. Parents/guardians of performers under 18 years old are welcome. SAG-AFTRA members, please bring your membership card or digital card from the app (paid through April 30, 2020) for admittance.

Instructor: Josephe Melendez

Have an upcoming audition? Need help working through a particular scene or monologue? These one on one private coaching sessions are designed to help you prepare for a specific audition or help you overcome challenges with a particular character/role. 

RSVP: Reservations are required. Please complete form below to RSVP. Please note that you must be logged in to RSVP. 
 

This event is only open to paid-up SAG-AFTRA members in good standing — no guests are allowed. Parents/guardians of performers under 18 years old are welcome. SAG-AFTRA members, please bring your membership card or digital card from the app (paid through April 30, 2020) for admittance.

Due to the pandemic, this event will be rescheduled.

Towanda Underdue is an award winning performer and voice actor and has appeared on national TV shows such as CBS' Bull, HBO's HUNG, The Corner, the upcoming web series Black Oaks and the miniseries Night Shift, which she booked using her smartphone to self-submit. Learn the basics of recording, editing, and submitting your audition using your smartphone.

 

Due to the pandemic, this event will be rescheduled.

Second generation V/O talent, Lance Lewman, shares what he has learned about the voiceover business after 30 years in the industry. He’ll use the same outline he and his late father, Lifetime Achievement recipient Lary Lewman, used when they co-taught this workshop for many years.

 

Due to the pandemic, this event will be rescheduled.

Discover how a plant-based diet can help keep you looking young and be your best friend in the battle against Father Time. Certain foods can be more effective than any cream or moisturizer. But others roll out the red carpet for wrinkles.

“The Weight Loss Champion” Chuck Carroll, who lost an astonishing 280 pounds and kept it off for more than 10 years, will guide you through the session.

Learn the top foods you should be eating to keep your skin looking its best, which acne-causing foods to avoid, and how a plant-based diet can naturally keep your skin moisturized and looking young as the years roll by.

 

Due to the pandemic, this event will be rescheduled.

With hundreds of national narrations to his credit, Lance Lewman, known for National Geographic's top rated series, Taboo, Maryland Public Television's popular series Outdoors Maryland, and countless WGBH Nova programs, will guide you through the "dos" and "don'ts" of narration recording, from mic technique to making that elusive connection to the listener that keeps clients coming back for more.

 

Due to the pandemic, this event will be rescheduled.

Actors are now expected to be actor, director, lighting director and camera expert. This workshop will help you prepare and present the best of you. We will offer suggestions on how to simplify the process and create more confidence with the equipment and your performance. During the workshop, you will learn how to use the equipment in the SAG-AFTRA Conservatory Room to shoot, edit and upload your audition

 

Due to the pandemic, this event will be rescheduled.

Be prepared the next time you have to work on a dialect for an audiobook or audition. In this online workshop, actor and dialect coach Keith Flippen identifies some valuable resources to turn to when doing dialect work including public databases, many of the written and audio resources available for purchase, along with a discussion of various approaches to learning a dialect based on experience level and training.

 

A low credit score can keep you from achieving your financial goals and force you to pay high interest on loans. You will learn how to access and understand your credit report in this valuable new conservatory offering and use it to begin to raise your credit score.

You will learn where you can get your credit report free and the many places where you can get your credit score for free. You will also learn the difference between the FICO and Vantage scores and how to correct errors on your credit report. And there will be a discussion of creating a spending plan when you have irregular income.

Participants will walk away with a fuller understanding of credit reports and budgeting, along with free publications and helpful links to vetted websites. Free, confidential advice will be offered, tailored to your credit situation.

Christopher Cruise was a radio news anchor at The Voice of America. He now anchors newscasts and hosts programs for Westwood One News and writes newscasts at WTOP. He also teaches federal employees at The Graduate School USA. He has more than 30 years of experience with credit reports and credit scoring, experience he obtained during a long career in the mortgage business.

RSVP: Reservations are required. Please complete form below to RSVP. Please note that you must be logged in to RSVP. 
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This event is only open to paid-up SAG-AFTRA members in good standing — no guests are allowed. Parents/guardians of performers under 18 years old are welcome. SAG-AFTRA members, please bring your membership card or digital card from the app (paid through April 30, 2020) for admittance.

The views expressed at this workshop are not intended to imply an endorsement of any individual or company by SAG-AFTRA. The information provided through the workshop is given for informational purposes and may not be a suitable substitute for the advice of professional, legal or financial counsel. You should always use good judgment in these matters and should not act or refrain from acting based solely on information provided through the workshop.