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Learn what it takes to say goodbye to yo-yo diets and hello to keeping the weight off for good.

“The Weight Loss Champion” Chuck Carroll, who lost an incredible 280 pounds and kept it off for more than 10 years, will share how eating a plant-based diet can not only help you lose weight, but look and feel younger as well.

You will learn the best foods to burn fat, why you’ll never count calories on plant-based diet, how carbs can actually HELP you lose weight, how to turn your favorite meals into plant-based masterpieces, easy snack ideas, and grab and go meals to keep you slim and trim.

Chuck will also give insight on avoiding the common mistakes we make that can lead to regaining the weight. As a bonus, you will also learn how a plant-based diet can add a significant number of quality years to your life and career!

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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.

This workshop is 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 other industry professionals. 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.

Alexander Technique is a psychophysical process of postural and movement re-education that frees your body and voice to work to its best capacity with less habitual tension. It’s taught in all major acting schools and conservatories to promote comfort and ease in performance.

In this introductory class, participants will learn the basic thinking and procedures of the Technique, and take away a small practice they can use at home. All are welcome whether you’ve never tried Alexander Technique or you need to revisit it for a tune-up!

Mary Naden, MFA. Acting and ATI certified, began her teaching career as a Linklater Voice coach. Over time, she realized the important relationship between Alexander and voice, and trained for three years at the Philadelphia School for the Alexander Technique, then furthered her studies with John Nicholls of ATNYC and other esteemed teachers. She teaches Alexander in the Benjamin Rome School of Music, Drama and Art at Catholic University, and is also the staff teacher at the GW Center for Integrative Medicine. She maintains a lively private practice at her studio in Takoma Park, and can sometimes be found playing bass and singing in Big Hillbilly Bluegrass.

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.

This workshop is 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 other industry professionals. 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.

The good news is you have an audition. But what if it’s only one line? Glean some tips for making the most of your audition when you don’t have much to say. Join actor and coach Katie Killacky, and leave with some insights for your next audition. This workshop will focus on the genre of political drama, just as production begins on The President Is Missing.

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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.

This workshop is 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 other industry professionals. 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.

Are you missing out on voiceover work because you can't audition or record sessions from home? Are you clueless about how and where to start the process of creating your own home studio? Award-winning voice actor and radio creative director, Craig Klein, will guide the beginning and budget-conscious voice actor in setting up a studio at home. The workshop will help guide you in choosing equipment and setting up a voice over booth without breaking the bank.

**Please note that this workshop is a webinar**

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.

This workshop is 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 other industry professionals. 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.

Podcasting isn’t slowing down any time soon, and creative performers are uniquely positioned to launch their podcasting vision. Learn the fundamentals of podcasting, from your first record through your season finale. Seasoned podcast producer and host Bruno Falcon will take you through the necessary steps to get your show online. This workshop covers how to outline your concept, start production, set up your podcast stream, and establish distribution.

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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.

This workshop is 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 other industry professionals. 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.

Last January, Bill Esper passed away, highlighting the prominent role of Meisner Technique in the training of actors. Meisner taught until the '90s, and trained great directors like Sidney Lumet, and prominent actors like Robert Duvall and Diane Keaton. His approach centered on truthful dynamic acting, and powerful character work. Over the past 30 years, Robert Epstein has expanded and refined the technique to include extended character work, detailed classical work, specific film and tv acting techniques, and audition techniques. The most important and most popular of the audition techniques in cold reading technique, which has great potential to show your abilities, and at the same time is difficult to master. It is the way in which most actors get a job.

In this workshop, we will break down short cold reading scenes according to Meisner principles, which focus on the human situation the character is in, and then embody that analysis with compelling acting choices and dynamic behavior. This quick and effective way of preparing cold readings has found popular versions in CD Michael Shurtleff's popular book Audition, as well as former Meisner student David Mamet's structural version of acting; but Meisner's approach remains the original and most incisive way of tackling cold readings.

Epstein, known as DC's resident Meisner expert, has taught his long-term program for actors, The Complete Actor's Training, for over 30 years. Epstein has performed roles on Cable and Network TV, has directed DC film and theatre projects, including Adams Morgan: The Movie here in DC. He directed his original play The Big A for the 2014 Fringe Festival, and has taught many workshops for the SAG-AFTRA Conservatory and the Actor's Center. Recent student accomplishments include SAG-AFTRA member and VO artist Bob Hurley's role of the DJ in the Tatum O'Neal film, Runaway Romance, directed by Brian Herzlinger.

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.

This workshop is 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 other industry professionals. 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.

Learn about the art of audiobook storytelling from award-winning director and producer Paul Alan Ruben in this special conservatory offering.

The purpose of this SAG-AFTRA audiobook workshop is to identify fundamental performance habits, in fiction and non-fiction, that create compelling storytelling. Becoming a compelling and successful audiobook narrator, in both fiction and non-fiction, begins with recognizing that the storyteller’s job-one is 100% acting, 0% voicing.

In fiction, the fundamental performance habits that will be addressed include, identifying and playing point of view, playing the emotional stakes and matching them, playing the third-person narrator, speaking dialogue like real people, engaging the here and now, and using punctuation as your co-director. In non-fiction, these fundamental performance habits include, understanding your performance outcome as the author’s surrogate, owning your role as expert/teacher/persuader, emotionally investing yourself in ‘wowing’ the listener with this fantastic story.

Ruben has directed and produced award-winning audiobooks for every major publisher since 1990. Ruben has received two Best Spoken Word Grammy Awards and the programs he has directed have received numerous Audiofile Earphone and APA Audie Awards, including last year’s Audie-winner, Lisa Flannigan, for Spinning Silver. Over his career, Ruben has conducted narrators’ workshops and coached numerous individual narrators. He has also cast and directed multiple first-time narrators, many of whom have become household names, including, Edoardo Ballerini, Oliver Wyman, Michael Crouch, Maggi-Meg Reed, Cassandra Morris, David Ledoux, Holter Graham and Kathleen Mcinnerney.

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.

This workshop is 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 other industry professionals. 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.

Kirk’s Corner is a scheduled safe private environment in which to learn about and discuss the many issues related to the mental health and well-being of our members and their families.

Our invited facilitators are mental health professionals who teach us the signs of mental illness and the resources available to us.

Kirk’s Corner originated after the sudden unexpected death of our past SAG-WDC President, Kirk Penberthy. It is with the blessing of his family that we have formed this support group. Register for Kirk’s Corner and you will receive information about future meeting dates. Inquiries will be kept confidential.

RSVP: Reservations are required. Please complete the 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.

This workshop is 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 other industry professionals. 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.