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** Registration for this event will open on Friday, Apr. 25 at 10 AM **

Deadline to RSVP is May 7 at 5 PM PT.

Location:  James Cagney Boardroom, SAG-AFTRA Plaza 
           5757 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90036

Instructor: Corey Martin Craig

Description:
Join the SAG-AFTRA L.A. Conservatory for the Stand-Up Comedy Workshop.

Understand how multi-camera acting directly correlates to stand-up comedy. Learn how to set-up a joke and land a punch-line. Learn how to be open and honest and harness those skills to make you a better, more confident actor.

Take your life experiences, the subject of a “killer” stand-up set! This workshop will go over stand-up comedy basic rules including setup, premise and stage etiquette. Selected individuals will have the opportunity to test out freshly minted material before the end of the workshop. Taught by Cool Beans Comedy producer and coach Corey Martin Craig, with more than 10+ years of stand-up comedy instruction.

Directions:
Attendees, please bring a notepad and pen for this workshop.

Questions? Email conservatory@sagaftra.org

These workshops are only open to paid-up SAG-AFTRA Los Angeles Conservatory members in good standing, no guests allowed. All performers under the age of 18 must be accompanied by their parent or legal guardian. These workshops are not intended to imply an endorsement of any individual or company by SAG-AFTRA. The information provided through these workshops 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.

ADA requests must be received 72 business hours before the start of the event. 
 

This year’s theme, United in Pride, highlights the power of coming together, embracing our diversity and equality as one united force. Together, we are unstoppable.

The 54th Annual Chicago Pride Parade steps off from Sheridan and Broadway in Chicago’s landmark LGBTQ+ North Halsted neighborhood.

The parade will travel the 20-block parade route from Sheridan south on Broadway; then south on Halsted; then east on Belmont; then south on Broadway; then east on Diversey to Cannon Drive.

If you are interested in attending Pride but not walking in the parade, we will be organizing a SAG-AFTRA Chicago gathering spot for photos and swag! Please email Amy Rhodes at amy.rhodes@sagaftra.org for more details.

RSVP: Reservations are required. Please complete the form below to RSVP. Please note that you must be logged in to RSVP. Members may bring up to 5 guests.

ADA requests may be included on your RSVP form below. Please note that ADA requests must be received 72 hours before the start of the event.

Join us for the next performance in our San Francisco-Northern California Local Conservatory Screenplay Reading Series:  Desert Star News by Robert Haus

SYNOPSIS:  After a major-market anchorwoman wins a sexual harassment lawsuit, she quickly learns no other station in the country will hire her - except for a low-budget, ramshackle station in the middle of nowhere.

The main character, Brooke Pierce, is a former anchorwoman for a Pittsburgh television station. After rejecting repeated sexual demands from the news director, she was demoted to the noon newscast, ostensibly due to falling ratings.  She wins a sexual harassment lawsuit and arranges a settlement with the station. Brooke entrusts the settlement money to her father, the highly regarded owner of a Miami bond brokerage house.

But shortly after winning the suit, she is hospitalized with viral pneumonia. While recovering, she learns she has lost almost all of the settlement money and a good part of her life savings to a financial crisis. Nearly broke, she asks her agent to find an anchoring or reporting job. He tells her no other station will hire her. The station owners feel that any woman who would sue for sexual harassment must be trouble. They will not hire her under any circumstances.
After several months, she receives an offer of an interview. The owner of a low-budget, ramshackle station in the California High Desert town of Joshua Valley is willing to talk with her. Brooke flies out for an interview and finds a small, remote town baking in one hundred degree-plus heat. The station owner is new to the television business and is unaware of her lawsuit and its fallout. The news staff, save for the News Director/Anchor, is young and inexperienced.
Her interview is interrupted when the owner learns his News Director/Anchor has been killed in a car accident. Brooke helps the shaken young news staff assemble and deliver the night’s newscast. Afterwards, the owner offers her the position of News Director/Anchor.
Brooke accepts, and starts the new chapter of her life in the isolated, occasionally harsh, and often baffling desert town of Joshua Valley.

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

WRITER/FILMMAKER BIO - Robert Haus is a former professional musician, he also worked for several years as an award-winning television news producer and reporter.  In 2019, he retired after a distinguished career as a Public Information Officer with the California Department of Transportation.  His magazine articles appeared in Flight Journal and the California Transportation Journal.  His first book, "Diminished, Resolving to Major" was published this year.  He lives in Oakland, California.

This event is only open to active SAG-AFTRA members in good standing (paid through April 30, 2025 or Oct. 31, 2025). No guests are allowed. Parents/guardians of performers under 18 years old are welcome.

ADA requests may be included on your RSVP form below. Please note that ADA requests must be received 72 hours before the start of the event.

It’s time to get together and enjoy the outdoors at the SAG-AFTRA Miami Local Spring Picnic. Join SAG-AFTRA members for lunch, refreshments, music and surprises!

When: Noon– 3 pm ET, Friday, May 9, 2025

Where: Greynolds Park
Shelter #3
17530 W. Dixie Highway
North Miami Beach, FL 33160
 

Parking is free.

Note: Bring your outdoor games and musical instruments to share with your colleagues.

*Admission: *Free for SAG-AFTRA members and up to two guests, additional guests are $10 each.

Please RSVP no later than May 7, 2025.

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 active SAG-AFTRA members in good standing (paid through April 30, 2025 or Oct. 31,2025). Parents/guardians of performers under 18 years old are welcome.

ADA requests may be included on your RSVP form below. Please note that ADA requests must be received 72 hours before the start of the event.

Please find a map of the park and the location of the Shelter #3 below:

SAG-AFTRA DFW members are invited to pre-reserve free tickets to the 55th Annual USA Film Festival! You can find the full schedule here.

When: Wednesday, April 23 - Sunday, April 27.

Where: Angelica Film Center Dallas, 5321 E Mockingbird Ln, Dallas, TX 75206.

RSVP: Call the Festival Office to reserve your tickets at 214.821.6300 (after 10:30 a.m. CT) or scan the QR code located at the top of the full schedule website.

ALL shows are FREE for SAG-AFTRA members!

The products and services noted herein are provided as an informational service to SAG-AFTRA members and are administered by entities independent of SAG-AFTRA. Any questions must be handled by the providers. This information is not intended to serve as an endorsement nor is any warranty or guarantee implied.

Thursdays Bi-weekly

Teacher: Mia Christo

This class will introduce acting terminology, screenwriting, and genre and how that affects acting for the camera. 
This course will help students begin to develop a personal preparation system for an on-camera role and introduce them to the business of film and television. Filled with a mix of science and artistry this class focuses on bringing your best for the camera, and learn basic set etiquette.

RSVP: The registration form for this class will open below on Monday, April 21. 

Please bring your SAG-AFTRA member ID card, or digital card in the Member App for admittance. 

If you have questions about the class or need to request an accommodation please email us at ny.conservatory@sagaftra.org. 

This workshop is not intended to imply an endorsement of any individual or company by SAG-AFTRA. Unless otherwise stated, the views expressed are those of the individual guests, not of SAG-AFTRA. The information provided through the workshop is given for informational purposes and may not be a suitable substitute for applicable professional advice. 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.

This event is only open to SAG-AFTRA NY Conservatory Members.

Weekly

Teacher: Robert Goodman

Via mainstream acting theories and techniques, proven exercises and improvisation, students are exposed to the stylish and technical demands of camera performance. With emphasis on the ensemble and exposure, today’s audition obligations, to understanding how multi-media training relates to a 21st century actor, we will explore, challenge, and apply the vernacular, etiquette, discipline, and nuance of acting, and note how the process of storytelling applies to the actor. 

RSVP: The registration form for this class will open below on Monday, April 21. 

Please bring your SAG-AFTRA member ID card, or digital card in the Member App for admittance. 

If you have questions about the class or need to request an accommodation please email us at ny.conservatory@sagaftra.org. 

This workshop is not intended to imply an endorsement of any individual or company by SAG-AFTRA. Unless otherwise stated, the views expressed are those of the individual guests, not of SAG-AFTRA. The information provided through the workshop is given for informational purposes and may not be a suitable substitute for applicable professional advice. 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.

This event is only open to SAG-AFTRA NY Conservatory Members.

Thursdays Bi-weekly

Teacher: Evan Bass

Have you been daunted by self-producing or are you an old hat? Self-Producing 101 will delve
into everything pre-production, production, and post-production to give you a template for how
to be prepared at each level of your filmmaking. Featuring Q&As at the end of each session,
bring your notepads and questions and get ready to create your own work!

PART 4: EVERY QUESTION, FROM EVERYWHERE, ALL AT ONCE

• Any and all Self-Producing questions.
   

Topics to be covered in future sessions:

PART 5: DAVINCI RESOLVE EDITING -- DIVE INTO THE EDIT

RSVP: The registration form for this class will open below on Monday, April 21. 

Please bring your SAG-AFTRA member ID card, or digital card in the Member App for admittance. 

If you have questions about the class or need to request an accommodation please email us at ny.conservatory@sagaftra.org. 

This workshop is not intended to imply an endorsement of any individual or company by SAG-AFTRA. Unless otherwise stated, the views expressed are those of the individual guests, not of SAG-AFTRA. The information provided through the workshop is given for informational purposes and may not be a suitable substitute for applicable professional advice. 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.

This event is only open to SAG-AFTRA NY Conservatory Members.

Wednesdays Bi-weekly

Teacher: Jill Stern

Through the lens of the self-tape audition, we'll focus on what you can do to bring your work to the next level. Please bring a TV/Film scene not more than 2 minutes in length (about 2 pages). Up to 8 participants will have the opportunity to work on a scene.

RSVP: The registration form for this class will open below on Monday, April 21. 

Please bring your SAG-AFTRA member ID card, or digital card in the Member App for admittance. 

If you have questions about the class or need to request an accommodation please email us at ny.conservatory@sagaftra.org. 

This workshop is not intended to imply an endorsement of any individual or company by SAG-AFTRA. Unless otherwise stated, the views expressed are those of the individual guests, not of SAG-AFTRA. The information provided through the workshop is given for informational purposes and may not be a suitable substitute for applicable professional advice. 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.

This event is only open to SAG-AFTRA NY Conservatory Members.

Weekly

Teacher: Jon Freda

Exercises for playing the purpose of a scene by focusing on choices in scripted and unscripted scenarios.

RSVP: The registration form for this class will open below on Monday, April 21. 

Please bring your SAG-AFTRA member ID card, or digital card in the Member App for admittance. 

If you have questions about the class or need to request an accommodation please email us at ny.conservatory@sagaftra.org. 

This workshop is not intended to imply an endorsement of any individual or company by SAG-AFTRA. Unless otherwise stated, the views expressed are those of the individual guests, not of SAG-AFTRA. The information provided through the workshop is given for informational purposes and may not be a suitable substitute for applicable professional advice. 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.

This event is only open to SAG-AFTRA NY Conservatory Members.