Casting

This class uses short scenes or monologues to develop an understanding of how to prepare for work on a film set, handle close-up and repeated takes, and access your emotional fullness. The class will also explore blocking scenes, repeating scenes for continuity, and combine artistic expression with technical precision. You may bring a monologue you know fully or have been working on or Darcy will give you a short scene to work with. Please also feel free to bring props or costume with your monologue if you would like to work with that on camera.

Class size: Up to 25 students

RSVP: Reservations are required. Please complete form below to RSVP. Please note that you must be logged in to RSVP. 
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• There is no charge for this event.
• Participants will be randomly selected from those who respond, with preference being given to those who have not attended Conservatory events within the past 3 months.
• As a courtesy to members on the waiting list, if you have reserved a space in this workshop and cannot attend, please cancel your reservation by Monday, September 23^rd. Failure to do so may result in the inability to attend future workshops.
• While we appreciate your enthusiasm to participate in conservatory classes, anyone who shows up without receiving written confirmation will not be granted access to the class. If you arrive late, it is up to the discretion of the teacher as to whether or not you will be admitted.

Please visit these links for more information about Darcy

• Bay Area Professional Actors Studio
• Facebook
• IMDb

Darcy Marta is an award-winning actor, director and producer — and an instructor for over 35 years. While she worked professionally as an actor in film and television she kept her roots alive in theater by directing, acting and producing shows in Los Angeles and New York City. She was an original member of the Friends and Artists Theatre Company in Los Angeles, and later the Artistic Director of the Inside Art Theatre Co. in New York City. Marta was also involved behind the camera in video production where she filmed live shows and documentaries for various production companies. She has taught acting in Los Angeles, the Bay Area and in New York City at the Lee Strasberg Institute and New York University.

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.

James Cagney Boardroom- Lobby Level
5757 Wilshire Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90036
Enter the parking structure via Curson Ave. or Masselin Ave. 
Parking will be validated.

When: 5 - 7 p.m., Friday, Aug. 23

As part of their Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion in Casting initiative, Casting Society of America is hosting a Senior Actors Town Hall in Los Angeles with support from the SAG-AFTRA National Seniors Committee. This current town hall is for a much-needed conversation about the inclusion of senior performers, and those 55+, to better access job opportunities.

The Casting Society of America’s Inclusion and Diversity Committee has been working on amazing programming including nationwide town halls for underrepresented communities in the media for the past several years.

Panelists will include: 

• Moderated by CSA President Russell Boast
• Tracy Lilienfield (Casting Director, Grace and Frankie)
• Julia Kim (Casting Director, Spa Night)
• Candace Stewart (Talent Agent, DDO Artists Agency)
• Tim Angle (Manager, Shelter Entertainment Group)
• CJ Jones (Actor, Baby Driver)
• Alma Martinez (Actor, The Terror)
• Danielle Kennedy (Actor, Ave. 43)
• Keone Young (Acotr, Deadwood: The Movie)

Light refreshments will be available.

About CSA Diversity & Inclusion
Casting Society of America is committed to increasing access to casting opportunities for actors who have been historically overlooked in the entertainment industry. In working with our creative and producing teams we will champion our core values of diversity and inclusion, by engaging in thoughtful and informed discussions and by introducing and advocating for qualified actors. CSA and its individual members are committed to doing our part to expand perceptions and to creating a rich fabric of representation in storytelling across all media that reflects our society. More information and previous town hall discussions can be seen here Facebook.com/CSAInclusionAndDiversity

Questions? Please contact the SAG-AFTRA EEO & Diversity Department at Diversity@sagaftra.org or (323) 549-6644.

RSVP: Reservations are required. Please complete form below to RSVP. Please note that you must be logged in to RSVP. Due to limited space, there will be an overflow room provided.

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Audio and video recording is not permitted, but written note taking is welcome.

RSVPs do not guarantee seating. These events are overbooked to compensate for no-shows.

This workshop is only open to paid-up SAG-AFTRA members in good standing. Unfortunately, no guests allowed. All performers under the age of 18 must be accompanied by their parent or legal guardian. SAG-AFTRA members, PLEASE BRING YOUR MEMBERSHIP CARD OR DIGITAL CARD ON YOUR APP (paid through October 31, 2019) 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. Panelists subject to change.

The self-taping trend can be both exciting when auditioning for roles when you’re not in town and daunting if you don’t know what is needed or expected. Whichever way you feel, this seminar is designed to help you capture your best performance with tips about equipment needed, lighting, sound, framing, readers and a demonstration of different setups.

The seminar will be led by SAG-AFTRA member Summer Selby. Drawing from her 29 years of experience as a film, TV, radio and industrial film actor, she will share steps you can take to improve your self-tape auditions and answer your questions.

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 meeting is only open to paid-up SAG-AFTRA members in good standing. Unfortunately, no guests allowed. Parents/guardians of younger performers under 18 years old are welcome. RSVP is requested for attendance. SAG-AFTRA members, please bring your membership card or digital card on the app (paid through October 31, 2019) for admittance.
 

James Cagney Boardroom- Lobby Level
5757 Wilshire Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90036
Parking will be validated.
Enter the parking structure via Curson Ave. or Masselin Ave. 

When: 7-9 p.m., Wednesday, July 31

You’ve been submitting self-tape audition after self-tape audition but not seeing the results desired. Does this sound familiar? Well, fear not! It probably isn’t your craft that needs work—it’s your self-taping skills! Attend this info-packed panel of casting directors who will deliver the 411 on what will make your headshot and audition stand out! You don’t need to spend a fortune to produce amazing self-taped auditions! Let us help you put your best foot forward.  

Questions? Please contact the Member Education Department at (323) 634-8277.

RSVP: Reservations are required. Please complete form below to RSVP. Please note that you must be logged in to RSVP. 
Seeing this on your app? Please click here to log into the website and RSVP. 

Audio and video recording is not permitted, but written note taking is welcome.

No late admittance. Doors will close at the beginning of the event. RSVPs do not guarantee seating. These events are overbooked to compensate for no-shows.

This workshop is only open to paid-up SAG-AFTRA members in good standing. Unfortunately, no guests allowed. All performers under the age of 18 must be accompanied by their parent or legal guardian. SAG-AFTRA members, PLEASE BRING YOUR MEMBERSHIP CARD OR DIGITAL CARD ON YOUR APP (paid through October 31, 2019) 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. Panelists subject to change.

The Hawaii Local is hosting an informal talk story session with the Sande Alessi casting team. Shayne Hartigan and the Sande Alessi team are providing background casting services for Hawaii 5-0 and Magnum PI. They will be available to meet our Union Performers and answer any questions. This is not an open call.

This meeting is only open to paid-up SAG-AFTRA members in good standing. Unfortunately, no guests allowed. Parents/guardians of younger performers under 18 years old are welcome. Please bring your membership card for admittance.

When: 5pm - 6:30pm, Monday July 1, 2018

Where: 521 Ala Moana Blvd. Homer Maxey Conference room, 2nd Floor

Honolulu, HI 96813

A location map for your reference or you can use google maps at: https://goo.gl/maps/6sakwTtKY6T2

Look for a street called “Channel St.” coming off Ala Moana Blvd. Turn “Makai” on Channel and then take the FIRST RIGHT after the parking lot. It’s easy to miss this right turn so look for a sign that says “HOMER A. MAXEY”! Drive past the sign and follow the road until it ends. Park and enter the glass doors. We’re upstairs.

RSVP is required for attendance. 

SAG-AFTRA members, please bring your membership card or digital card from the app (paid through 10-31-19) for admittance

RSVP: Reservations are required. Please complete form below to RSVP. Please note that you must be logged in to RSVP. 
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The SAG-AFTRA San Francisco-Northern California Conservatory presents a two-hour workshop on commercial auditioning. Learn to identify the specific actions that will help book the job. Bring a current headshot and resume and come camera ready.

RSVP: You must add your name to the wait-list to be randomly selected. Please complete the form below to RSVP. Please note that you must be logged in to RSVP. 
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• Participants will be randomly selected from those who respond, with preference being given to those who have not attended Conservatory events within the past 3 months.

• As a courtesy to members on the waiting list, if you have reserved a space in this workshop and cannot attend, please cancel your reservation by Monday, July 8. Failure to do so may result in the inability to attend future workshops.

• We appreciate your enthusiasm to participate in conservatory classes, anyone who shows up without receiving written confirmation will not be granted access to the class. If you arrive late, it is up to the discretion of the teacher as to whether or not you will be admitted.

• There is no charge for this event.

Shari Carlson coaches individuals within a group setting to become masters of their instrument. She has been involved in the entertainment business as an actor, director, casting director and producer for over 30 years in Hollywood and San Francisco. A successful entrepreneur, Shari is also the Creative Director and founder of the Best Actors (in a) Film Festival established in San Francisco. This niche festival is focused on rewarding talented actors for their creative performances. Shari has owned and operated the production company, Imaginative Productions, since 2006, producing award winning music videos, films and plays.

This workshop is only open to paid-up SAG-AFTRA members in good standing. Unfortunately, no guests allowed. Parents/guardians of performers under 18 years old are welcome. SAG-AFTRA members, PLEASE BRING YOUR MEMBERSHIP CARD OR DIGITAL CARD ON YOUR APP (paid through Oct. 31, 2019) 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 SAG-AFTRA San Francisco-Northern California Conservatory Presents: Voice coach Sally Clawson offering one-on-one training in this introductory voiceover workshop.

RSVP: Reservations are required. Please complete form below to RSVP. Please note that you must be logged in to RSVP. Seeing this on your app? Please click here to log into the website and RSVP. 

• Participants will be randomly selected from those who have registered online. Preference will be given to those who have not attended Conservatory events in the past 3 months.

• As a courtesy to members on the waiting list, if you have reserved a space in this workshop and cannot attend, please cancel your reservation before Friday, June 14. Failure to do so may result in the inability to attend future workshops.

• We appreciate your enthusiasm to participate in conservatory classes, anyone who shows up without receiving written confirmation will not be granted access to the class. If you arrive late, it is up to the discretion of the teacher as to whether or not you will be admitted.

• There is no charge for this event.

Sally Clawson, owner of Voice One Training, has over 20 years of experience as a voice teacher, speech coach, actor, and performer. A former professional dancer, Ms. Clawson toured internationally with the Margaret Jenkins Dance Company. After a hip injury, she took a day job answering phones, discovered her voice, and began studying at Voice One.

Sally now teaches classes and workshops in voice, acting, presenting and performing all over the Bay Area, including Berkeley Repertory School of Theater, Google Arts, and California Shakespeare Theater. In addition, Sally is a certified executive coach through the UC Berkeley Haas School of Business, and is the annual emcee at the Dreamforce conference hosted by Salesforce.

Sally’s voiceover performances include: Yoplait, Clorox, Toyota, Old Navy, McDonalds, Pixar, Apple, Google, Microsoft, EA Games, Telltale Games and Lucas Film to name a few.

This workshop 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 your digital card on your app for admittance, paid thru Oct. 31, 2019. 

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
 

SAG-AFTRA is inviting all members who work the SAG-AFTRA Television & Theatrical Contract to the upcoming San Francisco-Northern California Wages and Working Conditions Committee meeting.

Join your fellow members to discuss issues you’d like to see addressed in the upcoming Television & Theatrical Contracts negotiations. Your participation is vital!

RSVP: Please RSVP with Dee Dee Escobedo at deedee.escobedo@sagaftra.org if you wish to attend this Wages & Working Conditions meeting.

Attention members who are actively producing: SAG-AFTRA members who are actively producing cannot attend Wages & Working Conditions Committee meetings due to conflict of interest.

If you cannot attend a Wages & Working Conditions meeting, please make sure your voice is heard. You may submit proposal recommendations by email at wandw2019@sagaftra.org.  Recommendations must be received by Friday, May 24, 2019. All recommended proposals will be reviewed by the Wages and Working Conditions Committee.

Wages & Working Conditions Committee meetings are 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. Participation is limited only by fire department regulations. SAG-AFTRA members, please bring your membership card (paid through April 30 or October 31, 2019) for admittance.

Class Description: The Background Actors Onset Workshop will help to prepare the Background Performers for Principal Work. This workshop will cover "On-Set Exercises and Practical Scene Exercises." There will be a question and answer period to follow.

Note: Class size is limited to 20 participants max.

Participants will be randomly selected from those who respond, with preference being given to those who have not attended Conservatory events within the past 3 months.

As a courtesy to members on the waiting list, if you have reserved a space in this workshop and cannot attend, please cancel your reservation by Friday, May 10. Failure to do so may result in the inability to attend future workshops.

We appreciate your enthusiasm to participate in conservatory classes, but anyone who shows up without receiving written confirmation will not be granted access to the class. If you arrive late, it is up to the discretion of the teacher as to whether or not you will be admitted.

There is no charge for this event.

Directions/Parking: Public transportation is available (BART and MUNI – Walking distance from Montgomery Street Station). Street parking is also available in the immediate areas around the building.

Lucrecia Sarita Russo is a member of SAG-AFTRA and in her ninth year serving on the San Francisco-Northern California Local Conservatory Committee. Lucrecia majored in the performing arts at Santa Monica City College. She taught acting for “Deslie Cashman’s School of Dramatic Arts” and “The Russ Lewis School of Drama”. Her studies include online master classes with Jodie Foster and Ron Howard. Her experience includes personal performance as well as casting for film, theater, television, commercials and booking major musical artists nationwide.

Charlie Holliday is a member of SAG-AFTRA, former member of Actors' Equity Association, and is a working actor who has appeared in more than sixty movies and television programs. His recent credits include Clint Eastwood’s Hereafter and the Hallmark Movies of the Week The Christmas Card and Out of the Woods. Television credits include the mini-series Gone But Not Forgotten, Quantum Leap, General Hospital, and many more. In addition to his film and television work, Charlie has acted and directed in a wide range of stage productions. Charlie also teaches film and TV acting and directing and is owner/director of the Mosaic Acting Studio in Rancho Cordova, CA where he also conducts classes and has been voted Sacramento’s Outstanding Training Resource for Actors. He is a member of the Board of Directors of the San Francisco-Northern California Local of SAG-AFTRA, and is the union’s liaison with the Northern California film commissioners. Charlie is also a partner in Black-Holliday-Snow Productions.

Don Black is a SAG-AFTRA member and a highly skilled producer and director of photography with over 30 years television and movie shooting experience. Don has a talented eye for directing and blocking scenes and is able to save valuable time on the set with the actors and crew during principal photography. Don’s production experience makes him prepared to overcome challenges and meet goals every day on the set or during class room instruction.

This workshop 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 (paid through April 30, 2019 or October 31, 2019) for admittance.