The Portland Local Conservatory would like to invite you to a special one-day actors event. Acting classes, a panel with franchised agents, dialects, and MORE!
Headshots: Photographer(s) will be available on-site doing 15 minute sessions with One look and ONE edit for an additional $50. If interested, invitees must pay the photographer directly prior to the session. Please contact portland@sagaftra.org for more information. Reservations with the photographers will be made on a first-come, first-serve basis.
Cost: $25 for SAG-AFTRA Members. $50 for Non-Members.
RSVP TWO-STEP PROCESS: Fill out the form below to reserve your spot by Friday, April 26 at 5 p.m. PT and CLICK HERE to make your payment.
Schedule of Events
8:30am CHECK IN
9:00am - 9:50 am STATE OF THE INDUSTRY (with Tim Williams, Berk Nelson, Elyse Taylor)
10am-10:50am CLASS "The Craft" with Kristina Haddad
11am-12pm FRANCHISED AGENT PANEL (with Harris Talent, Actors in Action, Option, and TMM)
- We will have an option to either email or a drop off physical headshot/resume into a box made for each agent to take home at the end of the day
12pm LUNCH
12:30pm NEW MEMBER ORIENTATION (during lunch)
1pm-1:50pm CLASS "Accent Acquisition in Theory and Practice!" with Mary Mac
2pm-2:50pm SET ETIQUETTE: Panel discussion on what to expect on set and set etiquette.
3pm-3:50pm CLASS "Acting on Camera" with Scott Rogers
4pm-4:50pm "BREAKING THROUGH BACKGROUND!"
- What to expect and what is expected of professional background actors on set.
5pm- 5:50pm CLASS "Rediscovering your sense of Play" with Brooke Totman
6pm EVENT CONCLUDES
Description of Classes:
Kristina Haddad -The Craft
Class will work on how to create truthful, organic work and bring yourself to the part. Really digging into the process so this would be up on its feet doing various exercises and breaking down material to allow for a truthful performance
Mary Mac - Accent Acquisition in Theory and Practice!
“An actor with five accents is five actors.” This workshop is an introduction in learning how to learn dialects and accents. We will cover the Four Pillars of dialect acquisition, and put theory to practice by learning an accent in real time. Attendees will be provided an online folder of accent acquisition assets, along with an asset folder of the target accent practiced. Taught by Mary McDonald-Lewis, an internationally-known dialect coach and skilled instructor who loves sharing her passion for accents, dialects… and helping actors grow their team from one… to at least five!
Scott Rogers - Acting on Camera
We’ll cover many aspects of acting on camera, including addressing the most common mistakes actors make. We’ll do fun, one-of-a-kind exercises that: improve your ability to split your focus, help you see only what you need to see, learn dialogue amazingly fast, and exercises that simply help you act better on camera. These are all very important for actors on TV and in movies.
Brooke Totman - Rediscovering your sense of Play
This workshop will focus on tapping back into the joyful, playful side of the craft, a side that is often lost to the serious side of business. When we fall back in love with the process—have more fun doing what we love to do, we bring that energy to the audition room, book more jobs and feel better about the work we’re doing.
Parents/guardians of performers under 18 years old are welcome.
Please note that ADA requests must be received 72 business hours before the start of the event.