NEW YEAR, NEW YOU, Part 3: BUSINESS

Where: The Kaufherr Center (KRC) - 1 E. Erie, Suite 660, Chicago IL

 

This two part event will be jam-packed with must have info!

 

Learn how to organize and maintain a daily discipline to run a successful small business (your acting career) without wearing yourself thin. Sarafina Vecchio will guide us through marketing basics, basic incorporation and tax tips, how to create Accounts Payable/Receivable organization, forecasting, scheduling, and staying agile (and calm) when plans change. If you want to recognize what business skills you already have and better understand how to put them to your advantage, this is the session for you!
 

Michael McCracken is the Founder and Artistic Director of Vagabond School of the Arts in Chicago. He has been in the professional entertainment industry for over 20 years in multiple different capacities. Before founding Vagabond School he was a tv/film, commercial and theatrical Talent Agent in Chicago (Grossman & Jack Talent, Shirley Hamilton Talent). As an acting teacher and coach, he brings his experience as a freelance casting session director (Simon Casting, The Cast Station), SAG-AFTRA Actor (Chicago Med, Hyundai, Lunchables), improviser and musician. He has worked with thousands of actors through Vagabond School, pushing his student’s careers forward by teaching an on-camera technique that he created. He also provides business coaching for actors as someone who has worked professionally on all 3 sides of the acting business (Agent, Casting, Actor). Michael has also been asked to teach Master Classes at DePaul, Columbia, Loyola, University of Illinois Chicago, North Central College and Millikin University. He can be found at vagabondschool.com