#AdsGoUnion Visits NYU Graduate Acting Students

Outreach to educational institutions and training programs continues to be a top priority for the #AdsGoUnion team. Member leaders Josh Evans and Erin Fritch, along with staff members Angelica Criscuolo and Adam Green, met with third–year students of NYU’s MFA acting program on Feb. 10. The discussion centered on commercial agents, the benefits of shooting union commercials, the downsides of shooting non-union ones and how SAG-AFTRA protects members in their careers. Other discussion highlights included the “Tale of the Hamburger Spitbucket” — when commercials performers have to repeatedly bite food on multiple takes — and the difference between product categories that could preclude members from doing similar work.