Mar 04, 2024 - 4:00 PM to 6:00 PM CST
Where: The Kaufherr Center (KRC) - 1 E. Erie, Suite 660, Chicago IL
The SAG-AFTRA Chicago Conservatory presents
"NEW YEAR - NEW YOU!: Body, Brain, Business!"
This three-part series is designed to get you feeling grounded, thinking positively and running your creative career like a business! Join all the sessions or pick and choose those most appealing to you.
All Events are scheduled to be IN PERSON at The Kaufherr Center (1 E Erie, Suite 660)
PART 3: BUSINESS
Monday, March 4, 6 - 8pm
This two part event will be jam-packed with must have info!
Part 1:
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!
Sarafina Vecchio is a former VP of Marketing and Sales turned SAG-AFTRA actor. For two decades she co-owned and operated her family’s manufacturing company, while simultaneously performing and modeling in Chicago and on both coasts. She is now a full time actor, director, VO artist, and educator. She credits her success in her second career to the skills she learned in her first! Helping fellow performers develop the skills and focus needed to succeed in an ever changing (and sometimes lonely) business is what she loves to do!
www.SarafinaVecchio.com Part 2:
Michael McCracken joins us to help you figure out some of the biggest actor challenges, such as:
- How to make the most of your online casting profiles
- Understanding where you fit in the market
- Best practices for building a great working relationship with your agent
- Building your network and expanding your reach (without being over pushy and feeling icky).
- And Of Course...what to do when things are a little too slow.
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
RSVP: Reservations are required. Please complete the form below to RSVP; you must be logged in to RSVP.
This event is only open to paid-up SAG-AFTRA members in good standing (paid thru April 30, 2024 or in compliance with the November 2023 dues extension program).
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 business hours before the start of the event.
