Chicago

The Chicago Local is inviting members to join their EEO & Diversity Committee. 

What:    EEO & Diversity Committee

When:  Thursday, Sept. 13, 6.p.m

Where:  SAG-AFTRA
1 E. Erie
Suite 650 
Chicago, IL  60611

If you are interested in planning and working on events and initiatives presented by this committee, please RSVP to kathy.byrne@sagaftra.org. If you are interested in serving, but not available on Sept. 13, please email Kathy Byrne as well.

Celebrate solidarity, the union way!  

The SAG-AFTRA Chicago Local is proud to partner with The Chicago Federation of Labor in the parade.

When: 11 a.m., Saturday, Sept. 1        

Where: The two-mile route begins at E. 112 Street on Ewing Avenue, near Eggers Grove, and ends at Calumet Park.

The Southeast Side Labor Day Parade is a very old tradition honoring labor unions and communities of working-class families that are the foundation of the United States. Parade participants not only consist of unions, but also businesses, nonprofits and schools.

For more information on becoming an official walker, please contact Jolene Jones at jolene.jones@sagaftra.org or (312) 867-5507.

If you can’t be a walker, we still need you! Please come and show your support along the parade route. After the parade, the Friends of Labor will host their annual Labor Day Festival in Calumet Park. 

For more details about the parade or the festival, please click here or visit The Chicago Friends of Labor Facebook page by clicking here.

10th Ward Labor Day Parade, here we come!

SAG-AFTRA Chicago Local members and their families have been invited to join the Chicago Federation of Labor (CFL) as walkers in the 10th Ward’s annual Parade on Saturday, Sept. 1. There is no walker limit. The route is two miles and starts from E. 112th Street on Ewing Avenue, near Eggers Grove. It then heads north Ewing Avenue towards E. 100th Street and turns into Calumet Park. Parade starts at 11 a.m. to 1p.m. After the parade, the Friends of Labor Festival begins. For more parade/festival information, please visit aldssg.com/laborparade.

Do we have any volunteers? If you are interested in walking with SAG-AFTRA/CFL please contact Jolene Jones at jolene.jones@sagaftra.org to sign up.
 

You may know how to act, but do you know how to not act?   

You are invited to attend this free workshop introduction to No Acting Please, the Eric Morris System. The book of the same name was referenced on Inside the Actor's Studio by actor Johnny Depp, the forward written by veteran method actor Jack Nicholson and is a resource used in colleges, universities and acting schools around the world. It's a method-based system that teaches the actor to experience personal reality rather than “act.”  

In addition to the introduction, attendees will have the opportunity to participate and be coached one-on-one using the tools and techniques of the Morris System by Adam Christopher Veasman.  He is one of the few coaches that have been directly endorsed by Eric Morris to teach this comprehensive system and has taught the system at one of the acting schools here in Chicago. 

He has worked both sides of the camera, is a member of SAG-AFTRA for more than 20 years in both the Chicago and L.A. markets and has casting experience as a Session Director for O’Connor Casting.

The comprehensive Morris System of No Acting Please has all of the method with none of the madness. Come see for yourself what No Acting Please is all about and learn to Be the role, not act it.

When: 6 - 8 p.m., Monday, September 10
 
Where: KMRC                                                
1 E. Erie, Suite 660
Chicago, IL 60611
RSVP to kathy.byrne@sagaftra.org.

Park at 10 East Ontario. Enter on the north side of Ontario between Wabash and State, and then take a ticket. When you sign in, you may purchase a four-hour ticket for $13 cash, $14 Visa, MasterCard or American Express payment. You will need both tickets to exit the parking structure.
 
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. SAG-AFTRA members, please bring your membership card or digital card on the app (paid through Oct. 31, 2018) 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.
 

Michelle Bradley will conduct this interactive seminar on how to use an Ear prompter.  Ear prompter work is a special skill that needs to be practiced often to make it look as effortless as it needs to on-camera, or to a live audience.  This Conservatory will give you the tools to perfect this skill.  

What is Ear prompter?  Ear prompter is most commonly used in industrial videos and trade show presentations.  The script is recorded to a device and played a second or two in advance of the performer speaking.

Please bring a recording device (iPhone works) and ear buds.  You will be given copy to record, and then have the opportunity to get instruction from Michelle in front of the rest of the class.

When: 6 - 8 p.m., Thursday, August 23
 
Where: KMRC                                                
1 E. Erie, Suite 660
Chicago, IL 60611
RSVP to kathy.byrne@sagaftra.org or 312-867-5508.
 
Park at 10 East Ontario. Enter on the north side of Ontario between Wabash and State, and then take a ticket. When you sign in, you may purchase a four-hour ticket for $13 cash, $14 Visa, MasterCard or American Express payment. You will need both tickets to exit the parking structure.
 
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. SAG-AFTRA members, please bring your membership card or digital card on the app (paid through Oct. 31, 2018) 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 Chicago Local Senior Radio Players present their recreation of the classic radio show The Farmer’s Daughter on Thursday, Aug. 9, at 7 p.m. Doors open at 6 p.m. at the Claudia Cassidy Theater at the Chicago Cultural Center, 77 East Randolph Street (at Michigan Ave.). Admission is free.

The Senior Radio Players, a subcommittee of the SAG-AFTRA Chicago Local Seniors Committee, are legendary in Chicago for performing old classic radio shows to standing-room-only crowds. The Farmer’s Daughter is one of the original romantic comedies of the ’40s, starring Loretta Young and Joseph Cotton.