Your Los Angeles Local Committees have been busy in the last several months. Check out some of their highlights below:
L.A. Local Background Actors Committee
The Background Committee held a series of virtual and in-person casting director panels. The last panel was held in November with Alessi Hartigan Casting. The committee is currently working with staff on educational material for members, including contract bulletins and videos. The committee will also be hosting several more casting director panels along with mixers and a game night coming soon!
L.A. Local Communications Committee
The Communications Committee is excited to launch Los Angeles Local Committee Highlights. This will be a regular article that will allow members to learn how committees are working on their behalf throughout the year. Be sure to follow the Los Angeles Local Facebook page, where the committee strives to find creative ways to add contract and member education on L.A. Local social media platforms.
L.A. Local Conservatory Committee
The Los Angeles Conservatory held over 200 programming events last year, including bringing back the highly anticipated Intensive Weekend, and has already hosted over 50 events this year. It continues to host monthly Actors Evenings while staying committed to providing intimate communities through small classes and series-based workshops. To learn more about the Conservatory and to enroll, click here.
L.A. Local Dancers Committee
The Dancers Committee was excited to be able to sponsor and attend the World Choreography Awards this past November. Following the fabulous event, the committee held a contract education workshop in December. Currently, the committee is working with staff on a handbook and several contract bulletins for members. The committee is also looking forward to welcoming L.A. Local dancer members to its next event on April 29!
L.A. Local Host Committee
The Host Committee welcomed members to SAG-AFTRA headquarters with festive cheer for the Holiday Open House in December. The committee followed the open house with its signature event in February, the SAG Awards viewing party and looks forward to hosting events later this year to engage the entire Los Angeles membership.
L.A. Local Health Care Safety Net Committee
In light of the Los Angeles County wildfires in January, the Health Care Safety Net Committee worked hard to provide a mental health panel and blood drive for those who were impacted. The committee is excited to continue its work with an upcoming mini-health fair as well as other events in the coming months.
If you are still in need of resources due to the wildfires, please visit the SAG-AFTRA Foundation.
L.A. Local MORE Committee
The MORE Committee is prioritizing membership engagement and education for the Los Angeles Local. In November, the committee held an episodic director’s panel with a follow-up with casting directors and associates in February. The committee also held its first table read of the year in February and first in-person orientation revamped as New Member Welcome: Navigating Your Union Membership in March. Character and niche workshops have also been held in the last few months. Continued work is being done in the realm of educating on self-tape guidelines and reporting as well as inter-union engagement.
To sign up for an in-person new member orientation or virtual orientation, check out the Events Calendar.
L.A. Local Military Committee
The Military Committee held a panel for veterans in the fall and looks forward to holding another panel and mixer in the coming months.
To receive updates on Los Angeles Local military events and programming, please email lamilitary@sagaftra.org.
L.A. Local New Technology Committee
The New Technology Committee has been engaging in discussions about A.I., new and emerging technology and the union, presenting several proposals geared toward the protection and advancement of the membership.
L.A. Local NextGen Performers Committee
The NextGen Performers Committee ended 2024 with its signature Halloween Mixer. The committee is excited to continue its engagement throughout the remainder of 2025 through panels, mixers and small group activities such as hiking.
L.A. Local Organizing Committee
The Organizing Committee has continued its support of labor actions throughout Los Angeles. The committee jumped into action with volunteer efforts for disaster relief after the wildfires and looks forward to Stamp Out Hunger, a food donation event with the letter carriers in May.
To receive updates on Los Angeles Local volunteer efforts, please email movela@sagaftra.org.
L.A. Local Radio Plays Committee
The Radio Plays Committee hosted its annual holiday program in December. The committee is currently working on its next show, which will be at the Autry Museum of the American West in June.
L.A. Local Sexual Harassment Prevention Committee
The Sexual Harassment Prevention Committee partnered with the National Sexual Harassment Prevention Committee to host a trauma and resilience workshop from the company Echo at SAG-AFTRA headquarters in February. The committee continues to find ways to educate members on reporting and resources.
L.A. Local Singers Committee
The Singers Committee is working to bring awareness on contractual information regarding its specific category throughout the entertainment industry.
L.A. Local Stand-In/Rehearsal Actors Committee
The Stand-In/Rehearsal Actors Committee has continued to work on ways to educate the membership and raise awareness for their community through the development of proposals for each new contract.
There are 33 Los Angeles Local Committees. To learn more about each committee and their programming, please visit About Our Local. To find the events they will be hosting, visit the L.A. Local Events page.
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Clockwise from top left, casting director Sande Alessi, National Background Performers Committee Chair Ron Ostrow and casting director Shayne Hartigan talk with members of the Los Angeles Local background community.
From left, L.A. Local MORE Committee member Laura Linda Bradley and directors Mary Lou Belli, Eric Dean Seaton and Jes Macallan tell stories about being episodic directors on set.
From left, National Director, Music Kristina Gorbacsov; Senior Lead Business Representative, Music Janée Lynch; and L.A. Local Dancers Committee Chair Anthony Marciona lead a contracts workshop for L.A. Local members who work as dancers under SAG-AFTRA agreements.
2023 TV/Theatrical strike captains reunite at the Los Angeles Local Holiday Open House on Dec. 17.
SAG-AFTRA members and staff join the L.A. Federation of Labor for its 2025 MLK Day Breakfast Celebration.
Speakers on the “You Are Not Alone: A Mental Health Panel” on Jan. 21, 2025, top row from left, SAG-AFTRA Los Angeles Local Health Care Safety Net Committee’s Mental Health Subcommittee Co-Chair Sean Astin; Secretary-Treasurer Joely Fisher; and Vice President, Los Angeles & L.A. Local President Jodi Long; bottom row, from left, therapist and author Claire Bidwell Smith; television personality and author Amanda Kloots; National Council for Mental Wellbeing Client Experience Officer Tramaine El-Amin; grief expert and author David Kessler; grief counselor Angela Schellenberg; author and activist Marianne Williamson and Rabbi Steve Leder.
L.A. Local SAG-AFTRA members volunteer at the Labor Community Services warehouse packing food boxes for distribution sites.
SAG-AFTRA member Michael D. Cohen observes and critiques a scene during "Creating Characters for TV/Film," a class held at SAG-AFTRA Plaza on Feb. 5.
From left, Brian Sutow, Emily Cook, Abby Gruenewald, SAG-AFTRA member Laura Linda Bradley, Skyler Zurn and Chloë Curran participate in a panel on casting directors and associates.
L.A. Local members engage in a table read at SAG-AFTRA Plaza with members of the CSA and WGA.
The L.A. Local Host Committee holds the much-anticipated SAG Awards viewing party at American Legion Hollywood Post 43.
From left, SAG-AFTRA National Sexual Harassment Prevention Committee Co-Chair & L.A. Local Sexual Harassment Prevention Committee Co-Vice Chair Caitlin Dulany, Los Angeles Local President Jodi Long, SAG-AFTRA member Pamela Guest, and Echo Executive Director Louise Godbold pose at SAG-AFTRA Plaza for the Echo trauma and resilience training.
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