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Philadelphia Local members are invited to a FREE workshop at the Philly local office on Monday, April 7, from 6-7:30 p.m. Space is limited to 15 guests, so reserve your seat early!
Meditation for Actors — A Practical Approach
In this interactive workshop, SAG-AFTRA member Parlan McGaw will share potent and practical
tools adapted from the meditative tradition that can help you connect more deeply with
yourself and your emotional truth and bring more of yourself to all the work you do.
In this interactive workshop, SAG-AFTRA member Parlan McGaw will show us how meditation
can be a potent and practical tool for us as actors. Meditation helps you connect more deeply
with yourself, and it cultivates an open state of mind that is both creative and receptive.
In this workshop, you’ll learn the practice of mindfulness-awareness meditation, and with that
ground we’ll begin to apply it specifically to acting. Parlan will lead us in dynamic exercises —
including a simple on-the-spot practice that connects actors to an inner source of confidence
and is a powerful antidote to audition nerves and stage fright.
Whether you’re new to meditation or have long experience on the cushion, the techniques
you’ll learn this evening will help you in auditions, on the set, and riding the ups and downs of
the business.
About Parlan McGaw
Parlan McGaw (SAG-AFTRA, AEA) has been helping others to explore the creative interplay
between acting and meditation since 2005. He has taught Meditation for Actors at Villanova
University, the Michael Chekhov Acting Studio in New York, the Hudson Valley Shakespeare
Festival, Shantigar Foundation, and the Michael Howard Studios in New York. A meditation
instructor in the Shambhala tradition, Parlan has acted with the New York Shakespeare Festival,
the Old Globe Theatre, Virginia Stage Company, and other theatres in New York and regionally,
and he made his film debut in Todd Haynes’s Poison. www.MeditationforActors.com
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This event is only open to active SAG-AFTRA members in good standing (paid through April 30, 2025). No guests are allowed. Parents/guardians of performers under 18 years old are welcome.
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