On Nov. 6, 2024, SAG-AFTRA New England partnered with the Roxbury International Film Festival and the Secret Society of Black Creatives Actors Forum members, along with SAG-AFTRA members David J. Curtis, Liz Eng, Naheem Garcia and Andrea Lyman for an actors prep workshop. The event, held at Hibernian Hall in Roxbury, Massachusetts, was electric and energizing, featuring lots of vocal techniques, tongue twisters, physical warmups and improvisational games! Members of the public as well as local SAG-AFTRA New England members were invited. Actors broke out in smiles and sweat participating in exercises to prepare for auditions, callbacks and filming.
Lead instructor Naheem Garcia discussed the performer’s four instruments — voice, body, imagination and text — and how actors use these tools to create believable performances. At the end of the session, Garcia led participants in a closing circle where they shared their mutual interests in more learning, networking and collaboration.
Photo: SAG-AFTRA members Harold Rudolph, Eve Costarelli, Tony Ionno and Rick Dumont make connections at the Nov. 6 Actors Prep Workshop.
Participants in the Actors Prep Workshop take a class photo.
SAG-AFTRA member Pamela Shaddock, front, leads a team of three participants in an improvisational activity at the Actors Prep Workshop.
SAG-AFTRA members Tessa Diaz and Nahaem Garcia work together on an exercise.
SAG-AFTRA member Angela Dello Russo, left, has fun with her team in an improvisational activity at the Actors Prep Workshop.
New England Local President Andrea Lyman works on an improvisational activity at the Actors Prep Workshop.
Secret Society of Black Creatives Actors Forum members and SAG-AFTRA members David J. Curtis and Liz Eng.
From left, SAG-AFTRA members Jessica O’Donnell, Harold Rudolph and Tessa Diaz laugh while participating in a movement exercise.
SAG-AFTRA member Eve Costarelli is active in an improvisational activity at the Actors Prep Workshop.
Participants in the Actors Prep session participate in a closing circle.
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