Join us for the 18th session of the Syracuse Actors Studio on Monday, August 11th 7-10PM, which will be Actors Roundtable with Asa Rogers!
Many of us have seen videos of famous actors discussing acting, sharing tips, tricks, advice, and anecdotes. Our own SAS member Asa Rogers thought it would be beneficial to do that amongst ourselves- and we agreed!
We will be at our home in the McCarthy Mercantile, the lower level of Wildflowers Armory! The address is 217 South Salina Street, Syracuse, NY 13202: on the corner of South Salina and East Fayette, right in the Heart of Downtown Syracuse. Wildflowers is closed Mondays, so we will enter through Jamaica Cuse, a Caribbean Restaurant that shares the same building. We will have a sign out front and Joe will be there in the beginning to welcome everyone and steer traffic. Feel free to buy food & drinks from our friends at Jamaica Cuse!
We will have two different performances: a monologue by SAS favorite, the bravest among us, Anqi Geng and also a special treat, a one act play “Compatible” starring legendary actors John Triana and Julia Jaremko, directed by SAS member Jay Merante, the Third Man of SAS if you will.
For the roundtable, we will watch a video of a famous actors’ roundtable discussion, then Asa will explain the exercise and break us up into small groups with a questionnaire to be used as a conversation starter; then after a half hour we will return to the group to share what we learned.
For our exercises, Joe will lead us in a vocal warm up Viola Davis uses, followed by a SAS favorite, improv with Laura Stisser.
As always, at the end we will have a small amount of time for announcements if anyone wants to plug a show, announce casting, or the like; with time after to network and socialize.
We will return to one of our favorite pastimes: SAS After Hours with Jay Merante of Jay Merante Comedy, please like & subscribe! It’s always a lot of fun and we encourage anyone who wants to stay after to join in the improv comedy to do so.
We will as always have a hat out for donations. Half of the donations go to our host, and half to SAS for supplies.
Also, a special request from our host, the Great Michael John Heagerty is developing an exciting new space upstairs from us: a coffee shop with a retro/hip vibe and needs couches, side tables, chairs, VHS tapes, DVDs, vinyl records- anything along those lines. For bigger items text a pic to him via Joe (315-863-9407) first. Smaller stuff just bring with. Let’s try to bring a ton to surprise him as a gift for hosting us!
Waters and snacks are provided!
We will meet at 7PM at Wildflowers lower level/The McCarthy Mercantile to socialize until we begin. Someone will be at the front entrance to greet you approx. 6:30/45 PM until around 7:15. Anyone lost, or if you need assistance or an escort, please call/text Joe Cunningham 315-863-9407.
Street parking at this time is free after 6PM.
Syracuse Actors Studio is always a free monthly meetup for actors where we learn from and practice acting with each other. Actors of all experience levels are encouraged to attend! Filmmakers, writers, playwrights, producers, casting agents, and observers are welcome as well.
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