In addition to being a working actor, Michael Bofshever has been recognized as a well-respected acting teacher in LA for thirty years with an ongoing scene study class. His book, Your Face Looks Familiar; Do I Know You? The Journey of the Working Actor, is being published by Heineman Press this Summer. SAG members will be enlightened by this discussion and come away with a sense of renewal and commitment to their chosen profession armed with the optimism and fortitude of knowing that the life of the working actor is an honorable and rewarding profession.

Michael will discuss topics including:

What it means to be an actor

Making the transition from struggling artist to working actor

Pleasant and Persistent

Applying training to your work in the professional world

Audition Tools

Rejection and Fear--Opportunities or Obstacles

Guest starring on half-hour and episodic television

Going to Network and becoming a series regular

Actor empowerment when \'in-between\' jobs

The life of the Working Actor