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Attend a Free Screening and Q&A with 'The Americans'!

Backstage and the SAG Foundation invite you and a guest to attend a screening of the FX show "The Americans," followed by a Q&A with actor Noah Emmerich. The event will take place Friday, June 21, at 2 p.m.

Upcoming Auditions: June 20-July 18

Our weekly "Auditions at a Glance" calendars conveniently organize projects by the date and day-of-the-week that the projects' auditions are taking place, to help you schedule your plans.

Regional Auditions at a Glance: June 20-July 18

The following "Auditions at a Glance" calendar conveniently organizes projects by the date and day-of-the-week that the projects' auditions are taking place, to help you schedule your plans.

California Auditions at a Glance: June 20-July 18

The following "Auditions at a Glance" calendar conveniently organizes projects by the date and day-of-the-week that the projects' auditions are taking place, to help you schedule your plans.

New York Auditions at a Glance: June 20-July 18

The following "Auditions at a Glance"calendar conveniently organizes projects by the date and day-of-the-week that the projects' auditions are taking place, to help you schedule your plans.

Casting Directors Push Lawmakers To Uncap Pennsylvania’s Tax Incentive Program

Casting directors in Pennsylvania are pushing lawmakers to lift a cap on the state’s film and television tax credit program, which proponents claim could bring more unionized entertainment industry jobs to the state.Most of the work available to actors in the commonwealth is nonunion despite several high-profile film ...

SAG Foundation Nets $25K Donation

The Screen Actors Guild Foundation announced the creation of the Beki Pastor Fund, which will provide financial support for the foundation’s programming.

King of Reality TV Mark Burnett Ventures Into Scripted Programming

The man who practically invented reality TV with “Survivor” broke viewership records with his miniseries “The Bible,” but he says the casting processes for both are remarkably similar.

SAG-AFTRA Presidential Field Shapes Up As Ken Howard Confirms He’ll Run Again

The SAG-AFTRA presidential leadership field shaped up Thursday with incumbent Ken Howard and a challenger announcing their intentions to run. Howard, who told Backstage in April he was "inclined" to run, confirmed his interest Thursday. “It’s my inclination because it assures a certain continuity,” he said in a recent ...

Nevada Puts $20 Million Down on Film and TV Tax Credits

Thanks to Nicolas Cage, more film and TV productions could be leaving California. The "Leaving Las Vegas" actor, who lives in Sin City, helped lobby for the passage of the Nevada Motion Picture Jobs Creation Act, which Gov. Brian Sandoval (R) signed into law this week.