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Scene Around Adjusting Your Set: SeriesFest Season 9 SAG-AFTRA joined other television industry movers and shakers at SeriesFest: Season 9 in Denver. From May 5–10, performers, creatives and industry leaders in attendance at the annual festival came together to talk about the TV landscape and attend live readings, screenings and other events to get a sneak peek at new ideas being created for the small screen. MARC PISCOTTY/SERIESFEST BEAR GUTIERREZ/ SERIESFEST From left, Disabilities Making Their Mark in Hollywood: What More Needs to Be Done? panelists and actors Lauren "Lolo" Spencer, Sue Ann Pien and Madison Tevlin with panel moderator and RespectAbility Entertainment & News Media Director Lawon Exum. BEAR GUTIERREZ/ SERIESFEST As part of the SeriesFest Storyteller's Initiative contest, SAG-AFTRA and Wondaland Pictures hosted a reading of Soul City during the festival. Written by veteran screenwriter Lori Webster Fore and actor-director Denzel Whitaker, the live show had a number of union members present to participate, including Jocko Sims, Kristen Adele, Kent Faulcon, Peter Katona, Sheryl McCallum, Juan Mendoza Solis, Raleigh Cain and Washington Kirk. State of the Industry panelists, from left, SAG-AFTRA National Executive Director Duncan Crabtree-Ireland; Propagate Content Chairman & Co-CEO Ben Silverman; ColorCreative Management President Talitha Watkins; and BBC Studios Managing Director, Scripted Mark Linsey on May 8.