Photos: Staging the Screen Actors Guild Awards

Stage crew lift a Screen Actors Guild Awards statue euring show preparations.

Seat cards used for rehearsals are ready to be placed at the 23rd annual Screen Actors Guild Awards kickoff: the Red Carpet Roll-Out & Gala Behind-the-Scenes event.

Large versions of the Screen Actors Guild Awards statues appear to be watching preparations for the show on Sunday.

Missi Pyle from “Captain Fantastic� signs her seat card used for rehearsals at the 23rd Screen Actors Guild Awards kickoff event.

Red carpet at the ready at the Shrine Auditorium for the Screen Actors Guild Awards.

Friday’s Screen Actors Guild Awards Ceremony kickoff, the Red Carpet Roll-Out & Gala Behind-the-Scenes event, featured, from left, SAG Awards Committee Vice Chair Daryl Anderson, SAG Awards Executive Producer Kathy Connell, actor Jason George of the SAG Awards Committee, Missi Pyle from “Captain Fantastic,� Marcus Scribner from “black-ish,� actress Jurnee Smollett-Bell and SAG committee member Shelley Fabares.

Jason George, left, Missi Pyle and Marcus Scribner imitate the pose of the SAG Awards actor statue.

Large versions of the Screen Actors Guild Awards statues before being placed on stage for the Sunday show.