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I’m about to begin my first job as an actor for a professional stage. What should be my next steps? by limbo_timbo • last post Jan 6th
I will be going on a national tour with a professional Theatre company as a paid actor. This is my first professional role. Once I complete the tour, what sort of doors will have opened to me as someone with a professional gig on my resume? Should I consider joining a union? I’m unsure about this because I do not know if I have a strong enough resume (for auditioning after joining). I do not have much Theatre education either. Should I consider doing unified auditions? Again, not sure if I’m qualified because I did not receive a Theatre degree. I just want to know what might change, if anything at all, after I have officially worked for a professional company as opposed to a community/local theater. Any advice is welcome. Thanks!
Classes or Coach? by Lmcuster • last post Jan 6th
For some time now I have been interested in becoming a voice actor. I already have a good recording space and equipment, but I'm not sure where to start. This leads me to the title. I have 0 acting experience. Never taken a class in school or with a group. The closest I have ever been to the stage is singing Hamilton in the shower. I have heard that improv classes are great, and somehow there is an in-person one 15 minutes away that meets twice a month, so I will sign up for that. But then I come to the conundrum of taking a class or working with a coach first. On top of that, some people have recommended taking general acting classes first, which I guess would come before acting classes. So is the proper way to do it, classes, then coach, or should I even work with both at the same time?
getting started by 3921onoal • last post Jan 6th
my childhood dream was always to become an actor and i really want to get started. i live in oc, california- next to LA- and i dont know where to begin. do you begin with school? do you begin with classes? any classes? where do you sign up. i really want to start somewhere but i just need some direction so i dont waste my time and money somewhere completely random
Got a co-star role, but the show's website says "guest" ... That's still a co-star role by VoiceOverAndMocapGuy • last post Jan 6th
I only had two lines. In my opinion, that's a co-star role, but the show's official website and credits say "guest." What would you consider this and what would you label it as on your actor resume? Thanks everyone.
Voice acting project help by Professional-Meal753 • last post Jan 6th
Before I ask the question, let me explain what I am trying to do first. I just thought of an interesting project I can work on. I recently read the Princess Evangile visual novel. After reading it I through, I just had a brilliant idea. Since the visual novel has Japanese voices, I thought it would be cool if there is a dubbed version of it. The reason why it will be cool if there is a dubbed version isn’t because I dislike the Japanese voices, I really liked them. The reason why I want a dubbed version is because it would be interesting hearing the character portrayals in English. I always wondered how each character would sound in English as well. There are many issues, and roadblocks in this idea as you can imagine. The first question is would I have to ask Mangagamer (The company responsible for the publishing of the visual novel) for permission first? The thing is if I decide to do this project I wouldn’t know where to start, and the steps to accomplish for me to reach my goal. Is it even possible to make this happen? Here are some of the many questions I need help addressing. How to find voice actors? How expensive would it even be to hire voice actors? Is there a cheaper alternative than hiring professional voice actors? Where on the internet should I go for even more help about the production? What steps do I have to do to make this a reality? I just need these questions answers because quite frankly I do not even know where to start. If you don’t know how to answer this question, please point me in the direction of someone that can help. If there are more things that I missed be free to let me know. I do not want to do anything illegal as well. I just wanted an ambitious project to work on. I will post this question on many different websites to make sure I get enough coverage. If you spread the word about this, then that would be greatly appreciated. It will help me reach my goal. I just want to see this become a reality. Thank you for taking your time out of your day to read this long question. Princess Evangile visual novel (NSFW) [https://www.mangagamer.com/r18/detail.php?goods\_type=1&product\_code=117](https://www.mangagamer.com/r18/detail.php?goods_type=1&product_code=117)
My goals 2022 & Current update! by BestTipGiver • last post Jan 5th
Hi everyone! I just wanted to post about my current goals and journey in hopes to maybe inspire others to create their own goals :) My current update on my acting journey: I turn 18 soon. My local agent and I are on the same page and I feel like I can be really successful with her! We are working together to try and get me signed with a new manager since my last one was not a great fit. I’ve been auditioning pretty frequently for the age range I’m in the dead zone currently. I’ve been also writing a lot more! I feel inspired and hopeful for the future! 2022 Goals: 1. Sign with a manager in a LA 2. Be in a feature length film 3. Be in a SAG project 4. Write a feature length film 5. Direct a short film 6. Get a lead role in a theatre production 7. Audition for the new PJO Disney+ show 8. Win any acting award 9. Learn how to use After Effects 10. Meet a well know AAPI actor
How NOT to break into Voice Acting by cabin1211 • last post Jan 5th
For **anyone** looking to get into voice acting full time I seriously recommend taking a quick look at this article! It's short and to the point but outlines one of the core things that held me back from being a Voice Actor full-time... and that is understanding that this is a business. By stepping into the Voice Acting sphere, you are becoming an entrepreneur who is selling their voice to help solve and/or enhance someone else's project. This article is so *good!* Anyhoo good morning, all! I hope that you have a great day in the booth or wherever you're recording from! Ps. I don't agree that you have to spend a lot to get started, but the article makes it's points clear. [https://www.bodalgo.com/en/know-how/how-to-not-break-into-voiceover/90](https://www.bodalgo.com/en/know-how/how-to-not-break-into-voiceover/90)
How’s the industry in LA right now? by HuckleberryFin134 • last post Jan 5th
Moving to LA next week in hopes of starting to work on film, for LA actors currently there, how is it? Will it be difficult for me to get an agent? Are there things even filming? I feel like I’m going out on a limb just by moving out there but I don’t feel like I’ll be doing any different than I am in my home state. Please give me reassurance!
Anyone ever auditioned for a major TV show? by Dapper-Mango • last post Jan 5th
there was a role that was posted by a major casting office on Nov 30 on Actors Access looking for a very specific type of role for a streaming network to fill and I fit the bill perfectly. I applied a week after on Dec 6 (I somehow got super busy and only logged on AA a week after role was posted). On Dec 18 I got a message asking to send in a self tape due Dec 22. I sent it in and now it is Jan 5th and its radio silence. The info said the show shoots sometime between Feb and May for two weeks. But why would they be asking for self tapes right now if the show was shooting in like April or May? Surely, I think the show must be shooting that episode in Feb is more likely. Does anyone have any insight into this very specific case or should I assume I did not move up for a call back? I was told by actors that everyone was off the week between Christmas and NY anyway and they were probably not looking at tapes. But who knows. Sigh.
Seeing who booked things over you....a debate. (IG: @OneBrokeActress) by CuspChaser111 • last post Jan 5th
Saw this on IG today about 'I am ready to get hurt again' on IG OneBrokeActress. I'm curious what people think about looking up 'who booked it over you' - it's an interesting debate I got into with friends recently. I did NOT do this for the first 8-10 years in the business (for me it would've psyched me out) and I am glad I didn't. Nowadays when SO and I are watching shows and hear 'familiar dialogue' and we see who got the part we kind of laugh bc the ones that booked it are very different than what my look/essence are. I wonder if this is true for POC - like the ones that book it are totally different in vibe, ethnicity, and sexual orientation. Anyway, it's been a freeing process bc the best indicator is really that the CDs keep calling you back. But curious if it helps or hinders others? I get it's a joke post but....If it hurts, why do it?
Agent's access to auditions by Ok_Explanation_2317 • last post Jan 5th
My question is, do all agents have access to the same auditions and is it just luck if an actor from a smaller agency will book a huge role? Second question, does anyone know how does it work with European agents when it comes to English movies? Not from UK of course I'm about to move to another country to pursue acting and I don't speak the language yet, but I've seen some actors from the agency I've been keeping an eye on, booking roles in movies in English, so hopefully they have a wider access to those auditions.
Any EMS Actors? by MysteryMaltodextrin • last post Jan 5th
I just signed up for an EMT-b class. This isn’t exactly the kind of job you can just drop for an audition, but I can’t see myself doing grocery store/restaurant work for years, and I really need a confidence boost. Plus I was always interested in healthcare. Was wondering if any of you are actors who work in EMS or healthcare? If so how’s it going?
SAG-Eligible Background Actor - Will I get booked with Central as much if I join SAG? by BlackCastleStables • last post Jan 5th
I am a SAG-eligible background actor. I book a ton of work through Central Casting as a non-union background actor. For those of you who are SAG Background actors working through Central Casting, do you get booked as much as you did when you were non-union? I'm trying to decide whether I should pull the trigger and join SAG this month.
Actors access talent link question by Swimming-Scale-5947 • last post Jan 5th
Hi! For those of you who have ever used the Actors Access Talent Link and have had some people reach out to them, what kind of profile did you have? I have a reel and some pictures but I was wondering if that was enough to get anyone’s attention. What was your experience?
PNW Possibilities? by CaptainCoolDown • last post Jan 5th
I've been told that Seattle has plenty of acting opportunies. I myself am primarily located in Spokane, and I was wondering if there are any reputable agencies or ways to get acting work in my area? Or if anyone has any recommendations for sites that new actors can use to get started.
Looking for a voice actor who can do a Glamrock Freddy impression for a short meme. by WaterLTE • last post Jan 5th
It’s one line, that’s it. I will pay a small price, probably around $5 USD. Thank you!
First Sides/Audition! Small Victory. by Human_Grapefruit • last post Jan 5th
I'm a newer actor (making the leap from stand up/Improv comedy) so I don't have a lot of experience on camera and nothing in my reel but self-tapes. But this evening I just got my first set of sides and a EcoCast Audition for a role I submitted to on Actors Access!! Someone looked at my headshot and said, "Sure, they look they could do this." I know it's just a self-tape but I'm really proud of myself for submitting in the first place. And don't worry, I'm not expecting much in terms of hearing back. I'm just ready to give a great performance and see what comes next. Make sure to celebrate the small victories in this journey! Keep up the great work, everyone!
Feel such a lag in my goals by MillerMama09 • last post Jan 5th
So back story: I was in acting classes in high school. Like, it was an actual subject. I loved it, my favorite class. I regret not trying out for plays, because I was the slacker who just wanted to leave school at the end of the day ASAP. I wish I did. Well anyway, I knew I wanted to act eventually, just wasn't sure of what I needed to do. But, I got pregnant with my first child about a year, year and a half after graduating. I put it on the back burner to raise my baby. And I had more babies lol. I have 4 of them now. I'm blessed and thankful to have them in my life, they are my every heartbeat. I mean there were times through the years my mind wondered back to my want of getting into acting, but again, I wanted to focus on my kids and well, I was insecure of what people would think because I'd already had my fair share of people expressing how "dumb" and how much of "a waste of a degree" it was. Well, then I was about to hit my 30s and my husband and I got talking about something he held in about what he wanted to do. So I told him ok don't laugh, but I always wanted to get into acting but I thought maybe I was too old to try getting into actually doing something. He said why would he laugh at that. I think I even reached out here on reddit a few years ago and many also assured me I wasn't too old to start. I even reached out to my acting teacher to ask him how to go about things. Well then financial issues arose. So I put getting into acting on the back burner again. It took a couple years to sort out, but we got through it. And because we're good again, I started my application for my local university that actually has theater/acting majors/minors. I even talked to the admissions consultant and he said since it's been so long since I graduated high school ('07), that all they'd need is my transcripts from high school and from the community college I went to back in like 2009 or 2010 area. I didn't get a degree from there, because I actually dropped out mid semester like a dope, because I was majoring in something I thought would be an ok job for me; it wasn't something I really, REALLY wanted to do. It was something that would be "stable". It was a mistake really to enroll in that college in that major to begin with. So that's the big thing I feel such a lag in my goals in my life about, what's holding me back from getting enrolled in the university to FINALLY do what I've always wanted to do, and show my kids that they can do what they set their minds to as well (just hopefully they don't sit on it as long as I have). How am I to lecture them about doing something with their lives (a job) they love and enjoy doing if I'm not doing it too? I'm glad I was there/am there during their formative years, but who says I really couldn't have done both though? Anyway, I can't get the transcript from the community college until I pay back what I owe from dropping out. I really truly thought they just deducted it from my tax refund because that's about when I stopped receiving calls and letters. I told them needed more time to figure out how I can pay them back. But like I said, thought it was done with after tax time. Man was I naive. So I told my husband that this tax time I needed to finally pay that back and get my transcript so I can move forward with the university. I have not been so sure of anything I wanted to do as I am of wanting to get into acting for real, for real. I know there will be lots of disappointments and let downs of not getting calls of being casted, that this kind of thing can take a while, years. And I'm prepared for that. I've already waited this long, I'd like to not wait longer getting this started. I'm longing for it that it has brought me to tears sometimes. I believe maybe I'm longing for it even more now because I have a support system (my husband for starters) and I have even more encouragement and motivation than I did back then. But it's not just about my kids and being a role model in that aspect, it's me. I want to do this for me! I want to do something for me now. I'm so sorry for such a long post. I thank anyone who has come this far reading. I just really needed to get this off my chest, and I thought well who better than a forum full of actors who may possibly have been in my shoes in one form or another, who maybe felt/feels how I'm feeling? Or, I don't know, maybe this is just my own unique situation lol. By the way, I do feel a bit better getting this off my chest and out of the bottle that I bottled this up in. I know it's a lot. Thank you all for bearing with me. :)
I work as an assistant at a talent agency in Los Angeles... by -retroboy- • last post Jan 5th
Im almost at my 2 year mark come the end of February. I've been working as the assistant to the animation agent and will move up to junior agent of the video game division come my anniversary. Before, I'd been working 3 years at an on camera agency also as an assistant. I am writing this to see if anyone has any questions or needs any sort of advice in their careers or prospects as a voice over artist. Our agency reps about 200 people at the moment solely in the VO field. We work primarily in the animation, commercial and video game departments. Some work we do in audio books or narration. Anime as well. We rep some pretty notable people in the VO field in the divisions I've mentioned above, as well as a few name on camera actors. I'm here to help and advise or give you some insght into my job. I'll open it up to you to ask me what you would like. Cheers! -P
LA vs New Mexico vs Atlanta to begin an acting career by chucklinjeeves • last post Jan 4th
I am extremely interested to hear all of the current actors' perspectives in each state on how they feel about their pursuit of acting there. I'm planning to move from Chicago to one of these states 5 months from now and I'm having a hard time finding current information about the overall scene of each place. I've been doing improv/going to a lot of shows in Chicago for the past 6 months and its been mostly depressing/somewhat vacant feeling. I just don't feel like it's a good time in history to be in it. I'm not even sure where you would start to do any camera acting here besides taking classes, so moving to these different states seem highly attractive. I do have one main question though! Does New Mexico offer opportunities for actors, or is all of the casting done from LA/Atlanta anyway?