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Looking to try and take up local theatre a hobby by curiouskitten007  •  last post Aug 9th

Hi all — First off I want to say I might have totally the wrong sub here and if I do, can you let me know where else to go??? Honestly just looking for some advice. I am F 26. I would like any help available on beginning a new hobby. My husband is in dental school and it takes up close to 90% of his time. I have no complaints about this and am very proud of him for how hard he works. I am just looking to busy myself and put my time to good use as well. Anyways, my job is not very demanding and I am grateful for that. I have some chronic health problems that keep me from realistically pursuing an ambitious career. I have my own hobbies but they are more self-centered. I read a lot, do art, watch and critique movies, help my parents out. I am generally very happy with my life but for years I have really wanted to get into theater. I would love if any one here would be able to give me any steps referring to how to get involved in one’s local theater scene. I have had different people in my life tell me I should be an actress because I am very in control of my emotions and at the same time very expressive. I also majored in art so even though I have not (and am not) seeking a career in the field, I dabbled in high school and college I would really love to be able to have it a part of my life in some capacity. . I’m just looking for some tips on how to break into (and find?) this part of my community. I would appreciate any information about approaching this scene when coming from little background. I am looking to be able to form community and self expansion in doing so but I’m not quite sure where to begin. If it’s helpful I live about 30 minutes south of Denver which I know itself has a large and professional theatre scene. I would be looking for something more entry level and closer to my community. So just looking into finding an entry point? How does one pick up a hobby such as this?? —Also let me know if you think this is Bette ratites for a different sub.

Headshot-Age Range-Character Type Post - Aug 9 by AutoModerator  •  last post Aug 9th

Use this thread to post your headshots for feedback, get info on your age range/type, find good headshot photographers, ask any questions you may have about headshots. If you are posting a DIY headshot for feedback, and not just a snapshot in order to get feedback on your age range/type/etc, it is advised that you do at least some basic research on what actor headshots look like--composition, framing, lighting. You will find a Google Image search for "actor headshots" to be very helpful for this. For what it's worth, the branding workshop at SAG-AFTRA recommends a five-year age range. That's inclusive, so for example 19-23, 25-29, 34-38, etc.

what is appropriate conversation on set? by mirrorsarereflective  •  last post Aug 9th

I am wondering what is appropriate convo on set. I was on a few ones where we often would crack sex jokes. Interestingly, initiated almost always by female actors. Apparently, my union told when I first joined as part of their orientation for other union actors in the room, that making sex jokes would be considered innappropriate and bordering on harassment. I have to wholeheartedly disagree with that, but it makes me question what appropriate?

This is why I wanna be an actor by peinados  •  last post Aug 9th

Going to my first “callback” ever, don’t have my resume or headshot on my person. by Correct_Me_Now  •  last post Aug 8th

Submitted for a breakdown through ActorsAccess. They asked for a video audition, so I submitted that. They asked me to come in for an in-person “callback,” but I just ran out the door to get to class without printing both real quick. I’m so flustered right now. I have absolutely no way of getting my hands on the resume, but I can print just the headshot. (Because it’s in my Dropbox, but the resume isn’t. I know I’m dumb.) Should I print that at least? Or just go in with nothing?

Serious question about getting started... by LeonCambridge  •  last post Aug 8th

So I'll be honest I dont know the first thing about getting started and I have a lot of questions but the main ones bugging me right now are 1. How do actors find casting calls? 2. How do they send in videos? Like how'd they know where to send them and when they are reading for a character how do they get the script for that exact film or show even though they are doing it from home and not in a real audition? I know these are more running before you can walk questions but they are just on my mind at the moment.

SM looking for help to help an actor by skeletonsmama  •  last post Aug 8th

Hi actors, I’m a Stage Manager trying to help an actress in crisis and wasn’t sure where else to post this. Some background: We’re on a two hander show with a small team (2 actors, me, and the producer in terms of everyday staff) in a city none of us are from. The show is fairly full on and requires a lot of emotional output from both actors. We’ve been on for a week and have 3 more shows left. The actress in question isn’t new. She’s had training and done shows before. Her performance in this show has been a little uneven but easily forgiven owing to the nature of the show, and never as dramatically bad as she seems to think. Think an okay show, not an on Fire one, if you know what I mean. Since we opened she’s been having trouble post-show; she feels she hasn’t quite hit the peak. There’s been a lot of tears but mostly they settle. Tonight she was a total mess. Didn’t come out of the dressing room until everyone had left (independent theatre, cast and crew generally mingle after), told me she’s been spending most of the day alone in her hotel room going over her perceived mistakes in her head, comparing herself to the ‘ideal’ (an anonymous, different actor who can ‘do the job she was hired to do properly’). I feel really stuck. Usually I can handle the pastoral stuff okay, but I’m out of my depth. I don’t know what to say to make her feel better, or what to do to help without feeling like I’m being condescending. TL;DR: actor thinks she sucks and is tormenting herself over it. How can I help her hold it together until we close? So, r/acting, any advice on how I should approach the next night everything goes to shit?

On set for my first paid acting gig! by DarkNFullOfSpoilers  •  last post Aug 8th

I just wanted to share my happiness with everyone. I got cast as an extra in a local commercial and I'm gonna get paid!!!! This is a big deal for me because one of my goals this year was to become a real professional actor. And it's finally happening. My next goal is to get a lead role in something.

ACTING CLASS VS PRIVATE COACHING by Winniehiller  •  last post Aug 8th

I saw a question here asking about how actors learn in private lessons. They mentioned that acting is most often done with other people and that doing scenes with your teacher (who must later critique you) could be awkward. They asked, “How do you learn in a private lesson?” I think it is a good question and worthy of a thoughtful answer from a private acting coach. First of all, I am not discouraging anyone from taking class. I know there are many fine teachers who are benefiting their students in a group situation. I taught class for many years. I just personally prefer to teach one on one, even though it is more monetarily profitable for me to teach a class...for these reasons: • In a class a teacher must “perform” for a crowd...keep the masses entertained as they attempt to get as many students up to perform as possible. Feedback must be fairly general and kept to a minimum so they can move on to the next scene. This is fun for me, since I love to be quick on my feet and spontaneously react. But I cannot help the individual student really address their personal issues in detail. •From my own experience in class as a young actress, I remember feeling confused and dissatisfied with generic evaluation without any real chance to ask questions about the teacher’s comments. I often found it difficult to get scene partners who were easy to work with and willing to rehearse enough to do my best in class. Many acting classes left me feeling frustrated. • Observers seldom learn from watching someone else perform in class. A teacher can correct a certain behavior in one student and the next student will get up and make the same mistake. Much of classroom time is wasted unless you have the ability to apply comments given to another actor, to yourself. •Acting scenarios, as ifs, and blocks can be very personal. It is easier to address more confidential matters in a one on one lesson. A private coach can be a trusted mentor and confidant who can help you use the most sensitive details of your life in your work. • Private lessons get the job done more quickly. For me, as fun as it is to be the magician/ringmaster at the “circus” of a roomful of admiring actors, my real goal is to ready my students to audition, book and work regularly. They don’t have time to come to my class for years, trying to guess what will please me. They need to get the skills they need, now! Each student gets only about 10-15 minutes of the teachers attention in class. In a private lesson I can give a full hour or more of my undivided attention to an individual. I am often sent students from agents and managers to prepare them for an important audition. They somehow expect me to teach them everything they need to know in one lesson (many of them are kids and teens being seen for movies and tv series.) I try to give them a crash course in connecting to the reader, listening, responding, pursuing an objective, making interesting character choices...in other words -everything. Sometimes I can push it to a 2 hour lesson. But then I must convince them they need to continue studies, weekly. Since most of my students have agents or managers, they can always bring whatever audition material they need to prepare. As we work, I use whatever they bring to continue to teach technique and basics. Depending on what their focus is, we can also prepare monologues, work on commercial copy, do scenes from plays, Shakespeare and other classics...whatever we decide would be most beneficial. Though I will play the role of reader or casting director, I do not “act” with my students in scenes. I allow them to bring a scene partner along whenever they wish. Sometimes they will use our lesson to prepare for a CD workshop or even another acting class. I never recommend performing for a CD unless you are prepared and are going to be very impressive. When an actor is being sent on auditions regularly, studying only in a class is simply not efficient. Auditions are too important and reputations are easily harmed when the actor is not prepared. Private lessons allow a teacher to give 4-6 weeks worth of classroom instruction in one hour, addressing specific needs, preparing for auditions as well as recording self-tapes for submissions. Students can also discuss their week, problems they have come across in the business, self doubts and dealing with other actors. As a performer myself, I very much enjoy teaching large acting classes. As a mentor, I know private coaching is more effective. These days I’m not able to do as much individual coaching as I use to. Though I have been teaching both acting and singing for over 30 years, for the past nine years I have been working almost exclusively with one celebrity/star of a tv series. But on the weekends I enjoy having a handful of talented newcomers to work with. I occasionally even Skype with some European actors who are auditioning in English. And during my long days on set, I can write to you and answer your questions. I’m enjoying that. I highly recommend finding someone you trust to help you get to the skill level you need to compete and succeed in the business. There really is no time to waste. Find someone who is supportive, encouraging and kind as well as challenging. You will know when you find the right person. Don’t settle for less than what is truly helping you in the best and most efficient way. Happy acting! Winnie Hiller

Why do most period pieces just reuse British actors? by foxofthestorybooks  •  last post Aug 8th

I’ve been told my casting type is historical ingenue, but when you look at period pieces the actors are majority British and I’m American. Even ones that take place in America. The actresses who get the types of roles I could see myself in are Keira Knightly and Saoise Ronan, but you never really see Americans play Brits and you see the other way around all the time. It’s just something that is confusing to me.

Super confused about SAG-AFTRA P&H by RaeADropOfGoldenSun  •  last post Aug 8th

Hi. I worked as a principal actor on a union movie this summer and got union eligibility. I am not a SAG-AFTRA member, but I am now officially eligible. My paychecks say that a couple hundred dollars were put into SAG P&H. I know that this is Pension & Health, and I know that a certain percentage of earnings are automatically put into it for all performers on a union project, regardless of whether they are union performers. I'm confused about pretty much everything else. What exactly is this money for? If I never join the union what happens to it? The SAG P&H website won't let me make an account (perhaps because I'm technically non-union) so do I have any way to monitor this money? Any union members who can explain better than the god-awful SAG-AFTRA website would be greatly appreciated.

Looking for Female Voice Actresses (PAID) by SBJTV  •  last post Aug 7th

I'm currently working on a horror movie project and I'm seeking out a female voice actor to fill a role for a supporting character. Movie Title: Clownhouse 3 https://preview.redd.it/kxyvx3lbrqe11.png?width=1920&format=png&auto=webp&s=7723bf3fc3d39bd8ac4d5ddb385079c807a1796e Budget: $20 Character: Melissa: Personality: Charming, caring, Family Orientated Script Pages: 7 The plot follows the sequence of the previous installment Clownhouse 2, which was about 7 college kids visiting an old friend for the weekend and they run into paranormal activities along the way. It is soon discovered that a sinister Clown whose identity is unknown was the reasoning for behind all of that and Adam Rhoades (The main character) who became the sole survivor from the incident is seeking out revenge and the story follows on to Part 3.  Part 3 is really just the revenge story. Adam has lost everything and at this point he's more vengeful, dark, depressed and remorseless and won't let anything stop him from finding the killer. He is also confronted multiple times by his dead girlfriend who is only an hallucination of his imagination and she is at this time shown to be more evil than her previous form. This is the Clowns way of basically playing mind games with Adam If you are interested, link me your email and I'll send you a short demo of the script for an audition. Thank you \-Sylvron

Headshot photographer William David (Act4ward) caution by Dinoash1558  •  last post Aug 7th

Hello. I'm an ex-actor from the UK and was approached by William David through the StarNow website some years ago, having just turned 16 at the time. He offered me free headshots as he explained that he was building a new website, so this would benefit us both. The shoot itself started well, but he continued to ask me to remove my shirt. He pressured me, as he said it was industry standard and I would lose out on jobs if I seemed unwilling. I was never physically touched, but was pressured during this session to remove me underwear also. I never received these images, nor do. I know what he did with them. This is the first time that I have ever mentioned this experience, but working through past issues to resolve some underlying trauma has brought this to. The surface. I deeply suggest that any parents of teenagers avoid this photographer and ALWAYS go with your kids to these kind of shoots. These people prey on the young, naive and ambitious. I hope that this post helps somebody. If anything just exercise caution and remember that if it seems too good to be true, that it probably is. Looking back, my nativity when I was younger was hugely concerning, especially because I wanted to break into the industry so very much.

Best save you've seen in a production? by X019  •  last post Aug 7th

I messed up on stage on Sunday, but made an alright save. It got me wondering, what's the best save you've had or seen in a production you've been in?

Can you work on Non-Union projects as a Sag-Aftra OK 30? by haruhiri  •  last post Aug 7th

Hi Reddit, So, I was a child actor and then stopped for six years to go to college. I have picked up the business again and was curious about my SAG-Aftra status. I called SAG and they said I can work on Union projects since I am under OK-30 (I can book a Union job, but within 30 days of the Union project submission, I must reactiviate by paying a fee). My question is, am I allowed to work on non-union projects with an OK 30 until I get a Union job?

Acting at 6'8"? by RedKeviin  •  last post Aug 7th

Yeah, yeah... "go grab my rebound instead" But on a serious note, I feel like i could never become a real working actor because I'm way too tall for 99% of roles and I feel like no directors would pick me for any roles no matter how talented I may be. What do you guys think?