#6: Know That You Need to Be in the Unions
If you’re serious about being an actor, then you’re gonna eventually have to join the unions.
If you’re serious about being an actor, then you’re gonna eventually have to join the unions.
If you’re looking for resource place for casting calls, then Backstage.com is a great place to start. Back Stage is an entertainment-industry brand aimed at people working in film and the performing arts, with a special focus on casting (performing arts), job opportunities, and career advice. Back Stage publishes two weekly tabloid-sized trade magazines in [...]
One essential item for an actor or model is an agent. A great agent represents you, gets you work, and helps develop you as a professional… he’s your friend, mentor, and business partner. If you’re in a big city you’ll probably get one agent for theatrical work, another for commercial and perhaps a third for [...]
Founded in 1937, AFTRA, also known as The American Federation of Television and Radio Artists is the second largest performers’ union that represents a wide variety of talent, including actors in radio and television, as well as radio and television announcers and newspersons, singers and recording artists (both royalty artists and background singers), promo and [...]