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Directors GETTING THE JOB

Being a professional artist means nothing if you can't seal the deal. Knowing where to look for work and mastering the arts of auditioning, marketing, and networking will put you ahead of the pack.

Auditioning 101

Actors dread auditions. So much stress! Only two minutes to prove your worth! What kind of sadist designed this torture-tunnel of judgment? For anxious actors, auditions are miserable. But for thrill-seekers and attention seeker (as most thespians are), auditions are an exhilarating experience. .

How Volunteering Can Get You Cast

As actors we are constantly striving to do one thing: act. It seems like such a simple task but so much can go into that little verb. Before we can even begin working on analyzing the script, creating our character’s background, or memorizing our lines, we have to have material to work with, we have to get cast. And sometimes that can be the hardest part about being an actor.



	Shakespeare Monologues
	Need a Shakespearean monologue for your next audition?


	Audition Adventures
	I might be going out on a limb here, but I don’t think anyone is going to argue with me when I say the best thing about getting a gig ...


	Auditioning: It's Your Job
	I read an article in a trade publication recently that really struck me.


	Creating Yourself
	“There is vitality, a life-force, a quickening that is translated through you into action, and because there is only one of you in all...


	There Are No Small Parts
	Only Small Paychecks...


	Grad School
	In 2008 I graduated with a Master of Fine Arts in Stage Management from the Yale School of Drama.


	Keeping Up with the Times
	Ten years ago, a phone was a box with a receiver and a coiled cord.


	Unemployment
	Unless you’re part of the minority of professional stage managers to be employed by a single company full-time, year-round, chances ar...


	How to Start an Underground Theatre Project
	It’s safe to say that there are plenty of theater folks out there that have a million great ideas.


	Auditions: to Do's and not to Do's
	Every actor has their own idiosyncratic way of preparing for an audition.

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