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WORKING ACTOR
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| Forgetting Fame, Day-Job Game
October 06, 2008
Is your primary goal for your acting career fame? Fortune? Our Working Actor answers a letter from an actor who would rather live a good life without the pressures of popularity.
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ASK A PROFESSIONAL
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| Stay in Character Through Audition?
September 19, 2008
An actor came into a scene where he was supposed to be very angry, and he came in so angry that he threw a chair literally over my head when I was nine months pregnant. That did bother me.
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How do I find an acting teacher?
September 12, 2008
Acting-class preferences are as individual as purchasing a car. You should always test-drive, which means auditing and interviewing your potential professors.
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ACTORS CRAFT
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| Step Out With Step Afrika
October 03, 2008
Are you a dancer with a background in stepping? If so, you may want to check out Step Afrika, the world's first professional step dance company.
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A World Full of Yes
September 30, 2008
Ask hard-working voice teacher Patrick DeGennaro to sum up his technique in a sentence and he says, "I approach the work muscularly."
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BUSINESS OF ACTING
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| Calling All Recorders
September 29, 2008
With all our fancy-shmancy technology, the old-fashioned tape recorder is still an indispensable part of many actors' rehearsal arsenals. And why not?
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In a White Room
September 25, 2008
How can there only be one ethnic character on a show set in the Bronx? I've been there, and I'm pretty sure I saw one or two Puerto Ricans walking around.
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FIRST PERSON
CAREER ADVICE
For actors, the same kinds of questions arise again and again. How can I get a headshot? How to join a union? To assist, Back Stage has created Career Advice. Concerned about your taxes as an actor? Look under Acting as a Business. Need tips on avoiding scams? Look under Getting Started. If you don't see your answer on any page, search our archives. Or click on any of the helpful links on each acting resource page. Good luck!
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Does Anyone Know... ?
Need advice on photographers? Classes? Moving to L.A. or NYC? Ask fellow actors on our message board.
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Get Schooled: TRU Education Panel
October 06, 2008
Theater Resources Unlimited and Back Stage are pleased to announce a special industry and networkng panel, on creating and funding education programs, on Wed., Oct. 22.
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