How many acting classes should i take before i get an acting coach?

It would be a good idea to get some basic English classes first - I could hardly understand your question! Only very experienced actors ever need a coach, and that's just for a specific skill, like an accent or a complex situation in a movie. All ordinary actors need are at least a couple of years of really good classes, and loads of experience. As well as a huge natural talent, of course. Proscout is a scam - what you'd need is a real agent - and you'll only be able to get one after many years of training and a fantastic resume, packed with a wide variety of stage plays in which you've taken leading roles. You can't put 'some crap' on your resume - it has to be real, and very good. The chances are that any agent or casting director would catch you out in a lie almost immediately - they're not stupid. And once you're known as a liar, you'd be finished before you'd even got off the ground. As for what's good in the world of acting - any paying job is. The vast majority of drama school graduates and very experienced actors never get more than 2 or 3 weeks' paid acting work a year. And those jobs are normally tiny roles in commercials or B-movies. It's extremely competitive. Good luck with the classes!

The reality is, showcases ONLY work for about 5% of attendees, the other 95% go home empty handed and a few thousand dollars poorer At any showcase you are not being judged on your own merits -- your experience and training are being compared against the 500-1000 other attendees there. So unless you are convinced you will have one of the strongest resumes out of all the attendees -- with several years of starring roles in not only school plays but also community theatre or summer stock productions, and have a few years of training from the best acting schools in your area, or are enrolled in a competitive performing arts high school, then there is no reason to invest in a showcase at this point in your career. You would be better off spending that money on good acting classes and spending the next 2-3 years auditioning for everything you can find to build up your resume

The reality is, showcases ONLY work for about 5% of attendees, the other 95% go home empty handed and a few thousand dollars poorer At any showcase you are not being judged on your own merits -- your experience and training are being compared against the 500-1000 other attendees there. So unless you are convinced you will have one of the strongest resumes out of all the attendees -- with several years of starring roles in not only school plays but also community theatre or summer stock productions, and have a few years of training from the best acting schools in your area, or are enrolled in a competitive performing arts high school, then there is no reason to invest in a showcase at this point in your career. You would be better off spending that money on good acting classes and spending the next 2-3 years auditioning for everything you can find to build up your resume