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Where Do I Find Talent Agencies?

Where can i find talent agencies for teen actors?

  • i'm 16 and i have a bit of experience. it's hard to get more experience when you cant find roles to audition for, which is why i need an agent. where can i find agents? if youd like to go above and beyond you could even find some for me in Perkasie, PA. or just give me a website or tips, thanks

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    Read TheatreDoc's advice - it's usually spot-on. He really does know what he's talking about. The best thing for you to do is go to acting classes or a drama club and learn everything you can. As soon as you can, start on a high school course on Acting or Drama or Theatre Studies, whatever is available. Then you will be ready for a college Acting course. Until you’ve done all that you’re not going to get any acting work, because it’s a really competitive business and you have to look at things from a casting director’s point of view – why would they even audition you when they have hundreds of qualified and experienced young actors who are ready and willing to do the job? Most auditions are only sent to theatrical agents by the casting directors, and they pass the details on to their clients. This means that the roles never get advertised to the public at all. To get an agent, you would need to have been to a good drama school and have loads of experience in leading roles on stage, in student movies, short movies and that sort of thing. And you need to understand that almost all actors start off doing tiny bit-parts here and there, very small roles, commercials, educational tours, promotional work, and so on. They may have to do this for years, doing ordinary work like in stores, bars, offices, etc, to earn enough money to live on. It’s incredibly rare that an actor just walks into a role in a movie, a TV show or a big stage play straight from college. Learn to dance and sing if you can, as a lot of actors find it very useful, and then work your way up the ladder. It’s going to take years of very hard work, and you’ll probably never get paid much or be famous, but if you love acting, that won’t matter. Good luck!

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your parents have to get you an agent. You are too young to sign a contract. All About Agents: Once an aspiring actor has a good resume, he or she is ready to begin to work for a career. While building your resume and until you are well established as a professional actor, you need to network. My article on Networking for Success explains how to do that. Networking includes fishing for a agent. I call it fishing because that is exactly how the process of getting an agent works – just like angling for a fish.The aspiring actor needs to find an agency within a couple hours of where he or she lives. Agents do not sign people who live out of state or at a far distance from the agency. Then you need to submit for representation according to the instructions given on the agency web site. Of course, you are wary of scams as described in my book, The Tao of Acting. Feel free to contact me anytime to check the validity of an agency. You need a good headshot, resume and cover letter. (see “How to Write a Cover letter, etc” on this website). You will be sending these things to the agency. Occasionally, an agency will have an open audition at a specified day each week or month and you can take your things and attend one of those. Do not start looking for an agent before you are ready. It isn’t true that getting an agent is the first thing you need to do to become an actor. It usually is the last thing. First you need to be an actor, working in amateur plays and films, taking an occasional class and building a strong resume that is proof that you can make money for an agent. All the while you are networking as explained in “Networking for Success” on this site. Trying to get an agent before you are ready just will disappoint you. Read what Brian O’Neil has to say about how to get an agent in Acting As A Business.. It can take a long time, years even, before an agent becomes interested in representing you. Like all matters of becoming an actor, you must not give up if you are to be successful in finding an agent.For more information about agents and how the work go to http://talentagents.blogspot.com . It is a really good site with solid information.

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first you need a parent to do this with you, and get you to where you can find acting opportunities. there are none where you are. you need to get out of PA if you want professional mainstream auditions and work. you can look on SAG'S web site and see where the agents are. you need to be located where the agents are. you can't just get one anywhere. agents only send you on calls local to them. you won't find legit agents on the internet. you will need more than a bit of experience to get an agent. agents only get paid if you work. they won't waste time on you unless they think you can make money for them.

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