EDIT: Not double booked, Booked Twice. Not conflicting dates.

I can't believe im saying this, but I just got booked Twice! For Disney and for HBO!!!
You're probably gonna hate me for saying this, and for the record, there is not a SINGLE bone of Unappreciative thinking in my body. I recognise I am so lucky and so privileged. I really am VERY Grateful.

but what do I do next? their only a couple days on set. Ive been at this career for EIGHT years. 8 years. I really really want to get to recurring/Guest star size roles.

LA Managers - Is this enough for you to consider repping me even as a Vancouver Actor? I now have 3 credits in Major TV shows/Movies. My momentum isn't stopping. I feel I need a manager to help me make those pushes for the bigger parts. Or at least 3-5 liners.

Hi everyone! I just accepted representation from a manager last week and I'm interested to know y'alls dynamic with your manager so I can gauge how to interact LOL.

1) how often to you guys talk?

2) do you send them every self-tape you do, or only the ones that they got you an audition for?

3) do you give them 10% of everything or only sag aftra projects/things they submitted you for? just curious because I know some agency's/managers don't take commission for non-union projects that the actor self-submitted to and booked.

4) how often do you reach out about projects you want to be apart of?

5) did you sign a contract or was it a handshake policy?

any and all help would be appreciated! just curious to know more about this dynamic as i'm so new to the space and don't have very many actor friends with rep who i can talk to :)

I have a 9-5 job in LA. I recently got an offer to move to the Bay, but at age 35 I feel a burning desire to pursue acting. The job in the bay is financially lucrative so I’m thinking about it, but that means I’ll be stepping away from LA and symbolically the acting world. I’ve dreamed about taking acting more seriously and taking classes recently but if u move to the Bay I feel like I’d never have a chance to do this again. I’ve heard that there’s a lot of auditions online but I don’t have an agent nor real experiences. I’d love to hear your advices thanks

Hi there!

Do any AEA members have experience with the UPTAs? (For people who don't know, these are the auditions I'm referencing: https://upta.org/ ) I'd love to hear what it was like. In years past, they've let people submit videos rather than attending in person - but now it seems like it's only in person. Are there enough companies seeing Equity members that it feels worthwhile to make the trip to Memphis? I'm NY based.

Thanks for any insights you may have!

Please feel free to share your thoughts on the names I'm considering. Thank you.

I’ve been acting for over a decade. I have good headshots, a reel, IMDb credits, and I’ve also written/directed short films that I acted in. For 10 years I had an agent in my area who got me occasional auditions for TV/film, but they retired. The people who took over only send me background calls — sometimes asking me to audition for background work. At this point, I just send it all to spam.

I live in a small town, about 6 hours from Atlanta. I miss classes and audition prep — those used to keep me sharp — but without any auditions, it’s hard to justify them. I know the only way forward is finding legit representation again, but I’m not sure how to get a talent manager or agent interested when I don’t live in a major hub.

Has anyone here successfully gotten new representation while living outside a big city? Is there a strategy that works — networking, workshops, online showcases, paying for a class that can lead to rep? Or is relocation the only real option?

I'm not good at reading scripts, I enjoy reading novels because there are a lot of descriptions that I can imaginate from, scripts are like 90% lines with very little descriptions, I always try my best to visualise it from the papers but they always felt so dull to read, yet the ability to analyse scripts is very important both for an actor and, especially, for a director, both of these things are what I'm looking forward to becoming, how can I improve?

had an audition that ended up being a group audition with a handful of other people. They all took the improv in the same direction, much more diluted/softer than how I did. Like to the extent where I was actually embarrassed. It didn’t feel awkward in the moment, but I convinced myself it was as soon as I got in my car. I know this is a common feeling and can even be a good sign of “leaning in” but I’m just still uncontrollably beating myself up over it and reassurance from some of my friends outside the industry is not helping. I’m normally pretty good at letting stuff like this go but I seem pretty hung up on this shameful/embarrassed feeling? Any tips to stop thinking about it every time I go to bed or have a lull in my day? It’s barely been a week but the whole event and my reaction to it has been increasingly frustrating to handle to be honest.

Maybe these opinions are petty but I’ve talked to other actors who also agree with me on a few of these things

1. As a non influencer/content creating actor, I’m tired of the influx of UGC castings flooding the casting sites. I think there needs to be a completely separate casting site/app for influencers/content creators, especially when a lot of these castings are only wanting people with specific number of followers

2. The casting sites need updated filter options and the updated filter options should be the same on all sites. Only being able to filter regions on AA but not states and/or cities like background and CN is very irksome. And when it comes to the options of excluding certain things, vertical short form needs to be added. No I do not care about seeing castings for My Wife’s Wolf Alpha Mate Is In Love With Me. I just think all these casting platforms need major updates and consistency

3. The whole “real people casting”. I think those things are just kinda of funny. Saw one awhile ago wanting real farmers. Real farmers aren’t on these sites. Obviously an actor who knows a real farmer could send over the casting to them but there’s the matter of the submission fee. Anyone who doesn’t remotely understand or work in the industry is goons think it’s a scam if they have to pay. I’ve also talked to crew members who’ve worked on productions with “real” people and many of them say it’s terrible. The “real” people don’t know proper on set etiquette and often aren’t good at or just don’t communicate with casting directors or assistant at all. Also, actors aren’t “real” people now?? I’ve met a few actors who were “real” people and they got the role cause they just made sure not to mention that they’re an actor/model and sent in a casual selfie. Casting directors really need to utilize Facebook groups if they want “real” people

Production, IMDb, myself? If I add myself, will it come up uncredited?

M(21). 5'11 Wanted to learn acting. Any idea about acting classes or workshops or theater or clubs that do all of this. Any casting agency or contact that can help me. How and where to connect with acting people. Help me guys.

Hi everyone, I have just been accepted into Miranda harcourts 3 day Masterclass on zoom, I am so excited has anyone trained with her? And if you have what was your experience with her? Thanks in advanced

My child has been acting for three years now but is about to do his very first VO audition for an upcoming animated feature film.

They want two little scenes and I’ve got questions.

1) do I submit his headshot and resume? It’s an open audition call

2) do you memorize the lines like you would for a movie selftape or do you read the lines? Scenes are short with a few sentences only

3) one scene is a little dialogue with another person. Do I read those lines or do we leave those out?

That’s it for now I believe. Thank you

I remember an interview with a well established actor -I think it was with Bill Nighy, can't remember exactly tho- where he says when he acts, he actually doesn't feel anything at all, it seems like his acting method is entirely physical, what do you guys think about this approach? Is it any superior or inferior to maybe the Stanislavsky methods?

when does someone back away from backstage? I know it differs from actor to actor, but truly I feel like it's not worth my time :/ I have submitted when there is actor sides, not once I got invited. and then I saw an invite not even for a "real" acting role. and my auditions mainly come from actors access.

Is this normal? I'm wondering if its my AA profile at this point. Non union actors are you feeling this too?

I told myself, "I want my auditions to look better than the next guy" so I bought lights, audio, a fancy DSLR, a fancy Sigma lens..and I still can't get it to look how I want it. I follow this guy on IG - Hot Shots Self Tape, and I want my footage to look exactly like his..but I mean he must have a 2K RED camera or something, because his footage looks amazing. He probably has gotten rich off his side-hustle which is self-tapes.

I dunno, am I alone on this? I know I'm going to get a ton of, "the acting is what matters" and it is..but I do think amazing looking footage can set you apart.

It’s too much work for me to get dropped in so I just stay dropped in & everybody who’s not an actor thinks I’m nuts/dumb. Help!!!!!

So I got a message on backstage recently saying " we're looking to fill roles for ***'s YouTube channel send me a message on WhatsApp for more details" so I did and they sent me across the YouTube channel and that it's £15 and hour. I said it looked good and to send across dates, locations and the contracts to confirm. The reply has kinda given me some red flags. Filming is twice a week conformation of dates/times and location will be confirmed a few days prior and the biggest ick "we don't really do written contracts" which this is a relatively big like over a million subscriber channel it's feels very strange ultimately I've only done a few student films but even things I've done with friends I've at least signed a release form. Because it's a massive channel and my first paid opportunity it could be 100% worth it but the contract thing doesn't sit right and I don't entirely know what to do

Hi y’all! A bit of a niche subject but I was wondering if anyone had heard anything about Pasadena Playhouse callbacks. I know they moved their Fall show (Amadeus) to Spring(ish) and was wondering if anyone had heard anything back from auditions. Thank you so much!

Last week I received my submission report from the past 6 months. Out of 80 audition submissions I only got 1. I asked my reps if I need to update my materials and they say everything looks fine. What can I do to turn the submissions into actual auditions? Any advice is greatly appreciated!

Is there anything I should know about signing up for EPA/ECC or submissions? What have your experiences been with “Casting Call” database? Seems straight forward but looking for advice from other union members learned along the way!

Hey Reddit gang!

I moved from MD to LA this past December and have been slowly getting back into auditioning (moving, jobs, the fires, acting classes). I have a free subscription to AA (going to upgrade to unlimited) and a paid sub to Backstage. I’m thinking about getting rid of backstage since it’s mostly student films (i already have a reel and planning on redoing it soon), verticals (which i submit for but think it’s just a dead end aside from cash), and miscellaneous stuff. Should I get rid of backstage and just focus on AA and Casting Networks? I did book a play off of backstage in Vermont that was really artistically satisfying (and made connections). Thinking about business vs creativity. Thanks for your thoughts and keep on the journey!

Long story short, I’ve acted majority of my life (since 6th grade, went to college for it, studied in some studios, and I’m now 34). I live in a smaller city and have done some professional film/tv work, minimal professional theatre work, and mostly community theatre roles at all levels, mainly because of where I live and feeling the pressure to have a full time office job for security and benefits.

I was just cast in a community theatre play in multiple roles that I’m very excited for and accepted as I’ve worked wit the director before. However, I have an audition this evening for a professional company’s new play and while I feel like I have memorized the sides, I woke up this morning having a HORRIBLE mental health day (I have depression, GAD and OCD) plus an awful skin flare up causing massively swollen, red lips. My skin issues have been off and on with some reprieve and while I thought it was getting better it got worse overnight. I don’t feel it in my heart or in my bones to audition tonight even though I love what I’ve read and it’s a show right up my alley. While the overall rehearsal and premiere of the actual show does not conflict with my new casting, part of it does (as they’re presenting it in a workshop format first this fall for 2 weeks).

Should I cancel my audition? As of the last few years, I’ve definitely been beating myself up at not being as aggressive or engaged in acting as I once had the passion for (which seems to have really dwindled due to a lot of personal factors outside of my control) so I don’t want to keep putting things off. Yet I really don’t want to put makeup on, which I’ll have to, and give a bad audition cause my head isn’t present and my confidence has taken a real toll the past few months. Any advice?