Week 13-14- Got an agent?

Many of you have already identified and agent and have started to go out on professional auditions. Others have started to go out on local auditions on campus. If you have an agent, how do much are you engaged in your career? Do you check in with your agent once a week? Do you let them know when you have shows going on so that they can come and watch? Do you have a vision plan that you have shared with your representations? If not, you must. For those of you about to cross over to a professional agent, have you thought about these questions? What do you want your agent to do for you that you cannot do for yourself? What are you trying to achieve. Your agent will have a listening for what you can and want to do by sharing this information with him/her and then showing them that you are capable of achieving it. Make a list of what you would like to accomplish in the next three years as a performer. Once you have a vision plan, ask yourself how much of it depends on your agent? How much depends on you making it happen for yourself. You might be shocked at the results. In order to have a manager, you need to have something, even a vision plan, to manage...

Week 12- Taking Stock

This week we are at Midterm review. We have been practicing mock interviews with casting directors and bringing new monologues before the class. What have you learned about yourself during this process? Why should a casting director bet on you and take a risk by casting you for a project? Do you have everything that you promised on your

resume? As you sit on the other side and watch your peers, do you learn anything helpful about being in the room? What mistakes have you seen? What have you thought about that can help you be more successful in the audition process? Are your materials tight? Do they represent what you want to show to casting directors? If so, great. If not, time to buckle down and get to work.