View Full Version : What is the best way to get into the acting Business?
 
 kiwichika
Feb 14, 2009, 01:16 PM
I am an aspiring actress and would very much like to go some where with it other than just a hobby. Problem is I live in a very small town that has a great Fine Arts Program but no publicity. Another problem I don't know exactly where I am going to be living next year. I would like to have a career in Acting.
 Clough
Feb 14, 2009, 04:02 PM
Hi, kiwichika!
 
What sort of experience have you already had with acting, please?
 
Thanks!
 kiwichika
Feb 15, 2009, 11:19 AM
I have done multiple musicals and community plays
 ScottGem
Feb 15, 2009, 11:25 AM
Hang around Schwabs Drug Store?  ;)
 
Seriously, you need to go where the jobs are. And that means NY or LA. Then you have go to casting call after casting call and hope for a break.
 
Two other places to consider are the theme parks and cruise ships. They all put on musical revues and tend to a fairly high turnover of talent.
 kiwichika
Jul 5, 2009, 08:19 AM
Thnxx for the answers.
 Clough
Jul 15, 2009, 08:16 PM
Hi again, kiwichika!
 
I know that your question is somewhat dated now, but another avenue to try would be dinner theaters.  I have a cousin who makes his entire living acting in dinner theaters around the U.S.
 
Thanks!