C.5.a Format for ACTORS
If you are applying to be cast in a
present or future
production, attach your
résumé to the
back of a black and white, 8 X 10 glossy.
Cut it to fit and staple it on so it won’t get
separated or dog-eared.
The image should reflect what you look like without the aid of
extensive makeup
or air-brushing. Keep
it natural
looking. Keep your
head-shot current.
Make sure your name pops-out at the
top. Include
information on how you may be contacted.
You
may want to be careful about giving out your home address and phone
number. A
phone service, postal box, e-mail address,
contact through parents, a friend, or other such ruse may be
preferable, but
it’s your decision. If you can get an agent, would be a plus.
List important vital
statistics: affiliations, and what may not show on a
black-and-white
head-shot (hair color, eyes, height, weight).
Do not
try to
include all your experience. When someone
scans your listing quickly their eye will catch the first
four or five titles immediately.
Do not
put down
the dates you attended classes or school.
It biases your experience as either too new or too old.
Do not
worry too
much about chronological ordering,
preferring instead to honor those productions which featured you doing
what you
think you do best. Of
course, a Seattle
Repertory Theatre credit is going to count more than one from Seattle
Pacific University. But will it if the Rep
credit is for a
walk-on and the SPU credit is for Romeo or Auntie Mame?
Decide accordingly.
Also, be aware that playing
a fifteen minute cutting in an acting class doesn’t count
as having
“performed” that character.
Acting class
scenes are not public performances.
List your special
skills: Musical,
fencing, athletic,
organizational, language skills and the like, indicate the kind of
mind,
personality, and discipline you have.
The description of your training
should include all pertinent degree work, workshops, master-classes,
dance
classes, whatever special-focus skills courses you’ve taken.
Theatrical awards can be listed
separately at the end or
with the show for which you were honored.
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