num_pages: 116
description: An essential handbook for actorsâ€“a modern classicâ€“in a newly updated edition.Since its original publication, Acting as a Business has earned a reputation as an indispensable tool for working and aspiring actors. Avoiding the usual advice about persistence and luck, Brian Oâ€™Neil provides clear-cut guidelines that will give actors a solid knowledge of the business behind their art. Itâ€™s packed with practical informationâ€“on everything from what to say in a cover letter to where to stand when performing in agentâ€™s officeâ€“â€How to craft a winning theatrical rÃsumÃâ€The most effective ways to join the performerâ€™s unionsâ€Tactics for getting an agentâ€Strategies for finding work in the theater, on daytime television, and in independent filmsâ€Navigating the different customs and cultures of New York and Los AngelesOâ€™Neil has updated Acting as a Business to keep up with the latest show-business trends, including how best to use the Internet, making this new edition no actor should be without.
language: English
title: ACTING AS A BUSINESS: STRATEGIES FOR SUCCESS
titlecomplete: ACTING AS A BUSINESS: STRATEGIES FOR SUCCESS
genres: Business, Theatre, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 149
publisher: Heinemann Drama