Starting Your Film Acting Career Video - Vol. The VAST majority of these photos end up trashed. Most will sit in a stack for weeks or months before they are even opened.
Timing is everything for unsolicited submissions.
For commercial agents, casting and taking on new clients is a constant, year-round process. But for theatrical agents, the best time to look for an agent is during the summer hiatus, when television casting is extremely slow because shows are in reruns. The worst time of year to look for an agent is during pilot season, when TV casting is busiest. Pilot season is loosely early January to late February. These should go out in a manila envelope, closed with the brads but not sealed.