Grants for Actors
If you’ve ever read a theater program or sat through the credits of an independent film, you’ve likely spotted a thanks to a foundation, local arts council, or some other grant-making organization....
View ArticleHow to Join SAG
One of the hurdles one invariably faces at some point in an acting career is when and how to join the Screen Actors Guild. Many actors have told me that agents and managers tell them to, “come back...
View ArticleCaroline White on Crashing Auditions
Caroline White has been in over half a dozen national and regional commercials. On camera, she has played the daughter of alternative comedian Taylor Negron, and is a comedian herself. Backstage West...
View ArticleWorking on the Web: Diving into the #*%&!@ of Union Jurisdiction on the Internet
Or How an Actor/Blogger Does Not Win Friends But Hopes to Influence People New media residuals bargaining brought the town to its knees during the WGA Strike and SAG and DGA strike threats in 2007 and...
View ArticleAction! A Compilation of Minerva Posts on Creating Your Own Work
A few years back Sarah told me (this is Claire Brain here) that a friend had told her that his manager had told him that, “Every actor who comes out to LA needs to have a screenplay and a one-man show...
View ArticleOur New to LA (or Not So New, We All Need a Brush Up) Business Primer...
One of the original inspirations for this site was the questions that I (Sarah here) regularly received from actors who had recently arrived in Los Angeles. So today, a series of articles we wish we...
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