Tips for Actors
Your Resume
Put your name on the top of the paper, either centre or left.
Add your height and your hair and eye color.
Put contact information but not your address.
Don't list your jobs chronologically. List
the work you have done and where you have studied.
List your credits first : give the name of
the play, your role and who produced it. Usually the order
is theatre-credits, film-credits, television-credits.
If you do commercials state only whether
you have been an on-camera and/or voice-over performer and
whether you have a commercial reel or tape. Don't list the
products.
Your training should be the next category
- where you studied, with whom and for how long.
List your special skills next - language
you speak, dialects, musical instruments, expert on anything,
etc .
The information should fit neatly on one
side of one page.
Your Photo
You introduce yourself with a photo. The
picture must look like you ! Lack of pretension is important.
Your attitude should be open and friendly, and warmth should
radiate from your eyes. One very good
photo is all you really need.
Photos should be black and white. Only redheads
should do colour headshots ! The semi-matte finish has an
attractive, friendly tone. Have your name and telephone number
printed on the front.
When you submit a headshot and resume, include
a cover letter explaining why you are submitting them. Write
this letter on your computer and print it out on good quality
stationary. It doesn't have to be very expensive, just attractive
and professional.
What we like
At Keep Left Theatre we don't care if you
have a photo - if you come for an audition we're going to
see you anyway. We don't dismiss you if you have little or
no experience, if we want you the experience will soon come.
And many of our best performers have no formal training.
But everyone else will want a resume as described.
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