The Back Stage Guide to Working in Regional Theater: Jobs for Actors - Softcover

Volz, Jim

 
9780823078806: The Back Stage Guide to Working in Regional Theater: Jobs for Actors
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0823078809 ISBN 13: 9780823078806
Publisher: Back Stage Books,U.S., 2007

Synopsis

Every acting student and working actor needs a copy of this book! Here’s the essential guide to surviving and thriving as an actor in regional theaters. The thousands and thousands of students in the hundreds and hundreds of acting programs all over the country would all love to become stars right out of school—but the reality of a career in acting usually means honing the craft at regional theaters. The Back Stage Guide to Working in Regional Theater includes a history of the movement and a description of each of the League of Regional Theater (LORT) houses in the U.S, plus sections on personal marketing for the actor, the business of acting, strategies and career planning. Essential web sites, a sample organizational chart, contact names, a guide to theater unions, and listings of more than 100 theaters across the country make The Back Stage Guide to Regional Theater a must-have for every actor who’s working or wants to be.

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About the Author

Jim Volz is the author of How to Run a Theater. A producer with more than thirty years’ experience in the theater, he is a professor at California State University, a columnist for Back Stage magazine, and the editor of Quarto, the magazine of the Shakespeare Theatre Association. He lives in Orange Country, California.

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Publisher
Back Stage Books,U.S.
Publication date
2007
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0823078809
ISBN 13 
9780823078806
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
384