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| Scripts/Plays/Monologues |
"Audition" course ---you can find “Ascension Day” for the July or August Audition course online at Dramatists Play Service, Inc. and “Brighton Beach Memoirs” at Samuel French Inc. |
| The Drama Book Shop, Inc., a source for materials on all aspects of the performing arts |
| Sheet Music Plus has over 366,000 sheet music titles including classical sheet music, guitar tabs, and songbooks. |
| Dramatists Play Service, Inc. has provided the finest plays by both established writers and new playwrights of exceptional promise for nearly 70 years. |
| Samuel French Inc., founded in 1830,pioneered the concept of providing published scripts to theatrical producing groups throughout the world. |
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| Recommended Reading |
| How to be a Working Actor, by Mari Lyn Henry and Lynne Rogers. Learn about audition techniques, regional markets, tools of the trade, and more. |
Audition: Everything an Actor Needs to Know to Get the Part, by Michael Shurtleff, |
Challenge for the Actor, by Uta Hagen, Scribner Book Co. |
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| Resources for Actors |
| Backstage.com—An online resource for actors, providing insights and casting news. |
Showbusinessweekly.com—news, articles, casting information, and features for the aspiring or working actor. |
| Educational Theater Association, an organization for theater educators, artists, arts advocates, andy anyone else involved in theater as a lifelong learning activity |
| National Foundation for the Advancement of the Arts arts recognition and talent search, dedicated to empowering the arts for America’s future |
| The Internet Movie Database has, since 1990, provided useful and up to date movie information freely available online across as many platforms as possible. |
The Internet Broadway Database, (www.ibdb.com) IBDB archive is the official database for Broadway theatre information. Details include pertinent people involved as well as interesting facts and production statistics. |
Actors’ Equity has negotiated minimum wages and working conditions, administered contracts, and enforced the provisions of our various agreements with theatrical employers across the country for ninety years. |
| The Screen Actors’ Guild is a labor union founded in 1933 to protect performers. |
| The American Federation of Television & Radio Artists represents radio artists, news broadcasters, and television performers. |
Actingbiz provides free acting and casting resources for actors and actresses of all ages. Includes articles about auditions, talent agents, managers, casting directors, and becoming a movie extra. Provides casting notices, Hollywood news, advice about auditions, open casting calls, and more. |
newyorkacting.com
Acting community to find acting jobs, audition tips on "how to become an actor" as well as open casting calls and acting auditions in the New York area. |
| Weist-Barron, the first on-camera acting school |
| Reproductions, at 70 West 40th Street in Manhattan, gives you quality headshot photography in quantity. |
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