My Recommendations


The Actor's Encyclopedia of Casting Directors: Conversations with Over 100 Casting Directors on How to Get the Job



Getting the Part : Thirty-Three Professional Casting Directors Tell You How to Get Work in Theater, Films, Commercials, and TV

More Recommended Books on Acting & Auditioning



Auditions & Casting: Information

How do you get acting jobs? Learn how to make the most of your auditions! There absolutely is an art to auditioning, and these articles with advice from casting directors, tips from actors and drama coaches about auditioning and cold reading, explanations of common audition mistakes etc can help you be at your best when your great opportunity to audition for a film, TV or theater project arrives. Also, open calls are nice, but you need to find out how to effectively market yourself as an actor and create your own acting auditions. Learn where to get Casting Director labels, find online casting notices and how to submit yourself for acting jobs before you have an agent.

Casting Notices | Talent Agents | Scenes & Monologues

Actor Marketing

Submit Your Virtual Postcard Invitation
Actors and Talent Representatives can now invite CSA Casting Directors to Screenings, Plays, Comedy Shows, Showcases, Film Festivals and Competitions without the hassle and cost of postcards. Fill out the form and your postcard will be verified and entered directly onto the CSA Member calendar.

Marketing Essentials-Postcard Messages

Making a Reel

Articles/Media

Actors Ink
Actors Ink: Casting Director Interview Archive
Interview with Los Angeles TV/Film Casting Director, Mark Paladini
Interview with NYC Casting Director,
Paul Russell
Interview with Regional Theater Casting Director, Alison Franck

Interview with NYC Casting Associate, Eileen Duffy
What is an Open Casting Call REALLY like?
Interview with Geoffrey Soffer, Casting Coordinator/ABC New York
Interview with "Secondhand Lions" Casting Director Ed Johnston
Audition Nightmares
Tips for Casting and Working with Actors: An Interview with Locke Bryan, Producer/Director
Interview with Tom Lawrence, Director/Producer
An Interview with Industrial Film Director/Producer Steve McCurdy

Castings and Casting Directors

The Casting Process
Audition Basics
Cold Reading
Tips for Cold Readings
Jon Jory on Acting: How to Prepare a Scene
Coping With Audition Nerves

101 Audition Tips
Tips for Singing Auditions
Spinning Through the Workshop Whirligig

An Interview with Filmmaker and Casting Director Gary Chason

Rejection? Don't Take It Personally
Acting Articles
Interview w/ Robin Gurland, CD, Star Wars: Phantom Menace

Experiences of a Hollywood Extra
Working With The Film Extra

Acting School: Monologues 101
Acting School: Auditioning 101

Casting Director Labels & Films In Production

THR Production Charts

THR Television Schedule
Now Casting CD Guide & Labels
IMDb Films in Production
InHollywood
Production Weekly

Casting Director Workshops

Ed Hooks - Casting Director Workshops
Tips for COMEDY CD workshops
Jp Turnbull on casting director workshops
One on One
Actorsite
In The Act

Reelpros

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