Promoting Your Acting Career: A Step-by-Step Guide to Opening the Right Doors

by Glenn Alterman

Overview

This is the definitive insider's guide to getting ahead in the worlds of theater, film, and commercials. Packed with both innovative strategies and practical advice, it covers how to obtain the perfect headshot; prepare for interviews and auditions; select flattering monologues; create professional-looking resumes and cover letters; compose promotional mailings and videos; produce an original play, video or film; launch a theater company; and much more. New sections include information on actor training; voice, speech and voiceovers; using the Internet for self-promotion; daytime serials; and interviews with working professionals from every realm of entertainment.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781621531081
Publisher:	Allworth
Publication date:	11/01/2004
Sold by:	SIMON & SCHUSTER
Format:	eBook
Pages:	260
File size:	732 KB

About the Author

Glenn Alterman is a multi-award-winning playwright, acting coach, actor, and the author of thirty-one theater books. His plays have been produced throughout the United States and on three continents and have won over 45 international awards and received several international arts grants. He was listed as “The Best Monologue/Audition Coach” by the readers of Backstage magazine, and RecordSetter.com lists him as the “Author of the Most Published Monologues for Actors.” Some of his most popular books include The Perfect Audition Monologue, Two Minutes and Under, Creating Your Own Monologue, Writing the 10-Minute Play, The Best Monologues for All Auditions, and 101 Original One-Minute Monologues. He lives in New York City.