Monday, July 09, 2012

As of 2025, please go to stuff.davidaugust.com, my newer blog. See you there!

Where to Find Auditions in Chicago

Last month I was asked where one finds auditions in Chicago, and here is a partial list:

WaitingPatiently
my Chicago theatre/film email list. While is has become a much lower traffic list then it once was, it does occasionally get messages that are about auditions for paying acting jobs (I try not to have it post audition notices for unpaid gigs).
PerformInk
once probably the largest audition listings in Chicago, now seems inactive after stopping printing on paper in 2009, and changing owners in the last couple years. Was almost comparable to the audition listings in Backstage for New York and LA
listed auditions online and also had audition listings in paper edition
Agents
actors usually get auditions for the highest paying acting jobs through their agent or manager
SAG-AFTRA has a list of agents on the Screen Actors Guild's old site which I imagine they will eventually more to the sagaftra.org site
Talent Managers Association may be a resource to learn more about managers, and imdb pro is a way to look into who currently may be represented by whom
ActorsAccess
While this may be more used in LA and New York, it does list Chicago and Midwestern auditions
if you get a showfax account, you can submit to as many auditions as you want without paying for each submission
Chicago Reader
lists auditions online and also available in paper edition
years ago I found their audition listings sparse and often for community theatre
Friends and Colleagues
other actors, directors, producers and people you've worked with may also contact you for auditions, though this may not happen immediately, or at all

There are other place to find auditions, but this is a start. Remember in all cases to look out for yourself and do due diligence on the organizations and people you will be auditioning for or working with; caveat actor. Break a leg!

Labels: ,

this posted by David August at 9:32 AM - 2 comments -  

Friday, February 18, 2011

As of 2025, please go to stuff.davidaugust.com, my newer blog. See you there!

Actor Branding

...a slogan is only useful if someone, somewhere, might say the opposite. Otherwise you're not saying anything, especially anything that sets you apart from anyone else.

Read the rest of the post about having a point of view on my LA Acting blog.

Labels:

this posted by David August at 8:34 PM - 0 comments -  

Saturday, May 09, 2009

As of 2025, please go to stuff.davidaugust.com, my newer blog. See you there!

Save 4.5% on Postage Costs

Buy forever stamps today for $0.42 and starting Monday if your headshot costs $0.88 to mail, you can mail it using two forever stamps saving $0.04 per submission (from my Los Angeles Acting blog). During the week the main post office is open until midnight (I think) and may be open late tonight.

Labels: ,

this posted by David August at 4:59 PM - 0 comments -  

Monday, March 31, 2008

As of 2025, please go to stuff.davidaugust.com, my newer blog. See you there!

Postage Rate Increase May 12, 2008

Postage rates are going up on May 12th. Probably $0.83 or $1 for headshots, and $0.27 for postcards.

Labels: ,

this posted by David August at 1:36 PM - 0 comments -  

Monday, August 27, 2007

As of 2025, please go to stuff.davidaugust.com, my newer blog. See you there!

A Blog About Casting Directors

Just stumbled on this weblog that seems to have some pictures of some casting directors and some links to interviews with them. They don't seem to be very Chicago market focused though.

Labels:

this posted by David August at 4:10 PM - 0 comments -  

Saturday, June 16, 2007

As of 2025, please go to stuff.davidaugust.com, my newer blog. See you there!

Thank You Notes

I've bought some nice cards with my name on them to use for some of my thank you notes instead of photo postcards. Everyone uses photo postcards for everything, and I figure a real note on real stationary is more personal. I'll have my picture on the mailing lable on the evelope, and a card (with my name in raised lettering) the inside. I bought mine from FineStationery.com (affiliate link) they're less than five cents each (including the envelope), plus a little for shipping. I'm very happy with their work; I recommend them. I also would recommend trying not to use the UPS option of shipping; UPS can't find my house all the time, which is odd since it's always in the same place.

Labels:

this posted by David August at 1:56 AM - 1 comments -  

Friday, May 18, 2007

As of 2025, please go to stuff.davidaugust.com, my newer blog. See you there!

Exact Postage

How to get to the 97 cents of postage needed to mail a headshot.

Labels: ,

this posted by David August at 6:36 PM - 0 comments -  

Wednesday, May 09, 2007

As of 2025, please go to stuff.davidaugust.com, my newer blog. See you there!

Postage Rates Increase May 14th

So do your mailings now.

Labels:

this posted by David August at 5:37 PM - 0 comments -  

Tuesday, February 28, 2006

As of 2025, please go to stuff.davidaugust.com, my newer blog. See you there!

Chicago Extra Casting Agencies

This list of casting offices that find/hire background actors may not be accurate or up to date. I know at a minimum that Ambassador Talent Agents and Joan Philo Casting both did at one time do extras casting, though the contact details on the Illinois Film Office web site may not be correct. Caveat actor.

2011 update: Recently ExtraOrdinary Casting and Joan Philo Casting have been doing background casting on a lot of the TV and film shooting in Chicago. Please tell them you heard about them from David August, thanks.

Labels:

this posted by David August at 4:13 PM - 3 comments -