There's one thing actors need to know about the Washington, D.C., theatre scene: It doesn't work the same as those of New York and L.A. Here's the way Michael Kyrioglou, communications director for the Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company, puts it: "The D.C. theatre landscape doesn't involve agents or casting directors. Actors all get called in for auditions directly by the casting folks at each theatre or via locally organized cattle call auditions or other Equity-required casting days. The theatres only work with agents if the actors they're considering aren't based in the D.C. area. There are some casting directors...but they mostly are handling TV and film as well as some commercial work, but not theatre." So how do actors considering living in D.C. or just beginning to notice the extraordinary level of theatre production in the nation's capital get in on the action? Representatives of various D.
- 12/2/2008
- by Leonard Jacobs
- backstage.com
There's one thing actors need to know about the Washington, D.C., theatre scene: It doesn't work the same as those of New York and L.A. Here's the way Michael Kyrioglou, communications director for the Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company, puts it: "The D.C. theatre landscape doesn't involve agents or casting directors. Actors all get called in for auditions directly by the casting folks at each theatre or via locally organized cattle call auditions or other Equity-required casting days. The theatres only work with agents if the actors they're considering aren't based in the D.C. area. There are some casting directors…but they mostly are handling TV and film as well as some commercial work, but not theatre."So how do actors considering living in D.C. or just beginning to notice the extraordinary level of theatre production in the nation's capital get in on the action? Representatives of various D.
- 8/21/2008
- by Leonard Jacobs
- backstage.com
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