Passionate about ACTING? Investigate careers in theater,film,coaching,teaching!

Lesson Overview

Students will see video interviews with working actors, theatre students, and other drama professionals advising on the many ways to craft a career in the dramatic arts.  Chances are if a student is performing in school productions, then they are coached and trained by a theater teacher at a middle or high school, so TEACHING  may be one route to a dramatic arts career.  One of the videos shows an acting coach advising a student how to connect with the audience MORE during a song.    Also, after analyzing the pros and cons of the video actors' opinions to different routes leading to a theater career, students will do actual personal and community  research, compiling  their own CURTAIN'S UP notebook containing: 
* Two outlined BIOGRAPHIES  of personal acting "favorites", containing details about each actor's beginning steps, i.e. schooling, auditions, agents, etc.  that led to their profession film or theater career.
*a list of local theatres and/or small film production companies [even for local TV advertising production]
* dates  for auditions in their community, or nearby cities, & preparations needed for those auditions, possibly including songs or memorized monologues
*locations, times and cost to participate in  acting classes outside of school,
*theatres that will welcome volunteer work, whether in a capacity backstage, or in the house, during a production. 
 In other words, ANYONE who is truly interested in pursuing a career in acting must make connections with local venues, other local performers, drama teachers, filmmakers, and gather as many types of film acting/ stage acting experiences as possible.