Acting resume question?

Question

I have been thinking about trying to go to acting school in Reno (not that John Roberts Powers c**p either) and I was thinking about my resume. I did theater locally (the director called it "semi-professional", but I went into it through joining my high school theater class, it was mostly students but we did have a few adults). I did this for three years and had some major roles. This was eight years ago. My question is, do those plays mean anything? Can they be put on my resume? Additionally, can those three years of advanced theater class be put down under training?

Answer 1

yes, yes, and yes. the whole point of a resume is to show your experience in theatre, including any training that you have been through. so you totally have the right idea. put your theatrical experience under theatre and then under training put your classes down. it also helps to go online and check out some other actors' resume just to get an idea of format; there are so many ways to shape them.  

Answer 2

Oh yes!  If you did the whole show then you list the role on your resume.  What I would do though is list the venue, not the school.  For example... Where did you perform the shows?  In John Muir Theatre (at John Muir Jr. High?) or at Jane Smith Memorial Auditorium (at Burbank High School).  Get it?  Don't list the school, list a venue.  

And yes, your advanced class can be listed but if it was the same class with the same teacher it's generally listed once and again I would not list a high school, but an acting group name or studio name or something like that.  Even just the teacher's name would be fine.

good luck!

Marianne

Answer 3

Absolutely!

put down any theatre you have done, even with you junior high school.  it just matters that you have been on stage in front of an audience and don't have stage fright.  i would put the theatre under theatre, not traning.  if it is a class or an academy they want you to be fresh so that they can mold you.

hope i helped :-)

Answer 4

Yes to both. So long as you don't exaggerate and what you put is verifiable, put it on the page. Some experience is better than none. Once you build up credits, then you can choose what to put in and what to leave out.