Advanced Acting Topics (375-0-21)

Topic

Business for the Artist

Instructors

Detra Payne

Meeting Info

Wirtz Center STRUB: Mon, Wed 11:00AM - 12:50PM

Overview of class

This class will demystify the inner workings of the performing arts industry and empowers students to create a life for themselves that is financially stable and creatively fulfilling. Coursework will focus on three categories: BUSINESS (Casting, Agents, Unions, Resumes, Networking, Regional Markets, Websites, Contracts, Types of Work, Internal Structures), LIFE (Financial Literacy, Budgeting, Personal Values, Self-Assessment, Taxes, Unemployment, Health Insurance, Finding Non-Performance Work), and PRACTICE (Mock Auditions, Callbacks, and Cold Reads).

Registration Requirements

To ensure that everyone has a fair and equal opportunity to enroll in a Senior Topic Acting Class, we will be continuing with a preference form model. Please fill out the form that will be sent by the department office and you will be assigned an acting class. All remaining spaces will be given out by the acting teachers after the assignments are made. This is to ensure everyone has an opportunity to enroll in at least one section.

The acting teachers will not have permission numbers for their classes before each student who filled out the form is assigned a section. Please do not contact the instructors until after we know where there is space available.

Once you receive your permission number to register, you are free to contact other instructors directly if you wish to take an additional Senior Topics Acting Class.

Class Materials (Required)

Computer, cell phone, journals, paper, pencil, pen, photo of yourself $1-25