THEA104 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Julie Taymor, Choregos, Nathan Lane
19 Jan 2017
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The context lacting as a craft: acting is a craft and requires constant practice, actors are, every actor begins by reading the script, three raw materials: Vision of director: other collaborators, particular circumstances, audience. An actor"s training: community theatre, schools, studios/masters classes, other actors, directors, and mentors. People the actor deals with: producer, artistic director, casting director, agent - finds actor jobs for a fee, manager - takes care of actor"s career and life. Jargon, lingo, fancy words: resume, headshots, sides, monologues, soliloquies, readers, callbacks, final callbacks. In 2001, nathan lane made 50k a week working on the producers (2. 6m) Average teacher salary was similar: in aea, 42. 6% worked last year, 57. 4% didn"t work, at any given time, there is an 86. 8% unemployment rate, the median income of members was ,277. The unions: aea (actors equity association, sag-aftra (screen actor"s guild - american federation of television and radio artists, ssdc (society of stage directors and choreographers)
