Build Relationships with a Casting Internship
In this week’s episode of Guru Tips for Actors, founder Ajarae Coleman shares some tips on how to snag a helpful casting internship. Watch the video below to learn the benefits of volunteering in a casting office, and the specific steps to take to make it happen!
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Now we want to hear from YOU in the comments below. Have you ever volunteered at a casting office? If so, share what you learned!
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January 15, 2015 @ 12:54 am
Thanks for sharing. I thought of doing this years ago as a teenager.
January 15, 2015 @ 2:25 am
I didn’t even know you did these videos! So helpful 🙂 I’d love to hear about other actors’ experiences interning. I’ve always been interested!
January 15, 2015 @ 2:26 am
I didn’t even know you did these videos! So helpful 🙂 I’d love to hear about other actors’ experiences interning. I’ve always been interested!
January 15, 2015 @ 2:27 am
I didn’t even know you did these videos! So helpful 🙂 I’d love to hear about other actors’ experiences interning. I’ve always been interested!
January 15, 2015 @ 2:28 am
I didn’t even know you did these videos! So helpful 🙂 I’d love to hear about other actors’ experiences interning. I’ve always been interested!
January 15, 2015 @ 2:37 am
Agree, agree, agree. Thank you for posting a video about an oft-neglected and powerful resource for many actors. 😀
January 15, 2015 @ 2:43 am
Interning at a casting office was one of the best things I’ve done for myself and my career. I knowledge that I gained is immeasurable. You have to immerse yourself in it to truly understand what works and what casting directors experience. You also make great connections!
January 15, 2015 @ 3:04 am
Hi! I’m currently interning at a great tv casting agency. Each and every audition is a “free” class. I am building a great rapport with the casting directors and associates. As was said in the video, target a specific casting agency. I chose the one I work with because they are nice. It is very refreshing to be in a casting office and see how high level professionals operate who are vey kind and supportive of each and every actor that walks through their doors. I highly recommend interning. And thanks for this video, I learned some tips about how to be more effective in following up with some other offices I would like to intern at, like when meeting them in a workshop!
January 15, 2015 @ 4:57 am
Thanks again, for doing these really informative vids! It takes some of the guesswork out of the process!
January 15, 2015 @ 4:57 am
Thanks again, for doing these really informative vids! It takes some of the guesswork out of the process!
January 15, 2015 @ 4:57 am
Thanks again, for doing these really informative vids! It takes some of the guesswork out of the process!
January 15, 2015 @ 4:57 am
These videos are amazing! Thank you for giving us so much value!
January 15, 2015 @ 4:59 am
Thanks again, for doing these really informative vids! It takes some of the guesswork out of the process!
January 15, 2015 @ 5:42 am
Thanks for another awesomely helpful video 🙂
January 15, 2015 @ 8:00 am
As always – great and practical information. I did an internship years back when I lived in NY and it led to some really great theatrical auditions, getting representation, and of course, an opportunity to build a rapport daily with casting personnel along with learning TONS about the industry. Sometimes, what you learn in a casting office simply can’t be learned anywhere else.
January 15, 2015 @ 8:19 am
I love this! I’ve always been curious about interning for a casting office. Just the push I needed! Thanks for all the info!
January 15, 2015 @ 10:47 am
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January 15, 2015 @ 5:29 pm
Thank you for creating this video! You have wonderful insight and I can’t wait to use what you’ve shared! I just became a WIF member and I’m so excited that you are too! That means I’m taking steps in the right direction. Now it’s time for me to start researching casting offices!!! 🙂 thank you Ajarae!
January 16, 2015 @ 5:12 pm
FANTASTICAL intel Workshop Guru – THANK YOU!
January 17, 2015 @ 11:23 pm
Useful info as I’ve been contemplating this option. Thank you.
January 19, 2015 @ 5:24 am
Careful! Not as easy as it once was to intern.
“The Casting Society of America has decided it will no longer allow postings for internships through its webpage and sent a note out to its membership announcing its change of policy.”
http://deadline.com/2014/02/casting-society-of-america-to-cease-internship-job-postings-labor-law-679974/
The best way to be considered for intern/coordinator/assistant jobs is to send a resumé to the CSA – info@castingsociety.com – asking to be considered for an internship. Keep in mind that it can be a thankless job – getting coffee, making copies, ordering lunch, typing schedules, answering phones. But i can also be fun, and help you to understand what happens behind closed doors, how decisions are made, and how actors often undermine their opportunities in a casting office. Maybe it’ll save you a few bucks in the workshop world, too. Once you see what actors do with that one shot at a role – both good and bad – you’ll realize that an internship may be all you ever need to “demystify the casting/audition process”. You may never pay for a workshop again!
Billy DaMota CSA