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Sean Penn
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I'm getting my headshots next week.

Ive done 7 plays: 5 school plays, 1 Off broadway play, one play at queens theatre in the park. Ive done two student films. As for training:
•Play writing/Scene Study, Denis, New York, 3 week
•Play Writing/Scene study, Jillian, New York, 3 week
•Monologue Workshop, Larry O’Connell, New York
•Monologue Workshop, Natalie Miletic, New York
•Song writing/Scene Study, Joe White, New York, 4 days.

Awards:
•Shakespeare Monologue Competition: The English Speaking Union of New York Award (For getting into top 12 Shakespeare actors of New York, Monologue used: Macbeth). Held at the Dicapo Theater. (2009)
•Play Writing Award (2008): For writing a play for a competition.
•Play Writing Award (2009): For writing a play for a competition.

As for my questions:

--Should I list that im Non-Union?
--The last two awards are only for participating and not winning, should I still list it?
--Do you think I should build my resume up more? If so how, more theatre, more short films.
--Do Agents consider school plays as theatre or do they just ignore it?
--(for training) if the director of the workshop is not well known, do agents ignore it?
-- (Question that been on my mind) Should I submit to agents? (I really want to because I want to go on auditions more often!)
--Do Agents ignore Non-Union actors who submit?


Sorry I miss-spelled a couple of things because i was typing and my computer shut off and....... I dont wanna talk about it, Lol.
 
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Sean Penn
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I forgot the last name of two of the workshops directors, but I was just giving an example so I dont think that matters right now. Big Grin
 
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Robert DeNiro
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No need to post this in multiple threads.

--Should I list that im Non-Union?
NO! If you don't have a Union affiliation, don't put anything there.

--The last two awards are only for participating and not winning, should I still list it?
You usually don't put down awards on acting resumes. I don't see the point of putting down competitions that you didn't win or at least placed in.

--Do you think I should build my resume up more? If so how, more theatre, more short films.

You're in NY, a theatre town. Do everything you can.

--Do Agents consider school plays as theatre or do they just ignore it?

Once again, you're in a theatre town.

--(for training) if the director of the workshop is not well known, do agents ignore it?

They care more about if you have training and are good because of it.

-- (Question that been on my mind) Should I submit to agents? (I really want to because I want to go on auditions more often!)

Why not?

You should also get work on your own through LEGIT sites like:
-actorsaccess.com
-nycasting.com
-nycastings.com

--Do Agents ignore Non-Union Clients?

Commercial agents don't because they know it's easy for their clients to get Taft-Hartleyed through commercials than anything else.

Theatrical agents are different. Most good theatrical agents WON'T meet with you unless you're SAG, have a polished resume, and a good demo reel.
 
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