How Do You Make A Resume For Acting Or Dancing?
Whether you’re just starting out as a performer or have already appeared in numerous productions, every casting director is going to want to see a copy of your resume. The purpose is to not only get an overview of the types of performance experience you have had but also to assess the kind of training you are currently doing to hone your skills as an actor, singer or dancer. While final casting decisions are almost always based on how well you outshine the competition at tryouts, a polished resume will score more points than you might imagine. Select good-quality paper for your resume. This should be white, cream, ivory, light gray or light blue. Open a new document in Microsoft Word on your computer. Set your top, left and right margins at 1-1/2 inches; set your bottom margin at 2 inches. The reason for this is that theatrical resumes are trimmed down so that they can be affixed with rubber cement to the back of an 8-by-10 inch professional head shot. If you leave your margins at a tr
