NYCastings - DirectSubmit » Screen Actors Guild https://www.nycastings.com Casting Tools for Casting Directors and On-Camera Talent Tue, 18 Feb 2025 20:20:48 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.2 Becoming A Successful Commercial Actor https://www.nycastings.com/becoming-a-successful-commercial-actor/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=becoming-a-successful-commercial-actor https://www.nycastings.com/becoming-a-successful-commercial-actor/#comments Thu, 16 Nov 2023 18:27:41 +0000 https://www.nycastings.com/?p=24776 Becoming a successful commercial actor requires understanding the diverse landscape of opportunities and navigating both union and non-union work. Here’s a comprehensive guide to help aspiring commercial actors achieve success. Understanding the Diversity of Commercial Acting Opportunities Television Commercials: These are high-visibility spots on national or local TV. They can range from high-budget ads by […]

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]]> https://www.nycastings.com/becoming-a-successful-commercial-actor/feed/ 0 Actors – How to Get on a Casting Director’s Radar https://www.nycastings.com/actors-how-to-get-on-a-casting-directors-radar/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=actors-how-to-get-on-a-casting-directors-radar https://www.nycastings.com/actors-how-to-get-on-a-casting-directors-radar/#comments Wed, 08 Jul 2020 15:16:38 +0000 https://www.nycastings.com/?p=20270 Actors, today you’ll read how to get on a Casting Director’s radar. Four prominent Casting Directors; four different perspectives on casting. We interviewed four CDs who work with different types of people and companies looking to book and protect clients. You will gain insight to what makes a CD tick and what they are looking […]

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]]> https://www.nycastings.com/actors-how-to-get-on-a-casting-directors-radar/feed/ 0 Here’s The Skinny On Actors Equity: How To Join AEA And Some Other Considerations https://www.nycastings.com/heres-the-skinny-on-actors-equity-how-to-join-aea-and-some-other-considerations/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=heres-the-skinny-on-actors-equity-how-to-join-aea-and-some-other-considerations https://www.nycastings.com/heres-the-skinny-on-actors-equity-how-to-join-aea-and-some-other-considerations/#comments Thu, 09 May 2019 14:34:40 +0000 https://www.nycastings.com/?p=15721 To conclude our series on actor’s unions where we talk about the ins and outs of joining, or deciding not to join – or deciding to join but not really joining (i.e. fi-core) – let’s turn finally to AEA, the Actor’s Equity Association, commonly referred to as Equity. This is the union for live theater […]

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]]> https://www.nycastings.com/heres-the-skinny-on-actors-equity-how-to-join-aea-and-some-other-considerations/feed/ 0 To Work Or Not To Work: Considering The Advantages of Fi-Core and Its Consequences https://www.nycastings.com/to-work-or-not-to-work-considering-the-advantages-of-fi-core-and-its-consequences/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=to-work-or-not-to-work-considering-the-advantages-of-fi-core-and-its-consequences https://www.nycastings.com/to-work-or-not-to-work-considering-the-advantages-of-fi-core-and-its-consequences/#comments Tue, 07 May 2019 14:46:33 +0000 https://www.nycastings.com/?p=15707 As actors, of course we have a drive and a love for performing that supersedes virtually all other considerations. We’re the people who might have been ridiculed in high school as members of the drama club, and we’re the people who bash our heads against the wall of audition after audition. And we may well […]

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]]> https://www.nycastings.com/to-work-or-not-to-work-considering-the-advantages-of-fi-core-and-its-consequences/feed/ 0 SAG – 411 Important info from the SAG office https://www.nycastings.com/sag-411-important-info-from-the-sag-office-2/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=sag-411-important-info-from-the-sag-office-2 https://www.nycastings.com/sag-411-important-info-from-the-sag-office-2/#comments Tue, 02 Feb 2010 10:47:00 +0000 http://www.nycastings.com/wpblog/sag-411-important-info-from-the-sag-office-2/ On a mission to clear up Union vs. Non-Union rumors… NYCastings tapped directly into the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) and got them to reveal details about rules, leniencies, and those coveted three waivers… Q. Any expiration date to waivers? A. There is no expiration for Taft-Hartley waivers, but remember – it is the work and […]

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