Hi Bonnie, I’m an actor in Southeast Washington (~4 hrs. removed from Seattle), and my five-year plan involves moving to LA to pursue acting professionally. In the meantime, I am acting in local community theatre….
Posts tagged scams
The CD Workshop Issue
Oookay. I’ve caved. I’m writing about the CD workshop issue after having avoided it quite a bit. Of course, I haven’t avoided it entirely. I wrote about CD workshops in the July 18, 2005 Your…
Agent-Free Auditioning
Please note: As of January 2022, we are no longer doing up-to-the-minute updates to this post. You should always use a search engine (like Duck Duck Go) to cross-reference pretty much ANYthing you get off…
Shady Agency Trying to Make a Buck Before AB1319 Goes into Effect
I’ve been with my commercial agent for a month now. They’ve sent me out on two commercial auditions. Today they sent me an email saying I should send them additional headshots and new video to…
Why Is a Big CD Doing Small-Market Workshops?
Hello Bonnie, I am a Seattle-based actor and read your column every week. I do actually read what you write so I know how big you are on research. I recently got an email from…
Actor Convention Scam
Hi Bonnie- I recently discovered an Internet scam which bilks actors out of $1200 and I wanted to make you aware of it in hopes you will share it on your weekly column. www.americaundiscovered.com is…
Kids in Showbiz II
Last week, in the first Kids in Showbiz column, we looked at The Basics, Classes, Type, Headshots, Resumés, Postcards, Demo Reels, and Websites for kid actors. Phew! That was a long column, eh? Have you…
Manager Charging Up-Front Fees
I am a SAG actor who recently moved to Los Angeles. I’ve been here for two months now and am in the process still of looking for representation. I’ve read your book and I know…
eQuery Online
So, you’re expecting Bad Headshots, Good Headshots IV this week. We’ll get back to headshots next week. I had to take a detour this week specifically because I just days ago learned about a disturbing…
Scam Season
Ah, it’s that time again. Everyone is gearing up for pilot season and all its madness. But along with pilot season comes scam season. Because so many newbies hit town with big dreams of getting…