[NEohioPAL]Pay to Play

Sun Dec 10 19:50:38 PST 2006

<html><div style='background-color:'><P> I'm kind of in shock after reading your email. I act for movies not for plays even though I started acting for plays for my own school when I was a little girl and teenager but anyway, what I mean is I don't know anything about a big theater production so reading what you say that some actors have to pay in order to play I want to know: Is this true? Wouldn't be a kind of a scam if somebody has to pay in order to work? Or to play a role? I'm asking because I don't know pretty much anything about theater so if somebody can please explain it to me I will appreciate it. Why do you have to pay for? Where is that fee going?</P>
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From: <I>Stephanie Kirk <stefina1 at sbcglobal.net></I><BR>To: <I>neohiopal at lists.fredsternfeld.com</I><BR>Subject: <I>[NEohioPAL]Pay to Play</I><BR>Date: <I>Sun, 10 Dec 2006 17:37:01 -0800 (PST)</I><BR><BR>
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<DIV>I'm an acting student at CSU and have been getting neopal emails for about 1 year.  I find them very helpful and have gotten some jobs from them.  However, I have a request for all of the groups who post audition notices:  Be up front about fees that you assess to the players of your production.  It ends up being a quasi class like situation when people have to pay to play except they aren't told ahead of time. </DIV>
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<DIV>This is a perfectly exceptable way of doing business but you should be up front about it.  This is exactly opposite of what paid actors are looking for.   It's like asking actors, after they show up, if he/she minds undressing or something.  Like, "oh... nobody told you?" or "yeah, it's no big deal"  I've showed up to two auditions like this.  I immediately left, but had gone through some trouble to get babysitting and had shaved my legs and everything. Please let us know before hand.</DIV>
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<DIV>Stephanie Kirk</DIV>
<DIV>Drama Student</DIV>
<DIV>Cleveland State University</DIV><BR></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></div></html>