[NEohioPAL]Pay to Play

[Mark Cipra]

It is NOT a legitimate way of doing business to advertise an audition (for something you can
reasonably expect to do for pay, or at worst, for free) then ask YOU to pay for it.

It's a scam, and possibly illegal.  I'm glad to hear the original poster walked out, but I'd
appreciate it if she would also announce the names of the folks who did this.

--- silvia marchena guillen <elektrica53 at hotmail.com> wrote:


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 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?

Thanks!


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From: Stephanie Kirk <stefina1 at sbcglobal.net>
To: neohiopal at lists.fredsternfeld.com
Subject: [NEohioPAL]Pay to Play
Date: Sun, 10 Dec 2006 17:37:01 -0800 (PST)

Hi Everyone,
 
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. 
 
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.
 
Stephanie Kirk
Drama Student
Cleveland State University




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