| ACTOR
RESOURCE LINKS |
The
Actor Site
|
http://www.actorsite.com |
You'll
find a lot of useful links to actor-related sites here. |
| For
Actors |
http://www.caryn.com/foractors.html |
Chock
full of good career information for actors, plus many
links you will want to know about. Operated by LA-based
actors. |
| Yahoo
Actor Section |
http://pacbell.yahoo.com/arts/
performing_arts/theater/acting |
This
is part of Yahoo, the leading Internet search engine
company. Surprisingly good information and links for
actors.
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| BOOKSTORES |
| Drama Book Shop in New York |
http://www.dramabookshop.com//
NASApp/store/IndexJsp
|
New York's
leading theatre/film bookstore. |
| Script-o-Rama |
http://www.script-o-rama.com |
Complete
movie scripts, available for downloading. These sites
are operated by enthusiastic movie fans, the kind of
people who will go to the trouble of putting complete
scripts in cyberspace in the first place.
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| CHICAGO
SPECIFIC |
AFTRA
(Chicago)
|
http://www.aftra.org/chicago/ |
Local
branch for American Federation of Television and Radio Artists |
|
Chicago
Film Office
|
http://w6.ci.chi.il.us/FilmOffice/ |
Everything
regarding Chicago Film |
| City
of Chicago |
http://www.cityofchicago.org/ |
Ohhh...It's
windy! |
| Hot
Tix (Chicago) |
http://www.hottix.org/ |
Half
price tickets to plays on day of performance |
| League
of Chicago Theatres |
http://www.chicagoplays.com/ |
Everything
regarding Chicago Theatre |
| Chicago
Theatres |
| Goodman
Theatre
Company |
http://www.goodman-theatre.org/ |
It's
good! (Get it?! It's good!) |
| Second
City |
http://www.secondcity.com/ |
Improv
the night away! |
| Steppenwolf
Theatre Company |
http://www.steppenwolf.org/
|
John
somebody and so-and-so Sinise helped start this one.
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| FILM
RESOURCES |
| The
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences |
http://www.ampas.org |
This
organization sponsors the Academy Awards, publishes the
Academy Players Directory and is tied in with Breakdown
Services on a "link". If your picture is in the Academy
Players Directory, you are automatically in cyber-space.
|
| The
American Film Institute |
http://www.afionline.org
|
In
Hollywood |
| Film
Arts Foundation |
http://www.filmarts.org
|
A
San Francisco-based non-profit dedicated to the independent
film scene |
| Internet
Movie Database |
http://www.IMDB.com
|
Contains
entries -- cast info, plots etc -- for two million movies.
It also contains filmographies for actors, directors
and writers.
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| PUBLICATIONS |
| Backstage
West - Dramalogue |
http://www.backstage.com
|
The
primary publication for actors in Hollywood. To a lesser
degree, it services the San Francisco Bay Area, which
is mainly served by Callboard magazine. |
| Bay
Area Casting News |
http://www.bayareacasting.com |
A
San Francisco publication devoted to independent film
casting. |
| Callboard |
http://www.theatrebayarea.org/
callboard.htm |
The
primary publication for actors and theatres for the San
Francisco Bay Area |
| Daily
Variety |
http://www.variety.com |
One
of the two primary entertainment industry trade papers.
The other is Hollywood Reporter. Daily Variety is published
daily on the west coast and Variety is published weekly
on the east coast. |
| PERFORMINK |
http://www.performink.com/ |
Trade
publication for actors
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| THEATRE
RESOURCE LINKS |
| American
Theatre Wing's Tony Awards |
http://www.tonys.org
|
Lots
of info here on past winners of the Tony award, plus general
theatrical topics. |
| Playbill
On-Line |
http://www1.playbill.com |
Otherwise
known as Theater Central. It contains the largest collection
of theater links on the Internet. |
| Theatre
Bay Area (TBA) |
http://www.theatrebayarea.org |
Publishes
Callboard magazine, in addition to providing many other
services for San Francisco Bay Area actors. Callboard
is essential reading for Bay Area actors. |
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|
| SAN
FRANCISCO SPECIFIC |
| AFTRA/SAG |
http://www.aftra.org/
sanfrancisco/index.html/ |
San
Francisco Branch |
| San
Francisco Film Society |
http://sfiff.org-js.shtml
|
And
the San Francisco Film Festival |
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|
| UNIONS
& AGENTS |
| Actors
Equity Association (AEA) |
http://www.actorsequity.org/home.html |
The
union for stage actors and stage managers |
| Agents |
http://www.sag.com/agentlist.html
|
A
list of all the SAG franchised talent agents in the United
States. |
| American
Federation of Television and Radio Artists (AFTRA) |
http://www.aftra.org/home.html
|
Main
web site |
| The
Directors Guild of America |
http://www.dga.org
|
And...Action! |
| Screen
Actors Guild (SAG) |
http://www.sag.com
|
Web
site for the Hollywood office of SAG, which is also SAG
national headquarters. |
| The
Writers Guild of America |
http://www.wga.org
|
What
do you mean you want to cut my script?!
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| FRIENDS
AND OTHERS |
| Eric
Maisel |
http://www.ericmaisel.com
|
Eric
Maisel is a personal friend of mine. He is a respected
psychologist and author who specializes in creativity
issues. He is based in the San Francisco Bay Area. If
you are experiencing "blocks" as an actor or writer, a
few visits with Eric would be well worth your time. |
