How does anyone get a break?
Thu, 15 Mar 2001, 10:42 amWalter Plinge9 posts in thread
How does anyone get a break?
Thu, 15 Mar 2001, 10:42 amI have a 14 year old daughter who is a great actress, has a fine singing voice, dances and loves theatre so much its her chosen career! The problem; there seems to be nothing in the way of amateur theatre for her to get any experience. All audition lisitings ask for older people or if they are looking for younsters it usually say over 16 years. Any ideas or help would be appreciated. Thanks.
RE: How does anyone get a break?
Thu, 15 Mar 2001, 10:30 pmHi Rhoda
Rhoda wrote:
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> I have a 14 year old daughter who is a great actress, has a fine
> singing voice, dances and loves theatre so much its her chosen
> career! The problem; there seems to be nothing in the way of
> amateur theatre for her to get any experience.
Nothing is a very big word.
There may not be as many opportunities for a 14 year old as are available for more chronologically challenged actors. This probably reflects the relatively few roles written for young women in this age group, not to mention the general perception that there are less roles written for women anyway.
An ability to discover constructive things to do in between employment is a necessary asset for practically everyone contemplating a career in theatre. Perhaps your daughter could start building this skill now by enrolling in (more) classes, working on audition pieces, reading plays, trying her hand at writing and seeing as much theatre as possible.
If she's as committed as you suggest, no amount of time dedicated to the above will ever prove wasted.
Cheers
Grant
Rhoda wrote:
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> I have a 14 year old daughter who is a great actress, has a fine
> singing voice, dances and loves theatre so much its her chosen
> career! The problem; there seems to be nothing in the way of
> amateur theatre for her to get any experience.
Nothing is a very big word.
There may not be as many opportunities for a 14 year old as are available for more chronologically challenged actors. This probably reflects the relatively few roles written for young women in this age group, not to mention the general perception that there are less roles written for women anyway.
An ability to discover constructive things to do in between employment is a necessary asset for practically everyone contemplating a career in theatre. Perhaps your daughter could start building this skill now by enrolling in (more) classes, working on audition pieces, reading plays, trying her hand at writing and seeing as much theatre as possible.
If she's as committed as you suggest, no amount of time dedicated to the above will ever prove wasted.
Cheers
Grant