What do you do after you send out Headshots & Resumes to Agents?

Question

Over two months ago, I sent out my daughter's headshots and resumes to acting agencies/managers. I never heard back from any of them.
Is there anything that I can do to "spark" agents interests? Or even just get called in for an interview?
Or, should I just send out their headshots and resumes to more agencies and pray that something happens?
Thank you very much..
PS-Is there any place where I can find auditions for my girls (a sophmore and an 8th grader) without an agent/manager?

Answer 1

If you've had no response after 2 months, the only thing you can do is get postcards with an update statement or invitation to a show she's doing and send them out again as a follow up. Let them know what she's doing now. You can send out H&R to agents that you didn't send them to before, of course. You should also know that sometimes the headshots don't even get seen. They are tossed right in the trash. It couldn't hurt to resubmit, but that's up to you and your pocketbook. Perhaps any former agency interns on here can give some incite as to what you can do to make your submission stand out in a good way? Obviously you don't call the office and you don't stop by... they'll take your name all right, but it goes on the 'don't ever call these people' list.

You can find auditions on the following sites where you don't need an agent, however be mindfull that negotiating a contract is a big deal and if your girls are offered anything you can in that instance contact an agent you are interested in, offer them 10% of the deal and a trial run with their agency if they negotiate the contract for you. What do they have to lose? They're etting 10% that they didn't have to work for, the problem for you is that they may already have a client like your daughter(s) in which case they may not be sent out on very many projects.

OK, the audition sites:
www.actorsaccess.com - submitting your girls will be free if you subscribe to showfax. It's $68 per year, probably per person but I'm nor sure on that.

www.backstage.com - searching is free, but you do have to pay to see all the info. You'll have to decide on your own if it's worth subscribing. Some areas have way more audition info than others.

http://www.actorsequity.org/castingcall/... If you find the audition on the Equity site, you still may be able to go, as long as their not taking appointments from equity actor's only. This is for theatre, but it's work and it goes on the resume.

Good luck!

Answer 2

There's pretty much nothing you can do. Once you send in all you can do is wait and hope to hear something but most of the time you don't.

As for auditions, there's a very good group on Yahoo called ActorsFirstNY. I actually find more auditions through that then Backstage. It's a group you join and then you get a daily email with listings for things you can submit for.

Answer 3

Dram-a-loge has listings for auditions. Put an add on Craig's list, I was listening to the radio this morning. The speaker said many more people are using the web to advertise.

Now, with the agents you have sent head shots to:
Keep calling until your child get to audition for them.

Decide, what venue you want your child to work in:
Commercials
Movies
Stage shows

Then you can focus on agents that just find child for each type of project.

Send in several head shots, most want black and white.
Try to think of unusual ideas to catch the eye of the agent.
While you are waiting and if you child wants to enroll them in voice and dance classes.

Last but not least, visit the talent agents directly.

Answer 4

Mostly you wait. That is if you aren't real serious.

If you are serious, you do auditions.

Try auditions.com for where to go.