Casting Crossword

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Across
  1. 2. list of highlights of your career
  2. 4. appx 1 minute exerpt of a play that an actor should have memorized in the event the casting directors ask to see more
  3. 5. how much or little work or industry knowledge one would need to be cast
  4. 7. the highly controversial classes you can take with casting directors and get feedback on your audition. Additionally, there were some casting directors who would only cast people from those classes
  5. 13. casting roles of Asian descent with actors of any Asian background
  6. 14. a service casting directors use to receive submissions
  7. 16. script excerpt used for an audition
  8. 18. how artistic projects find collaborators to fill roles
  9. 19. 8x11 glossy, given to casting directors in the room
  10. 20. news site for industry professionals (primarily theater)
  11. 22. book of song options brought into an audition
  12. 24. the types of roles an actor typically could be cast in
  13. 25. popularized by the pandemic, this remote method of trying out for things requires a backdrop, lights, and a phone camera
Down
  1. 1. audition that anyone can come into, does not take appointments
  2. 3. a term used to describe actors who have a "look" that doesn't clearly align with one ethnic group
  3. 6. second round of casting held after the first round when casting directors want to see more
  4. 8. casts most musicals on broadway
  5. 9. takes 15-20% and also helps coach you on career things
  6. 10. there is an expectation that actors have to do many things to make the producer's lives easier. This places actors in a more vulnerable position
  7. 11. the expectation in musical theater that an actor must be able to sing act and dance at a professional level for a production
  8. 12. person in charge of finding people to cast, setting up appointments, and knowing the talent pool that is out there
  9. 15. room in which they hold auditions
  10. 17. takes 10%, submits you for roles
  11. 20. person who acquires or provides funding for the project
  12. 21. newspaper for industry professionals (primarily film) casting calls listed
  13. 23. when actors are brought in to read with each other and make sure they get along well