Resume-Wksht or Rough Draft (THAR 10B)

THAR 10B:  The Business of Acting - Resume Worksheet (or Draft 1)

DUE DATE

This assignment is due on Jan. 28 by the end of the day.  Late assignments will be allowed up to one week with 50% grade penality.

OBJECTIVE

All students in this class will complete a professional-quality Acting Resume by the end of the semester.  In order to do so, the process is in three steps; the Worksheet is the first step, which focuses on gathering information to be used in a resume.

Students who already have an Acting Resume have the option to submit that for grade/feedback in lieu of the Worksheet.*

INSTRUCTIONS  

This worksheet is intended to help you prepare an acting resume for the first time.  (If you already have an acting resume, see instructions below.*)

You have two ways to complete this Worksheet:  You can either print out the PDF of the Worksheet (see below), complete it by hand, scan it, and submit your scanned document as a file upload OR you can highlight all the questions, paste them into the Canvas Text Entry box and insert your answers while on Canvas.  Regardless, NO FULL SENTENCES.  Keep your answers short and sweet!

THAR 10B Resume Worksheet (S25rev).pdf Download THAR 10B Resume Worksheet (S25rev).pdf 

Please note that, while the PDF of the Worksheet is two pages long, when you create an actual resume with your worksheet information later in the semester, your resume can only be ONE page long...no matter how much experience you have.  

*INSTRUCTIONS FOR STUDENTS WHO ALREADY HAVE AN ACTING RESUME

Submit your existing resume for this assignment instead of the Resume Worksheet for the 2 pts and feedback. However, I recommend completing the worksheet (or at least reading through it) because it may give you new information about how to improve what you already have.

RESUME WORKSHEET

Your Name                                                     This appears at the top in large letters, normally centered on the page.

Contact #:                                                                Your cell phone or your home phone…whichever has voicemail and that you check REGULARLY.  If you text, cell is best because that provides yet another way to reach you.

Your Email Address:                                                                                

Social Media accounts?                                                                                                                                                

Personal Website?                                                                                    

Pronouns?                                                                                                     [Still optional, but becoming more common.]

Notice that we don’t include things like our address, our age (or age range), any personal ID numbers, and/or our GPA. 

Hair Color right now:                                                                [If your color headshot accompanies the resume, not needed.]

Eye Color right now:                                                                 [Same note as hair color.]

Since we have the ability to change our hair color easily (as well as eye color with contacts), it is important that you keep this information up to date.

Weight (in lbs.):                                                               [This used to be expected, but is becoming optional]

Height (in feet & inches):                                                             

Make sure that your height is accurate and, if included, your weight is your average at present.

If you are a singer, what is your vocal range (Soprano? Baritone? Etc.):                                                             

If you don't know your vocal range, you probably aren't experienced enough as a singer to include that information at the top of your resume.

NOTE:  Union Representation or Agent Logo would also go at the top for experienced performers.

SCENE STUDY   [This category is only for actors with no production acting experience; use your 10A and 10B scene experience.  If you’ve been in shows, skip it.]

Role                  Act/Scene # “from (insert show title in italics or caps)”          School & class               Instructor

 
ACTING EXPERIENCE - THEATRE   [This is a suggested heading for your theatre acting experience.]

List your theatre acting experience in reverse order with your most recent credit at the top of the list.  Only exception is when you had a major role further down the list that you’d like to highlight; then, bring it up to the top.  High School experience and Youth Theatre experience? – this is fine if you are still in high school or just a year or so out.  Once you have college/adult role experience, you need to start removing your high school credits.  Your experience can be organized a few different ways; the columns below are one suggestion.  Variations:  Sometimes people put show title in first column, then role.  Sometimes they put the director’s name on a second line below the producing theatre or school name.  Regardless, make sure that you put the show title in either italics (most common way) or ALL CAPS or bold or underlined; don’t mix those…it just looks messy and confusing.  You don't need to put the column headings at the top of each column, but you do need to line up all the items in each column so they are "justified left" (that means that the first letter of each column entry is directly in line with the one above and below it.)

Role                  Show title                                               Theatre or school                                      Director

ACTING EXPERIENCE - RELATED [This is a suggested heading for your non-theatre acting experience.  For theatre resumes, this follows your theatre experience.]

Films (including student film projects) – list title, role, who produced and director; TV (same list); Radio (same list, include station); Commercials – include product, regional or national; Computer/Video Games – Include role(s), name of game, producer/producing co.; Showcases, Cabarets, Industrials, etc. – Such as our advanced acting showcases later.

RELATED PERFORMANCE EXPERIENCE

(This is a handy category for actors with little acting experience so far; it shows that you do have experience as a performer. You name it…choirs, puppet shows, ice shows, dance shows, instrumental concerts, magic shows, fashion shows/modeling, stand-up comedy…any situation where you are performing in front of an audience. Depending on your answers, you might keep this on your acting resume even when you do have actual acting experience.)

EDUCATION AND TRAINING

List most recent to oldest.  Only include high school if you have recently graduated or are still attending.  It is okay to include non-theatre degrees or certificates, but the emphasis should be on your performance education and training.

Where, what did you study?, instructor.  Remember to put the NAME of the class (class #s don’t mean anything).

SPECIAL SKILLS

List any specific skill(s) you have that you think could benefit you as a performer.  (examples – martial arts, dance styles you can do well, musical instruments you play, languages you speak other than English, etc.).  When applicable, include level of proficiency (“beginner”) and # of years you have been studying (“five years”).  No full sentences; keep things brief.  Note:  Please do not include qualities like, “Memorizes lines quickly.” Or “Good at comedy.”  While those are important, that type of skill should only be demonstrated in your acting, not listed on a resume.

Special Skills For a Film/TV resume that usually don’t appear on a Theatre Acting resume (there are exceptions):

List skills you have such as sports you play well (especially if you were on a team), horseback riding, ability to drive automatic or manual, ability to ride a motorcycle, etc.  Just include these here and we’ll talk about whether any you list should be on your Theatre Acting resume.

AWARDS AND HONORS

Only include performance-related awards and honors here.  If you don’t have any yet, don’t include this category yet.