Resources and Helpful Links
Performer-Assistance Organizations
The Actors Fund of America
Actors' Work Program
A Minor Consideration (for child actors)
Non-Traditional Casting Project
Alliance of Artists' Communities
Career Transition for Dancers
California Lawyers for the Arts
Unions & Guilds
Screen Actors Guild (SAG)
SAG Indie
American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (AFTRA)
Actors' Equity Association
American Guild of Variety Artists (AGVA)
American Guild of Musical Artists (AGMA)
Extras Casting Guild
American Federation of Musicians (AFM)
Writers Guild of America, East (WGAE)
Writers Guild of America, West (WGA)
Directors Guild of America (DGA)
Producers Guild of America (PGA)
Dramatists Guild
The Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers
Professional Organizations
American Theatre Wing
Casting Society of America
Association of Talent Agents
Association of Independent Commercial Producers
National Conference of Personal Managers
American Association of Advertising Agencies
ASCAP
Recording Industry Association of America
National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences
Film & TV Organizations
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
Academy of Television Arts and Sciences
Motion Picture Association of America
American Film Institute
Association of Independent Feature Film Producers (AIFFP)
Entertainment Industry Development Corporation (EIDC)
Gen Art
The Hollywood Arts Council
Motion Picture & Television Fund Foundation
Theatre Organizations
American Theatre Wing
American Association of Community Theatre
Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS
Alliance of Resident Theatres/NY
Network of Ensemble Theaters
Theater Communications Group
American Association of Community Theatre
Professional Association of Canadian Theatres
Theatre LA
International Theatre Institute of the United States
National Dinner Theatre Association
Theatre Development Fund (tdf)
University/Resident Theatre Association (URTA)
Educational Theatre Association
American Alliance for Theatre and Education
American Arts Alliance
The Field
Go Tour
Independent Film & Video Organizations
Independent Feature Project
Film Independent
Sundance Institute
Independent Television Service
Film Arts Foundation
Association of Independent Video and Filmmakers
International Documentary Association
Documentary Films
Student Filmmakers
Micro-cinema Scene
Film Festivals
Arts Organizations
Media Rights
National Alliance for Media Arts and Culture
Americans for the Arts
ARTSEDGE
National Guild of Community Schools of the Arts
Performing Arts Research Coalition
National Performing Arts Convention
National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts (NFAA)
National Endowment for the Humanities
National Coalition Against Censorship
Arts Accredit
ArtsMarketing.org
Diversity Organizations
Non-Traditional Casting Project
Women Make Movies
Women in Film
OutFest
Visual Communications
Center for Intercultural Performance
Industry Publications & Websites
Playbill.com
Hollywood Reporter
Variety
Arts Journal
Ross Reports
Hollywood Creative Directory
Film & TV Publications & Websites
Internet Movie Database
Box Office Guru
Entertainment Weekly
Indie Wire
Filmmaker
L.A. 411
Television Without Pity
Fametracker
TV Guide
Indie Backlot
Bright Lights Film Journal
Film Threat
Stage Publications & Websites
Playbill
Backstage.com
TheaterMania
Live Broadway
All That Chat
Internet Broadway Database
Curtain Rising
Laughing Squid
Actor Helpful Sites
Overdone Monologues
Checklist for a strong Monologue Audition
Flylady.net
Change the World
Method Fest
International Dialects of English Archive
Find a Photographer
General Links
Google maps
Mapquest
Google local listings
Download.com freeware and shareware
Cybertimes Navigator assorted links
Blogs 101
Flickr - place to download pictures
Gothamist - NYC blog
LAist - Los Angeles blog
Books
NY Public Library for the Performing Arts
Dramatists Play Service
Samuel French
Drama Book Shop
Acting Books
Internet Theatre Bookshop
The Writers Store
Amazon
Barnes & Noble
Glossaries
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