Question:
Theatre Resume Formatting?
theatrelover
2010-06-14 12:16:59 UTC
I've been involved in theatre since I was in 5th grade, and am planning on pursuing it in college (I'm a rising junior in high school). I created my resume on a Word document, but the spacing is all messed up... can anyone help? At the moment, it looks like this: (this isn't the whole thing, it's just part of it)


A Funny Thing Happenend...Forum Protean The Bullis School February 2010
Noises Off! Belinda Blair The Bullis School November 2009
The Wizard of Oz Ensemble Frenchwoods Festival of the Permng. Arts, Hancock, NY August 2009
Zombie Prom Candy Summer Theatre Experience, CCBC, Chevy Chase, MD August 2009
Fiddler on the Roof Fiddler Stagedoor Manor Performing Arts Training Center, Loch Sheldrake, NY August 2008
Starmtites Maligna Summer Theatre Experience August 2008


See how all the spacing is messed up? That's what I want to fix. I want to have four distinct columns::

1st column: Title of show
2nd column: Role
3rd column: Company/Place
4th column: Date

As you can see above in the resume, I have the four parts/components that I want, they just aren't in organized columns. Can anyone tell me how I can organize the information into four, evenly spaced, columns??

Thanks so much!
Three answers:
Matt
2010-06-14 19:06:52 UTC
Insert a table, and then set the borders of the table to be invisible lines.
TruthTeller59
2010-06-14 20:18:34 UTC
NEVER put years/dates or anything else that might age you like age, etc. It can limit you because casting directors can see you playing much younger or even older than you actually are.



You ONLY need 3 columns.



To get evenly spaced columns, use Microsoft Word and create tables within the document.



Here's how you set up an Acting resume:

http://i707.photobucket.com/albums/ww80/ELDORADO59/scan0002.jpg



RESUME-ALWAYS use the 3 column format!

Here's the standard LA format. In NY, it's usually the same but with Theatre being higher up than Film/TV (/ denotes column breaks):



At the top and centered:

Name (Centered and is largest in font size)

Union affiliation (if any)

CELL Phone Number

Email



Far Left side below the top and centered stuff:

Height

Weight

Hair color

Eye color



Right side opposite of statistics:

Agent logo with contact info (sometimes if you have an agent, you can remove your own cell phone and email address. Then weirdos that find your stuff in the dumpster can contact them instead of you)



Film

Title/(Lead, supporting)/Director



Television

Title/(Lead, guest star, co-star, regular, Under 5, recurring)/Network



Theatre

Title/Specific character played/Production company or director depending on who is more prestigious.



Commericials

ALWAYS put "List available upon request!" Do keep a separate list of the commercials with the Casting directors involved in case an agent asks.



Training

Skill learned/School or teacher/Location (LA, NY?)

OR

Skill learned/Teacher/School, Location

ie. Cold Reading/Margie Haber/Margie Haber Studios, LA,CA



Special Skills/Abilities

Be creative with this. When I was starting out and interviewing with agencies, they would usually go straight there and talk about my special talents and even had me demonstrate some of them



DON'T:

-Put extra work

-Put Modeling/Print gigs. You make a separate resume for that.

-Lie

-Put age. If an agent asks you when you meet with him or her, then tell the truth. It's for legal reasons. ie. Under 18 can't work normal hours and need parent/guardian to sign stuff or you have to be at least 25 to do a beer commercial.

-Put your home phone number or address unless you want weirdos coming to your house.

-Put dates. It ages you!

-Have it separate from your headshot. It should be cut to fit and stapled to the back of your headshot.



If you don't have many credits, show that you're serious by having training from the best and a lot of unique special skills/abilities that you can actually do.
bleck
2010-06-14 14:04:25 UTC
Go to page layout and select columns. Then select the number of columns you want. I used the tab button to create my columns however (it gives you a little more control), and I don't put dates.


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