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Tools & Online Resources for Actors

Accents

Allusionist 63: Evolution of Accents Allusionist 63: Evolution of Accents
IDEA (Internat'l Dialects of English Archive)
Speech Accent Archive
BBC Voices Survey catalog of British dialects

British Library catalog of British dialects

Blogs

Broadway Stars theater news & reviews
Clyde Fitch Report "The nexus of arts and politics" (ed. Leonard Jacobs, Back Stage)
The Producer's Perspective
by Broadway producer Ken Davenport

Demo Reels

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Actors Reels NYC


Foreign Language

Lang-8 Social network of native speakers correct your foreign language writing
Lifehacker tips on learning a language quickly
See also Translations below

Head Shots

HEAD SHOT Makeup Artist JODY FORMICA 
​(click on name or photo to go to her website)

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Industrials

SAG-AFTRA FAQs Page
SAG-AFTRA Industrial Rates [PDF]

Information

IBDb.com Internet Broadway Database
IMDb.com
Internet Movie Database

Monologues

Karen Kohlhaas's Monologue Audition website check out the Overdone Monologue Survey on the right side.

Networking

One On One

Pay/Commissions/Residuals

Actors' Equity Agreements & Pay Rates
SAG-AFTRA Industrial Rates [PDF]
SAG-AFTRA SAG Modified Low Budget Agreement [PDF]
SAG-AFTRA What Is Commissionable?
Do I Pay My Agent a Commission on Residuals? [Acting Answers]
On what do I pay commissions to my agent? [Acting Answers]

Plays/Playwrights

Doollee.com English plays (orig. & trans.) since 1956 
Drama Book Shop
Dramatists Play Services PlayFinder
Indie Theater Now "iTunes for new plays"
Libraries:
New York Public Library
Queens Library
Brooklyn Public Library
Shakespeare:
First Folio:
First Folio on iTunes

Internet Shakespeare Editions First Folio, etc.
Perseus (Tufts Univeristy)
Other Shakespeare:
Oxford Complete Works
Plot Summaries
Wired for Books free audio Shakespeare plays & more

Pronunciation

Forvo guide for hard-to-find pronunciations (e.g. technical terms or foreign words)

Rehearsal Studios

Fractured Atlas Space Finder
Actors Alliance
Champions Dance Studios
Pearl Studios
Ripley-Grier Studios
Roy Arias Studios
Shetler Studios (map)
Simple Studios
Theatre Row
Triskelion (Brooklyn - map)
Weist-Barron Studios (map)

Shoes

Get $40 reimbursement of shoe purchase <$100 from the Actors Fund Conrad Cantzen Shoe Fund

Streaming Research

Find how to view any film online with JustWatch

TelePrompTer

Cueprompter.com Online Cue Prompter practice

Translations

Google Translate
Interesting article
 on the Rise and Fall of Babelfish, the original online translator

I speak & write German! Contact me if you need a translation.

Voiceover

Check out the Voiceover Resources page

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