A while back, a movement occurred. How it was decided or discovered is beyond my knowledge. But I'm sure it was created with only the best intentions. Someone thought it would be great if actors could meet agents and managers without having an "in"—a referral of some kind. The only logical way was to give the industry person some incentive to meet more actors after normal business hours. Hence the 'pay-to-play' networking sessions began. Now, they are as commonplace as insurance commercials. Most actors have done at least one of these; some many more. This niche industry probably costs the community of actors many tens of thousands of dollars per year. (I wouldn't know how to do the math on it.) While many actors have success stories from these networking sessions, I'd guess about 15 times as many have unsuccessful ones. And not for lack of talent (well, in some cases,...
- 10/20/2010
- backstage.com
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