Exciting Entertainment Opportunities for Actors (That Aren’t Broadway)
Written by Ashleigh Gardner
April 4, 2017
New York City is the capital of the world for theatre — daring musicals, impressive revivals, and mind-blowing new plays. When we all think of theatre, we think of Broadway, but what if Broadway wasn’t the only place you could go to find work in the theatre? #YouGottaEat
Theme Parks
With so many theme parks to choose from, it’s surprising that more performers don’t know about these opportunities. Theme parks like Disney, Universal, Sea World, Legoland, and Six Flags are always looking for talent and often post audition notices every couple months. Theme parks can offer consistent work, and sometimes depending on your role or status, you can receive health benefits.
Cruise Ships
Being cast in a cruise line show (or several shows at once) gives you the opportunity to live rent-free for up to eight months, all while touring the world, meeting new friends, making life-long connections, and improving your Instagram game by taking photos of all the locations you’ll visit on your voyage. In addition to getting free room and board, you’ll also be getting paid, which means you’ll be saving money, too!
Touring Shows
Just like cruise ship work, touring shows take you from city to city, allowing you to see locations you may not have otherwise had a chance to visit. You’ll get to perform in different theatres around the country and around the world, and you’ll also form strong bonds with your castmates, all while earning money toward whatever projects or plans you have coming up next. You can tour nationally or internationally, too, depending on the show.
Vegas
Though Vegas is a long way from New York, it’s a great place to earn a living while calling one of the most exciting cities in the United States home. If you work in Vegas, you’ll be right next to other amazing shows, too! Vegas has dozens of live performances like musicals, revues, and circus shows, which means you’re surrounded by people just like you.
Voiceover Work
Though you aren’t on stage or in front of a camera, you can still lend your voice talents to video and audio productions. Take care of your voice, make a reel, and you could find yourself voicing commercials, acting as a cartoon character, or narrating educational science films and documentaries. It may not be Broadway, but you can go to work in your pajamas, and you can oftentimes work from home! Ginny Kopf has some great advice on what it takes to break into voiceovers, how to get voiceover credits, and which dialects you need to make you more castable.
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