Description
Audition and interview performers to select most appropriate talent for parts in stage, television, radio, or motion picture productions.
- • Review performer information, such as photos, resumes, voice tapes, videos, and union membership, to decide whom to audition for parts.
- • Read scripts and confer with producers to determine the types and numbers of performers required for a given production.
- • Select performers for roles or submit lists of suitable performers to producers or directors for final selection.
- • Audition and interview performers to match their attributes to specific roles or to increase the pool of available acting talent.
- • Maintain talent files that include information such as performers' specialties, past performances, and availability.
- • Prepare actors for auditions by providing scripts and information about roles and casting requirements.
- • Serve as liaisons between directors, actors, and agents.
- • Attend or view productions to maintain knowledge of available actors.
- • Negotiate contract agreements with performers, with agents, or between performers and agents or production companies.
- • Contact agents and actors to provide notification of audition and performance opportunities and to set up audition times.
- • Hire and supervise workers who help locate people with specified attributes and talents.
- • Arrange for or design screen tests or auditions for prospective performers.
- • Locate performers or extras for crowd and background scenes, and stand-ins or photo doubles for actors, by direct contact or through agents.
- • Direct shows, productions, and plays.
- • Teach acting classes.
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Related Pathways
Arts, Entertainment, & Design
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O*NET occupational data (work activities, skills, knowledge).
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Last reviewed: Jan 2026
