Does anyone have advice for a struggling teenage actress???

I was resently in a school musical and absolutly fell in LOVE with acting. I have decided that that is what I want to do with my life, no matter what it takes. I was wondering if anyone had any advice for me in how to get started in the business. I live in Colorado if anyone knows of any good acting school in the area also.Does anyone have advice for a struggling teenage actress???
Look for every opportunity to get involved in theatre. If you live near any community theatres go to as many auditions as you can, take classes, and volunteer to work backstage. If those resources aren't available to you go talk with the director of the show you just finished. S/he might know of other theatrical opportunities in your area or be willing to help you start a drama club in your school.





Read plays, see as many shows as you can, and keep track of what's going on in the theatre world (among others, you can read theatre reviews from the New York Times and the New Yorker online for free). Over the summer consider getting an internship with a local theatre company (and be willing to do non-acting theatre work for the chance to make connections and see how a theatre is run) or find a camp/summer training program--Interlochen and BADA are great, if you have the budget and don't mind traveling.Does anyone have advice for a struggling teenage actress???
oh good luck honey.Take it from me it's hard, i'm 18 and i've been acting since like 14 and I love it, just try and get into as many plays as possible and apply to art schools for college and see if there is an alterturnative highschool for the arts in the area.





break a leg.
First...I fully support you wanting to be an actress, but no one should ever jump into anything with both feet!





The smartest thing to do is to stay with school. Acting school is fine, but consider going to college, take up drama or theater. Maybe find a college in an area where acting is more prominant...New York, LA, or Florida. While you're in school, you can be in plays, and do extra work, (real life experience is crucial! Even work behind the scenes, know the roles of the people around you.) build up your social network of friends and contacts...believe me, you'll need them.





Jon Heder (Napoleon Dynamite) was 26 and in college when he played that character. That is the best route to take. An education can only benefit you regardless of your career choice, and those in the industry will look favorably upon those who are educated and well spoken rather than someone else that just moves to LA from High School. I'm not saying that you'll get lead roles all of a sudden, I'm just saying that business men and women don't want to deal with someone that has no idea what they are getting themselves into. Preparedness is important, and time is money.





I went through the same thing, and I work on the other side of the lens. I did some acting before going to college for film. Just extra work and plays etc...but I wanted to direct. So I went to school...and I worked with the school, and freelanced on my own...as a production assistant mostly...for years...until I built up my social network in the industry...I moved on to 2nd assistant directing, and now script supervising, I'm also producing.





Yes, I could have gone into production assistant work with no education, but chances are that I'd still be doing that today.





Acting is more than just remembering lines...it's a business. Learn all of its facets, perform while you take classes and the future is what you make of it.





Break a leg...perhaps I'll see you on the silver screen someday.
The best acting school is a local theater. Go in and start working. They won't pay you, of course, but if you help pick up the props, put them away, sweep the floors, sell tickets at the door, learn how to work the lights, open the curtains and then watch how things are done you'll eventually get more training than you'll ever get in a school.





Look for all those making indy films or videos and go in and help there. They won't pay you, but you can wind cables, put things in and out of the truck and maybe you'll get to learn how to do other things, including perform before the camera.





Your best acting teacher is watching actors who do it all the time work.





Steal every good idea you see.





You'll have to do this same thing in acting school!





ON the other hand, getting an AA or BA in theater can get you a job as a manager anywhere in business. So if acting doesn't pan out you can always go work at Walgreens or Wal Mart or Polariod and make $30,000 a year to start (not to mention getting a job as an instructor at the local J.C. that will pay you $20 an hour to teach Intro To Theater or Acting 1, which your BA will quality you to do!)





But if you really want to act, it's far better to work in the real world of theater for 4 years than to play act at school and then have to work in the real world of theater for another 4 years!





If you think your BA from USC or NYU is going to impress some small time director, let alone George Lucas, you're dreaming! They live in the real world and you are a no experience, TA major with a BA just like about 1,000,000 in the US who never made any progress in Cinema/Theater because sleeping on the stage on an air matress and living on $8,000 a year didn't strike them as being as nice as working for Microsoft and driving a Lexus you can pay for with your $35,000 a year starting salary.
oh my yes...you have gotten bit by the theatre bug..


but its not about glitter and lights..its hard work , and very time consuming..but if you heart it in it just like mine...then theatre is it for you ...i dont know about theatre schools in colorado..but if you are serious. the college i go too has a great theatre program.. but it is in south texas..its called Texas A%26amp;M University-Kingsville. but if you are intrested in a New York then AMDA is for you ..im going there next year., but you have to audition to it...email me if you want some more ideas and advice about acting and in theatre.....THEATRE GEEKS UNITE!!!!
make it acting as your passion and look for a mentor, love alone cannot take you to the desired heights. Check whether others love your acting too
Keep acting as a hobby, and get a real job to pay bills with.
by giving advice to act in cultral films and not to be glamour ofcourse not to glomourous.
well its gonna be hard to find a good acting school in colorado, but in northern texas there will be school cheap but amazing, drive down there after looking for some good acting schools online. hold on to ur dream girl