Careers: Acting, Performing, Directing/How to get started?

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I’m 15, and have no acting experience. I love acting, and think I’m a good actress. But like I said, I have no experience and plus I live in Georgia. I want to know how to get started in the acting business and a way that wont be too expensive.

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HI Megan.  well, do you mean you have no acting experience or no professional acting experience. because if you mean none at all, you have no basis to think you are any good. How one gets started is by being in all the school and community plays they can. As a teen, you are not going to become a professional as it takes many years work by your parents for that to happen.  So you have to start preparing for becoming an actress after you are out of high school. The first step is to be in a lot of plays.  For more information go to wwww.kenplonkeyacting.com God bless, Doc

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Kenneth D. Plonkey

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Questions about acting and directing. Questions about getting started in a careeer. Questions about training and schooling for actors.

Experience

I am a retired film actor. I am a retired university theatre program director and professor. I am the author of "The Tao of Acting, Mentoring for the Aspiring Actor" to be published this summer.

Organizations
SAG

Education/Credentials
BA, MA, PhD in Theatre Post graduate study with certificate in Media Acting

Awards and Honors
John Golden Traveling Fellowship

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