Careers: Acting, Performing, Directing/Wanting to be an Actress

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I'm thirteen years old and I really want to be a Broadway actress. I have been taking voice lessons for three years now and serious dance lessons for five years. I really want to be on Broadway someday and I'm wondering if I have any chance at achieving this. I do a lot of community theatre and I am cast in many principle roles over other good performers. Do I have any chance of being on Broadway someday? And what can I do to achieve this goal?

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Hi Elle, Of course you have a chance of being a professional actress You will have to continue your voice and dance lessons through high school and then go on to a professional school,  I recommend AMDA in NYC.  Also read about being a professional actor and learn how the business works.  There is much about this at http://tao-of-acting.org. 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.

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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.

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SAG

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

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John Golden Traveling Fellowship

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