LibGuides: Acting for Camera and Voice: Professional Development

Introduction

For information on actors associations, professional development opportunities, or places to connect with other performers, see the recommended resources below.

Professional Development Resources

The following associations and organizations are recommended for professional development resources, conferences, networking opportunities, and support for performers:

ACTRA National
Alliance of Canadian Cinema, Television, and Radio Artists
WIFT-T
Women in Film and Television Toronto
CODE
Council of Ontario Drama and Dance Educators
TAPA
Toronto Alliance for the Performing Arts (Theatre, Dance, Opera)
CAEA
Canadian Actors Equity Association - for performers engaged in live performance
AFC
Actors' Fund of Canada - includes career resilience resource to assist with skills training, job search and side hustles
PACT
Professional Association of Canadian Theatres - a member-driven organization that supports the practice of theatre in Canada

These resources are useful for job searching for voice actors and performers:

Voice123
A marketplace for professional voice actors on an international scale
Voices.com
Sign up to access the voice over marketplace to find jobs and professional voice actor opportunities
Backstage
Toronto auditions and casting calls for movies, tv, and performance
Casting Networks
Search for acting auditions in Toronto, Ontario including film, television, commercials, theatre, voiceover roles and more.

Explore these resources for video tutorials and courses on acting, voice, performance and technology:

LinkedIn Learning (formerly Lynda.com) This link opens in a new window
(LinkedIn) Online video training tutorials on various topics, applications, and software packages including audio and video production, 3D animation, AutoCAD, Maya, web design, computer programming, and business and office applications.

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(ProQuest / O'Reilly) Provides full-text access to thousands of e-books and videos in IT, Business, Math, Engineering, Design, and other topics.

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These streamed videos from the library catalogue offer guidance on stage and performance:

Onstage
This program focuses on what makes that interaction successful, featuring segments on character interpretation, timing, underplaying, movement, positioning, dialects and accents, portraying pain and drunkenness, and other principles and elements of acting.
Divided into 25 segments. (1 hour 55 mins)
Staging Classical Comedy
This program uses Plautus’ Miles Gloriosus (The Braggart Warrior) to test the stageability of a classical comedy as authentically as possible, combining a full-scale reconstruction of the lost stage, the ancient text, and a still-vital comic style. (36 minutes)
Places, please!
This program looks at educational theater through the theater program at Hamden (CT) High School, interspersing production segments in rehearsal and performance with teacher, student, and audience interviews. (58 mins)

These publications and web forums offer opportunities to connect with other actors in the field:

Backstage Forum
Discussion board for actors and performers in Toronto and the GTA
Indietalk
A community platform for actors and performers working in film
Hollywood Reporter
Cinema Journal
Back Stage