kids

Putting Together a Résumé For a New Child Actor

Backstage Expert and child acting coach Jackie Reid crafts the perfect résumé for a new child actor.

How To Protect Your Child Actor’s Athletic Future

It’s important to have an honest conversation with your kids around what they want to pursue regarding a potential sports career.

How Theater Is Inspiring Social Justice for the Next Generation

Artistic Director for the Children’s Theatre in Minneapolis Peter C. Brosius on how his shift in perception of kids has influenced his work on stage.

6 Tips for Getting Cast on the Disney Channel

Are you a child or teen actor (or the parent of one) looking to be on a Disney Channel show? Here are six tips to get you cast on one!

Child Actors + The Importance of Understanding Film Crew Jobs

We must remember that we’re one small part of a giant moving whole. It takes hundreds—even thousands—of hardworking individuals to make a film or TV show. By the time we come in to bring our character to life, an entire crew has already been working for months ...

Balanced Lifestyle Habits for Child Actors

This industry is full of creative opportunities for children, but as parents, it’s important that kids have time to be kids. Living full, balanced lives help everyone become better people—and thereby better actors!

How Young Actors Can Discover Powerful Audition Material

It’s important young actors learn where to find and how to choose their own material since doing so gives you the opportunity to find a unique piece that fits your personality and talents.

4 Keys to Kids in Comedy

Kids may be funny in the living room and put on great shows, but that’s not where the action is—at least not for the professional cameras.

What’s the Best Way to Help My Child Actor Learn Lines Quickly?

Backstage Expert and child and teen acting coach Jessica Rofé offers her tips on how to best help your child actor memorize lines for a project.

How to Protect Your Child Actor From Industry Predators

Predators can lurk in all settings so it’s wise for parents to help their children—male and female—know how to recognize and respond to unwanted advances.