We're very excited to announce that we've merged Back Stage East and Back Stage West into a single weekly publication, which will be available as a tabloid-sized newspaper on newsstands, in bookstores, and in subscribers' mailboxes across the U.S.
When you post a notice with Back Stage, you'll now reach twice as many people. Plus, the national edition of Back Stage is also available as a digital magazine, which will help you reach even more Back Stage readers across the world — check out BackStage.com/digital for a free Back Stage Digital Edition trial subscription.
After posting a notice via BackStage.com -- seeking cast, crew, and/or submissions for your projects (which may include calls for film, television, theatre, dance, music, writing, or comedy-club projects, entertainment-industry contests, film festivals, workshops, auditions, membership companies, etc.) --you can view and/or print your order receiptsat anytime.
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of the Find Talent/Casting Center Employer Toolbox section of BackStage.com. You can create as many alerts as you’d like, to automatically search through the BackStage.com Talent Database for exactly the actors, performers, and crew you need.
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If you forget your Find Talent/Casting Center Employer Account's "login" username or password, then you can click on the "Forgot your login and password?" link on the Employer Login page to have your log-in information emailed to you.
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How Union Contracts Are Referenced in Back Stage Casting/Job Notices:
The following article is designed to help you understand how Back Stage verifies union information and the union-, union/nonunion-, and nonunion-specific language used by Back Stage in its casting and job notices.
For instance, read below to find out why phrases such as "pending" and "plans to apply for" are used in some union-contract descriptions, and view a comprehensive list of SAG, AFTRA, Equity (AEA), AGMA, AGVA, AFM, and ACTRA contracts and agreements, along with helpful union website links and other related info.
Quickly reach thousands of actors, models, performers, and crew in your area with Back Stage, the industry’s #1 resource for finding talent and promoting auditions for nearly 50 years.
Back Stage's popular "Post a Notice" option allows industry professionals to reach top talent and generate buzz via Back Stage's network of websites, e-newsletters, and print publications. Find cast and crew for film, theatre, and commercial projects and call for submissions to film festivals, open mikes, entertainment-industry contests, workshops, and more.
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Back Stage casting and job notices provide all possible critical
information about each project in a clear, concise, and highly readable
article-style format so that ours readers can make informed decisions. Specifically:
1) The first paragraph lists the project details, including who's
casting, the name of the production, the personnel involved, and the
approximate rehearsal and performance/shooting dates (if known).
2) The middle paragraph(s) contain the character/job breakdown,
including exactly what type of performers and/or staff the production
is seeking. Available roles are in bold.
3) The final paragraph begins with the audition/submission info (dates,
times, and location are in italics), followed by what performers must
prepare/bring and any additional contact info (phone, email, website),
and ends with the pay/contract details.
Back Stage: The Actor's Resource -- the sister publication of The Hollywood Reporter, Billboard, and Ross Reports
-- publishes an international-in-scope
website in addition to weekly print and digital newsmagazine editions in
New York City (Back Stage East)
and Los Angeles (Back Stage West). All of the casting, job, festival,
competition, and open-mike notices featured in the Back Stage East and
West publications are also made available daily on BackStage.com along with thousands of additional notices.
The only national casting resource featuring print and online editions,
Back Stage reaches over 150,000 highly trained, experienced, and
specialized performers every month. For over 40 years, Back Stage has
helped actors, crewmembers, and talent of all sorts find work in the
entertainment industry while keeping them abreast of industry news,
trends, and developments.
And we've helped thousands of casting directors, directors, producers, and other entertainment-industry employers at every level find actors and staff. Past clients include film and TV
producers from Warner Bros., Disney, HBO, MTV, DreamWorks, Miramax,
ABC, CBS, Universal, Spike TV, Oxygen Network, History Channel, and
Fox; independent filmmakers from Spike Lee to Steven Soderbergh;
Hollywood powerhouses like Steven Spielberg; student filmmakers in NYC,
Los Angeles, Miami, Chicago and more; major Broadway producers; large
and small regional theatres; and independent and community theatres in
large and small cities across the United States.
