I: Nuts and bolts -- What you will need to get started -- Getting your act together -- The tools of the trade -- Buyers and sellers -- Training is everything -- Looking for work -- Cyberbiz -- Survival strategies -- Understanding the unions -- It's about jobs! -- Performers with disabilities -- Regional markets -- II: The breaks -- Finding a vehicle to showcase your talent -- Interview and follow-up -- Auditions and screen tests -- Congratulations! You've got a job! -- Child performers -- III: How to analyze a script -- Suggestions for script analysis -- The theater audition: creating characters for a monologue -- The soap opera audition: creating characters for daytime dramas -- The prime-time series audition: creating characters for episodic television -- The film audition: creating characters for movies.
