Acting as a Business - Seminar (ages 18+)

You want to be an Actor.  But do you also want to be a business owner? Today’s entertainment climate forces Actors/Artists to be nimble in their business management. This two-hour seminar is designed to help you begin building the framework to be successful at owning a business….Your Career.

With a deep dive into Unions/Guilds, Accounting, Headshots/Resumes, classes, auditions, theatre, tv/film, and open room conversations about best practices, ACTING AS A BUSINESS will give you the foundation necessary to take that leap of faith!

INSTRUCTOR: Michael A. Newcomer

Michael has called New Orleans home since 2015, after long stays in both New York City and Los Angeles. Since moving here, Michael has appeared onstage at Le Petit Theatre in A Christmas Carol (2018/19) as Fred and Freud’s Last Session as C.S. Lewis, as well as Darcy in Christmas at Pemberly with Southern Rep and Calisto in The Illusion at the New Orleans Shakespeare Festival. Additionally, Michael was the curator of a staged reading series at the New Orleans Shakespeare festival, directing and performing in Othello, Titus Andronicus, and King Lear. As a proud member of Actor’s Equity Association for 22 years and current Central Principal Councilor serving on the AEA National Council, Michael has also performed in over 35 professional productions across the country including these favorites: Tom in Glass Menagerie (Virginia Stage), Christy in Playboy of the Western World (New Jersey Shakespeare and A Noise Within), Lelie in The Bungler (A Noise Within), Konstantin in The Seagull (Portland Center Stage), Macduff in Macbeth and Cassio in Othello (The Old Globe), Algernon in The Importance of Being Earnest (Dallas Theatre Center), and Morris in The Heiress (South Coast Rep). Michael’s T.V./Film credits include: NCIS: New Orleans, Claws, Person of Interest, All My Children, A Thousand Cuts, A Father’s Revenge, Pants on Fire, In the Flesh, Harmony, Redemption, Unforgivable and the upcoming Tate Taylor film Breaking News in Yuba County. He can also be seen roaming the virtual world of Red Dead Redemption 2 and Grand Theft Auto V and has appeared in national campaigns for Volvo, Verizon FiOS, and Old El Paso.