<p>From my friends who work in this field, they stress that education is important and they want to see this on the resume. There is so much talent, sometimes the fact that someone has put in the time needed to earn a degree is what gets them noticed.</p>
<p>Out here in L.A., and actor puts together her/his resume with creativity. If she is going up for the role of a 18 year old, chances are she may leave off her college degree, plus all 3 full years of theatre credits. Sometimes, less info is more. 
From my experience, actors are selected to come for auditions from headshots/resumes based on appearance, professional experience or college roles, and type. Once in the room with casting directors, directors, et al, the decision to cast is purely based on that audition (plus whose got a niece who wants the gig).</p>
<p>Carry on!</p>
<p>^ There’s no doubt that occasionally happens once in the room when you’re dealing with 18tpy types, but the agents and managers who get you in the room want to see it although they might try to hide it later. And it really only becomes a consideration in casting a series in which they could end up with a supposed 16 year old suddenly looking 25 by season 2. And in that case, they’ll do enough checking to find out anyway although it’s illegal to ask upfront. </p>
<p>It happens with publicity materials, too. Hell, I don’t even play kids and my agent’s assistant subtracted a year off my age, made no mention of my training and made it sound like I’d just appeared out of nowhere playing Shakespeare in regional theatre when she wrote my imdb profile. Of course, somebody has since added it in under “trivia.” :)</p>
<p>Look. I’ve been doing professional theatre for a long time. I haven’t listed education on my resume since I had enough credits that it didn’t matter. I took it off as quickly as I could. I was told to do that in graduate school, and by producers. Just depends on where you are in your career. Just out of grad school, list the training. But even before I joined the union, I took off any mention of my education. </p>
<p>Like I said, for those of you who continue to bring this up, it seems to be a common thing to list your school on acting resumes. Not everyone does it, but many do. That’s changed since the last time I was in a position to look at hundreds of acting resumes. Most of my friends now have been in the business so long, they no longer list any school. It isn’t important and just takes up space. And most of the faculty I hire that are coming from the business list it on a vita, but not on the resume. And yes, I said MOST not ALL. </p>
<p>But as a designer. I polled my friends that are working designers. None of them listed the school they got their degree. And this includes two NYU grads, one Yale grad and several from other “top” schools. So nobody is “hiding” anything. Then again, we are all USA designers, so maybe at that point… who knows. Maybe that’s the validation the degree offers? I just know I haven’t had it on my resume in a very long time.</p>
<p>Hey. List the school. It won’t hurt you. If that’s what your agent tells you to do, do it. If that’s what your university tells you to do, do it. Trends come, trends go. Maybe with the advent of more quality schools, it’s important to the people casting or hiring in general. Like I said…I was wrong. Mea culpa, mea culpa, mea m</p>