<p>My D had her tech/production experience on her resume when she auditioned for MT/acting. Now that she has a chance to do it all over again, we are both wondering whether the tech/production stuff should even have been on the resume since she was auditioning for performance programs. </p>
<p>The reason for asking now is that she'll have even more production experience after this summer - she's in an acting company (by audition, for older teens) AND also has a production apprenticeship, both at the same professional theater (but at different times!), this summer. </p>
<p>So....when she auditions again for MT/acting next winter, should the production/tech stuff be on the resume? Does it enhance the resume or detract from it?</p>
<p>Same question the other way around - if she applies for tech/production, should the performance experience/training be on the same resume?</p>
<p>In my opinion, it should be. I think it says alot that an actor has also been a stage manager, done some lighting design, etc. For one thing, it shows that the person knows alot about all facets of the theatre and it also gives added diversity to the class.</p>
<p>Chris,
Absolutely, I agree with briarbrad- especially for college resumes. My suggestion would be to categorize her experience/training always starting with the type of experience related to the specific audition/interview.
So if she is auditioning for mt, start with those credits, followed by production, training, etc..
If it is production, then begin with that.</p>
<p>My d's college resumes (a little different than others) were divided by category: Theatre Credits, first professional followed by community and school. The second category was Film/TV, because it was closely related and they had several credits. The third was dance, for the same reason, they had performed professionally. Next was Related Experience, which for us included things like their choreography credits, their work as a dance instructor and the plays, etc they directed in school. The last category was Training.</p>
<p>For most job resumes you will want to cut a lot of this down, but I think it is very important for college because it does show some depth and dimension to these kids and their commitment to this field.
If you have a lot of acting and production experience, I would suggest you pick the best for the resume and/or eliminate experience from many years ago, unless it is substantial. </p>
<p>Your daughters summer commitments sound very involved and I would definitely include these on her resume!</p>
<p>studio</p>
<p>Chris, I owe you an email but have been out of town. I am just catching up on reading the forum and while I could write you my thoughts on this, I absolutely concur with everything that Studio said in her post, so please do include all these aspects of theater that your D has done on her theatrical resume, particularly for the purpose of college admissions. My own D might not have as much production experience as yours (not sure) but she did have a category for producing/directing and another for Choreography but as Studio suggested, these categories were not the first categories on her resume, performance ones were. But you could flip flop the order of categories depending on what she is applying for. </p>
<p>I agree with Briarbrad that a college program might like to see that a kid had experience in all facets of theater even if performance is the career objective and vice versa if production is the objective. </p>
<p>Susan</p>
<p>Thanks everyone, very helpful. Susan, don't worry about it- If I don't "see" you on email I always know I can find you here! Hope your trip was fun.</p>
<p>I'm agreeing also with Briarbrad and the others that the production experience should be an asset, not a detraction. It will give her some dimension and show she's capable of doing many things. It might even indicate she's a more valuable performer because she understands and can work with those involved in production. You just never know what type of teacher/staff might look be looking over her resume and see something there that happens to click with them. I also like the idea of categorizing her experience, starting with what's most directly related to a specific school or audition.</p>