How to Create an Acting Resume for Kids
Starting a professional acting career as a kid can feel like a “what came first, the chicken or the egg” debate. So many doors won’t open without having already walked through them. How do you perform in an equity production without an equity card? How do you submit a reel with no film experience? How do you create a resume when you have limited experience?
Nailing the latter is your ticket to getting your first acting opportunity. The good news is that industry professionals know that most child actors are inexperienced.
If you are a kid looking to get into acting and need to know what to include in your resume, keep reading.
It’s Okay to Be Light
Take a deep breath. At 11 years old, you don’t need four Broadway shows, a tour, and three co-stars on your resume. Would those credits help you get an audition? Sure, but they aren’t necessary. Your resume should be a clear picture of your experience. As a kid, it’s okay if you are still building that up.
Be Honest
There’s no need to exaggerate your training or performance history. When casting teams review your resume and headshot, they look for an accurate representation of who you are.
Lean into Your Strengths
Do you play an instrument? Do you speak multiple languages? Have you been taking ballet since birth? Find the things that make you unique and highlight them in your training and special skills segments of your resume.
Format for an Acting Resume for Kids
Here is a format to copy for a resume.
Actor’s Name
Union if applicable
DOB: Agency, Agent (if applicable)
Eyes: Hair: Agency Contact: Email & Phone
Height: Direct Contact: Cell & Email
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Theater: (NOTE sort by relevance, not year!)
Show Name Part Venue
Beauty and The Beast Belle Two River Theater
The Pajama Game Ensemble/Sid us The Lyric Theater NY
TV: (ONLY IF YOU HAVE CREDITS)
Show Name Role Type Network
Frasier Co-Star NBC
Film: (Only if you have credits)
Film Name Role type Director
Elf Support John Favreau
Educational:
Show Name Part Venue
Pippin Pippin Montclair High School
Showcases/Other Performances
Show Name Part Venue
NYC Broadway Showcase. Featured Performer 54 Below
Voice Recital, Various Soloist Spoke the Hub
Training:
Type of Class: Teacher Studio
Voice: Danny Greenberg DGS
Acting: Sanford Meisner DGS
Tap: Harold Nicholas DGS
Jazz: Bob Fosse DGS
Ballet: Rudolf Nureyev DGS
Special Skills: Juggling, Piano (Advanced), Guitar (Beginner), Contortionist, Baseball, John Madden Impression
Accents & Dialects: British (RP), Cockney, Southern (soft R)
After reading our guide, try filling out your first professional acting resume. Follow the tips above, and you’ll do great.
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The Danny Greenberg Studio is a professional performing arts studio for children aged 5 to 18 in New York (Brooklyn and Manhattan!) and online, focusing on vocal and acting training.
Our students star annually in numerous Broadway shows, national tours, and feature films. Our studio welcomes students of all levels between 6 and 18 to foster their love of performing. Once they’re ready, we also help connect students to top agents and casting directors.
Since our debut, we have focused on three values: children, crafts, and community. Our students develop professional techniques and valuable skills they use inside and outside the studio. We help prepare our students for professional success and make personal impacts through charity cabarets and fundraisers.
We provide private lessons in-person and online in singing, acting, audition coaching, industry professional workshops, showcases, musical theater classes, and admissions prep with curriculums tailored to each child’s needs so they can build their self-confidence. Each year, we coach students for DOE High School auditions, and they consistently get into Laguirdia, Frank Sinatra, and PPAS. We teach acting, singing, and dancing lessons in midtown Manhattan, Greenpoint, and Park Slope Brooklyn. Zoom lessons are also available. Contact us for more information on the admissions process.
Contributed by Danny Greenberg, director of The Danny Greenberg Studio.
