What should I expect when meeting with a theatrical agent?
You should expect to present yourself in the best light that you possibly can. You want to look sharp and whatever the view you have of yourself as an actor. If you're a clean cut all American guy, you want to go in there and be the best clean cut all American guy you can and if your sort of a surfer dude type then you want to be the best surfer dude that you can. Whatever happens, whatever your type is; when you go into meet your prospective agent you want to put your best foot forward because it's really the first of many job interviews. Although its not particularly a job that you're going out for with that particular agent, that agent will be able to represent you to the larger casting world that is looking for talent possibly in your type and style. You'll want to have when you meet with your agent some photographs of yourself. You'll want to have a resume of your work. You'll want to have if you have any type of video of work that you've done. You'll want to make sure that you have all of that stuff with you when you go to see your agent if you haven't already sent it to them before your meeting. A lot of times what happens is that you might send off your stuff to an agent and then they'll look at it and say "oh well this is somebody that I want to talk to." So they'll make a call to you to say hey look can you over to my office and let's discuss us possibly representing you. So a lot of times they will have your materials there right there in front of them and they can say well this picture is the guy who's sitting across from me and tell me about yourself. I think that it's important for actors when they're looking for talent agencies, looking for representation to be able to speak well and powerfully about themselves and communicate it in a way that engages the agent toward signing you.
