A number of my friends have been talking about Act First Studios as a one-stop shop for exciting…read moreclasses, audition taping, and coaching, for budding actors, so I had to check it out. I recently got my headshots done there, and I had a blast of an afternoon and got great affordable shots to boot! Not only were Angela and Christopher a joy to hang out with and talk shop about the business, but they encouraged me to relax and try some different looks so I could get a variety of options. Their future is bright, and I will continue to recommend them.

I've been a student at Act First Studios for over a year and I couldn't be happier! I was…read morecompletely new to acting after a career change, but after just my first program I started getting up to 10 auditions a week. From learning script analysis, on camera technique, getting my headshots and reel, and having help getting my casting account set up in class, I found myself getting cast super often immediately after graduation from the beginner program. I now take the on going advanced classes, and all the students and coaches truly feel like a family to me. The school's coaches are all working actors themselves who have worked with some of the biggest names in the industry so they are the best to learn from. They are people that you can go to with any questions you may have as a new actor and they are always so helpful. This isn't the type of school where you eventually take all the classes and have no more to gain; the advanced classes are always growing and the coaches give us scenes and work that they know will help our individual careers. The coaches take the most amazing tapes in class for us so I have a great reel from that to use for castings. We also always have endless support, a place to film our self tapes, and help with our auditions at this school. The classes that are offered are also the most affordable acting classes I have found in the city. I am grateful everyday that I have Act First!

I signed up for NYCastings back in 2008. I stopped using the system when I realized there were…read morebetter platforms out there (ActorsAccess, Casting Networks, Mandy etc). Now a union member with representation, NYCastings does not serve me at all, but that's okay. I realize I am NOT the target demographic for NYCastings. The target demographic is nonunion, beginning actors, looking to do background or copy/credit/meals type projects. If you work for free or are a breathing mannequin, then you could still view this as a viable product for you, and that's okay. My problem comes with how after de-activating my account nearly 8 years ago, I recently started received cleverly FOMO-inducing marketing emails reading "Dear Talent, This is a quick notification that a Casting Director or Client of NYCastings.com has reviewed Your Profile while searching through our Talent Database. Please login to update any Pictures, Resume Credits, Video or Audio if you think it's needed. We want you to get those Auditions!" I started getting this email 2-3 times a DAY, and here I forgot I even had this account, having not logged in for 8 years! I log back in, but I can't find a way to stop the messages, and my account is listed as inactive, so I can't even de-activate to stop the messages. I try to delete my account, and am told they have to be done manually over the phone. So far this week, I have called every afternoon, to always hit voicemail in the member services extension. Today, I tried reaching the technical support extension, still voicemail. FINALLY, I decided to call the casting director line, and was able to speak to a person! I explained my issue to this man on the phone and he said I had to speak to technical support, I explain I have called a left several voicemails this week to which he says, "Well, I see all the voicemails and I don't see one from you, so I think you are lying to me. Sounds like you are lying." To which I responded "Wow, that's super rude," and he just laughed. For a company that requires you to use phone support to use their system, you would think phone support would have some decorum? He said he could not help me further and someone would call me back. Luckily, the technical support person, Mig, did call me back within minutes and was very helpful, but this process has taken far too long. Save your $12/month, save your energy. p.s. For comparison, ActorsAccess is $68/year (or $5.66/month), Casting Networks starts at $6/month and Mandy.com is FREE, Central Casting is FREE, Grant Wilfley is FREE, Playbill.com is FREE. Regardless of the tier you are working at, there are ways to be smart with your money in your career.

Review is for the casting listings:…read more Pro: -At $12/month, it's affordable. There's better rates if you want to commit to longer. Cons: -Very few NY listings compared to the competitors. -Scams allowed to sit on the page for days. -The platform the website is built on is straight-up miserable to use. It's stuck in 1996. Weird colors, pop-ups, step-by-step instructions for things that are intuitive everywhere else. I can't spend more than 30 seconds on it. I likely won't renew.

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