The Thrifty Actor: Part I

I wanted to start a new series on my blog, and I thought about calling it "So You Don't Have A Lot of Money." As an actor, there are a lot of expenses that go into preparing yourself for the acting business, such as marketing, continual education, seeing other theater, etc. When I tell people that I'm a professional actor, so many people look at me with a cross-eyed look that implies, "Well how do you make money?" A lot of that has to do with saving money on the other essential aspects of being an actor.

So here we go.

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