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Beginning Websites for Actors

Digital and social media is a great tool for up and coming theatre artists. Digital media is very helpful for branding and sharing your experience. I hope to start building my own website this summer. As I start to envision my website I have looked into what would make it effective in presenting myself in the best way.  I have also looked at other actors' websites to see what I like or don’t like. Some of the important pieces of a website for theatre careers includes:
  • Pictures
    • This includes your professional headshots. I find that I like when there is a large headshot on the homepage along with your bio. 
    • Having other pictures from the shows you have been apart of are really important to show how you look while acting and even show how you transform for different roles. 
    • Having a lot of images adds a lot of color and flair to a website but it is also about formatting these images in a way that they do not look messy but look professional. 
  • Resume
    • Since these websites are used to help connect young artists to other people in the business it is important to include an updated resume connected on the webpage. 
    • This helps to create a first impression of your experience in theatre. 
  • Social Media Links
    • This is included with a website because even if you cannot always easily update your website by linking to social media where you can easily keep everything up to date
    • By also linking to social media it gives access to show more of your work and experience without cluttering your website
  • Bio 
    • I mentioned this earlier, but having a bio on a website is important because it gives some insight on who you are if someone has not met you.
    • This is the introduction that you give out and show your personality and adds an additional way to help attract people to work with you. 
  • Contact Info
    • This is one of the most important pieces of a professional website because someone like me who is starting out in this career path if my website does attract a theatre or company to want to ask me for more information or even an audition I need to be able to provide information for them to contact me 
    • I find that the best contact information to give if you do not have an agent is to give out a professional email

These are the basic pieces necessary for an effective website and I know that I will prepare all of these for my website. 

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