Backstage’s Casting + Hiring System also powers the tools on StarNow. All of the following instructions apply to both Backstage + StarNow. However, some of the specific links below will bring you to the Backstage version of the tools; navigate to the equivalent areas of StarNow to access that site's respective tools.
Backstage's Casting + Hiring System includes a Casting Dashboard, Application Manager, and Messaging Center that offer state-of-the-art features, such as enhanced applicant filtering, bulk actions, collaboration tools, and professional-grade organizational options to help you manage the casting process faster and more efficiently than ever before.
Watch the video above for a quick one-minute overview of how we can help you cast your projects. And check out our Celebrity Testimonials page to learn about some of the world-famous actors and directors that got their start with us. And see below for advanced guidance, tips, and tricks.
Also visit our Help Center for more detailed instructions on how to use specific features of the site.
The Casting Dashboard is your starting place to manage your projects on our platform.
Use the Casting Dashboard to view a list of your active, draft, and expired productions; edit production details; and navigate to the Application Manager for each production. Dashboard options include:
Mouse over the “My Productions” box to scroll through a list of your productions. Click a production's title to see additional information, including how many new applicants you have lined up for every role.
From here, you can quickly go to the project's full Application Manager, edit/update the job listing, view the published version of the listing, or expand the item for more details.
Your Casting Dashboard & Application Manager — 9 Tips for Success:
The Application Manager is your tool to review applicants and cast your project.
With the Application Manager, you can review candidates on a role by role basis, organize candidates in folders, and filter candidates by union status, age range, location, and more.The Application Manager gives you the ability to cast by role. View applicants by the role to which they’ve applied.
To switch between roles, select the roles dropdown here:
You will see each of your project’s roles listed, as well as an “All Roles” option. Select between roles to view applicants who applied to a specific role.
Within your production you will see a list of Applicants in the “Unfiled” folder, with the applicant’s headshot, name, location, and other key data.
You can switch between the Grid View, List View, Video View, Audio View, and Schedule View options in your project's Application Manager to customize your experience.
List View example:
To quickly move an applicant to the “Yes” or “No” folders, click either the thumbs up or thumbs down icon.
Grid View example:
By hovering your mouse over an applicant, you can view the roles they’ve applied to in the sidebar:
You can also click on the role name in the sidebar to reveal the requirements. Now when you hover over an applicant you can see how well they match the role.
To view more information on a specific applicant, click either the applicant’s name or headshot. This will open up the applicant’s detailed view:
In the applicant’s detailed view, you can review additional headshots, video reels and audio submissions, view the candidate’s cover letter, and click to view the candidate’s resume, full profile, and credits.
You can also "Move" candidates to the Unscheduled or Hire & Pay folders, put them in the “Yes” or “No” folders, "Message," “Request Audition,” or "Add to Shortlist" by clicking the appropriate buttons:
To view the roles an applicant applied to, click the “Roles & Auditions” button at the top of the applicant detail view:
You can add the candidate to a different role, or move the candidate to the “Yes” or “No” folder of a specific role, or remove them from a current role to which they’ve applied.
To narrow down your list of applicants, you can use the Application Manager’s filter options located at the top of the application manager.
The filtering options can work when "All Roles" is selected, or for a particular role.
You can filter applicants by name, or filter by gender, age range, union status, location and more.
Click “Apply” to initiate your search. Click “Clear” to remove your filters and reset your search.
You can also filter applicants by whether they’re new, contacted, or suggested by using the filter dropdown here:
The Keywords filter can be used to search for languages, accents, etc. The Advanced Filters will let you narrow down candidates by ethnicity, body type, hair color, eye color, height, and skills.
Suggestions is a feature that recommends candidates from our Talent Database who match some of the key criteria you've associated with your roles.
You can view Suggestions by selecting a specific Role in your project's Application Manager. The "Suggestions" folder will then appear and can be clicked on.
(Note: Suggestions are not available when "All Roles" is selected; you must first select a particular Role that you'd like Suggestions for.)
You can then view Suggestions, and further filter down on the results to surface the most applicable candidates.
Please note: the actors in the Suggestions folder have not applied to your project. If you want them to consider participating in your project, you will need to send them an Invitation to Apply, or a message indicating your interest.
Alternately, you can use the "Add to Role" option to add them into your project's workflow without immediately letting them know that you're considering them.
Once added to a role, they will appear in your “Submissions: Unfiled” folder, marked with a "B" icon to indicate they're a "Backstage Suggestion" rather than a regular applicant.
You can also use the "Show" menu to choose to only see your regular applicants (choose "Show: Not Suggested") or only the suggested applicants that you've added to your project ("Show: Suggested").
Just keep in mind that at this point the actor still doesn't know you're considering them, since they didn't apply. So if you decide to contact them later you'll need to explain what your project is, and ask them if they're interested in participating. The easiest way to do this is to click the "Invite" icon on their candidate card:
That will let you send them a formal invitation to apply with just a couple of quick clicks, and the invite will be automatically linked to your job-listing/casting-call so the talent will be able to easily see what your project is about, so they can decide if they're interested.
If they are interested, then you'll get a proper application from them.
Alternately, you can send the talent an Audition Request, which will also automatically generate an Invitation to Apply, in addition to allowing you to offer more specific audition-request details.
You can select multiple applicants in either the grid view or list view by selecting the check box next to their profile:
You can also use select the “Select All” checkbox to select all applicants on a particular page or folder.
Click the “Actions” button to view a drop down menu. You can then select a bulk action that will affect all selected applicants:
As part of your process for organizing applicants to your project, you can move candidates to various folders (aka "buckets" or "tabs").
The Application Manager supports six primary folders: Submissions, Auditions, Callbacks, Hire & Pay, Invited, and Archived.
An eighth folder, "All Folders," will also appear when you're viewing your Shortlists (providing a view of all of your shortlisted applicants/"selects" from across all of the other folders). And a ninth folder, "Suggestions," will also appear once you've drilled down to a specific role (the Suggestions folder provides a randomized selection of additional candidates from the platform's Talent Database that you might want to invite to apply to the role).
Plus, each folder has its own unique set of sub-folders.
“Submissions: Unfiled” is where all applicants start out by default when they first apply. From this sub-folder, you can move applicants to other folders.
If, for example, there are applicants who do not qualify for your project, you can move them to the Archive folder by marking them as a “No.” You can place your favorite applicants in the "Yes" sub-folder. From there, if there are applicants you intend to audition, you can move them to the “Auditions” folder. Need to audition the same candidates a second time? Progress them on to the "Callbacks" folder. Ready to hire them? Add them to your "Hire & Pay" folder.
Folders are role-specific; If, for example, a candidate has applied to more than one role, you can move them to the “Yes” folder for one role, and the “No” folder for a different role.
(However, if you are in the “All Roles” applicant view, and you move a candidate who has applied to multiple roles, the candidate will be moved to the folder you specified for all roles to which they’ve applied. To move an applicant on a per-role basis, simply filter down to a specific role first.)
You can click on any of the folders at any time to see the applicants within that folder.
Use the "View" drop-down to switch between the default Grid View and the other convenient layout options, such as List View, Video View, Audio View, and Schedule View.
You can request a self-taped audition, live in-person audition, or live virtual audition from talent on a per-applicant basis, by clicking on the Request Audition button on their application.
After an initial round of auditions, you can also move your favorite candidates on to a Callback phase. Callbacks (aka, second-round auditions) can also take the form of self-tapes, in-person meetings, and virtual auditions.
The following video provides a detailed walkthrough of our audition tools:
Get started by clicking on the audition request button on any application:
Or you can send requests in bulk, by selecting some or all applicants and then using the "Actions -> Request an Audition" option:
With self-tapes, you can specifically request that the talent submit a Video or Audio audition. And you can attach notes and script sides to your requests. Like this:
After an applicant has been sent an audition request, their application will be automatically moved to your project's Auditions folder. There, you'll find additional sub-folders that will allow you to track the progress of your audition requests:
The Audition sub-folders include:
Additional folders within the sub-folders also automatically organize things into more granular segments for you, such as which candidates have confirmed that they'll be able to attend your auditions or not.
You can also further filter down and sort the results in your Auditions folder using any of the other Application Manager options (such as filtering by role, gender, location, etc.).
Once you've received a self-tape audition, simply click on the applicant to view their audition video or audio submission.
For live in-person and virtual auditions, switch from the default Grid View to the special Schedule View to for a cleaner overview of your schedule, access to your virtual-audition conference rooms, and advanced scheduling options:
Note: Applicants are automatically notified when you send them an audition request or a direct message. However, any decisions you make to mark an application as a Yes, No, Archived, or Hire & Pay will not trigger any alerts to the applicants; your decisions are private, as are your notes.
Once applicants have applied to your job or casting call, you can quickly choose your favorites to audition. This can take the form of a self-tape audition request or a live (virtual or in-person) audition.
Audition schedules can be created on-the-fly as you choose applicants to audition, or you can set up schedules ahead of time.
For live auditions, the easiest thing to do is to first create your schedule. Then bulk-move your favorite candidates to your "Auditions: Unscheduled" folder. From there, you can use automation options to quickly populate your schedule. And/or you can easily drag-and-drop candidates into specific audition time slots:
Advanced Features Include:
Once you've the chosen the talent you'd like to hire or cast, click on the Hire and Pay button on their application.
From there, you can easily send a secure payment to the talent for work completed or order an asset from them that they will be compensated for after delivery.
Once the workflow has begun, your Payments Dashboard can be used to manage the process. There you can send payment and communicate with the talent regarding payment and services.
If you use the platform's secure payments system, you'll be able to conveniently pay talent directly through the site.
For more in depth info about this useful offering please click here for details.
If you would like to leave specific feedback about a particular applicant, you can do so with Notes.
Notes can not be seen by the applicants. These are private notes that can only be seen by you and your selected Collaborators (the other people involved in your production that are involved in helping you make casting decisions).
For instance, you might leave a note about what you liked or didn't like about an applicant, simply as a future reference point for yourself. Or if you're working with a collaborator, then you could use notes to share feedback with each other about what you think about the applicants and their auditions.
To leave a note on an application, go to the applicant’s Details View in the Application Manager and click on Notepad. You will then see the following note field:
You can drag to expand the Note field by clicking on the bottom right corner of the notes box and dragging down with your mouse.
Notes can be applied to a specific role, or no role, and you may leave more than one note per applicant.
In a production's Application Manager you can click the "Add a New Role" button to easily add additional roles to your project's character breakdown. As long as your casting call is active (not expired), then the new role will become immediately available for talent to apply to. (To un-expire a casting call, simply visit your Dashboard, click "edit" next to your project, and then change the casting call's expiration date.)
You can also add actors to your production's new roles by choosing from among the people that applied to your project's other roles, actors you find in the Talent Database, and talent recommended by the Suggestions tab. Simply select the talent you'd like to consider for the new roles, and then choose the "Add to Role" option.
And if you click on a role in the Application Manager's sidebar, you can see more details about the role, along with additional options — including the ability to edit the role; filter applications based on what actors are associated with the role; and open or close the role.
To edit the role, click on the pencil icon below the role's name. This will open up the role-editing modal window, where you can quickly change a role's gender, age-range, character description, and more.
If a role has received zero applicants, you can also delete the role from your project via the editing modal by clicking on the trash-can icon that appears at the bottom-right of the editor. (For instance, if you added a role by mistake, you can delete it before any actors apply.)
If a role has already received applicants, you can't delete it. However, if you've finished casting the role, you can turn the role off to stop any additional actors from applying. To do this, simply click on the "Close Role" option. This will remove the role from the public version of your casting call, so actors will no longer be able to view or apply to the role — while keeping the role's details and applicants archived in your Application Manager for your records.
If you later decide that you'd like to continue receiving new applicants to the role after all, then just click on the "Open Role" option to open the role back up to new submissions.
You can invite Collaborators to help you cast your project.
Your "Full Collaborators" are granted full access to your project's Application Manager and can view and organize applicants, send and receive messages, and add notes. You and your Collaborators can view each other's notes to communicate about the applicants.
From your Dashboard you can manage your Collaborators and invite new Collaborators to your project by first clicking the Collaborators link:
And then click the "Invite a Collaborator" button.
A popup modal will appear. Enter the email address of the person you'd like to invite to your project, and then select the production you want this particular Collaborator to work on. You can include a custom message as well:
Click "OK" and your Collaborator will receive an email invitation to join your project.
When you invite a Collaborator to your production, if they already have an account with us then your project will also be automatically added to their Dashboard. Or, if your Collaborator is new to the site, then they'll be sent a link that will let them sign up for a free account.
To remove a Collaborator from your project, go back to the Collaborators page. Click on the Collaborator you intend to remove, to expand their details, and then click the "Unassign" button next to the project you wish to remove them from:
"Full Collaborators" cannot invite or remove other Full Collaborators from your project, or remove other Collaborators' notes. (However, Full Collaborators can invite limited-access "Shortlist Collaborators" to your project on your behalf; Shortlist Collaborators will only be able to view the talent you've selected to include in a specific shortlists that you've shared with them.)
On the other hand, as the project owner, you can invite or remove as many Full Collaborators & Shortlist Collaborators as you'd like, and you can remove any Collaborator's notes. (Click the X button next to a note to delete the note.)
Project owners can also update the casting notices (aka job listings, casting calls, or breakdowns) associated with their productions: Add or remove roles; change the project description or categories; expire or reactivate a listing; etc. But other users cannot edit a casting notice they don't own.
If you're a Collaborator on a project but not the owner, then the collaboration icon will appear next to the production on your Dashboard:
Visit our Help Center for additional details about how to manage collaborators.
When running a job on our platform, your goal is to find the perfect applicants for your production.
Finding the right artist is often a collaborative process, and feedback from your production team and your clients is essential when it comes to deciding who to move through the casting workflow.
We made shortlists (also known as "applicant selects") to help you do exactly that, making it extremely easy for you and your team to select your favorite people for a role, leave some notes, and share your selects to a collaborator for their input.
Another way shortlists can be used is like a mood board.
While setting up your job, you might find it useful to create some empty shortlists, making it easier to add applicants when you’re ready.
In your production’s Application Manager, below the filter bar at the top of the page, you’ll see the shortlist panel. On the right-hand side, you’ll see a button to create a new shortlist (see below).
Another way to do this is when you’re reviewing applicants. You can select the profiles you like, and when you click the actions button the option to add them to a shortlist will appear. Then you can choose if you want to add them to an existing shortlist or create a new one to add them to.
With your shortlist created, you can keep adding or removing as many selected profiles as you like.
When you want to see all your selected artists in a shortlist, you can toggle a shortlist on or off by clicking on the name of the shortlist in the panel. All the profiles that belong in that shortlist will then appear in the results below.
Selected shortlists are highlighted in black, while unselected shortlists appear white. (See below)
To leave a note, select a shortlist and click the note icon at the bottom of their profile card. Or, if you prefer, you can open their profile and click the “Notepad” tab.
When you’re ready to share your shortlists, you can either share them separately, or in bulk.
When you click the share icon, you’ll be given the option to share it with either your existing collaborators or new collaborators. Shortlist collaborators are granted access to only the specific shortlists they’re invited to and can’t take any actions on the applications besides leaving notes. (However, using your Casting Dashboard, you can also optionally invite project-level collaborators to grant full access to your project’s entire Application Manager if needed.)
Check out our Help Center for more details and help with Using Shortlists.
The Talent Database helps you find and organize talent for your current and future projects.
You can search for performers using filters, such as age range, gender, location, and physical appearance; add performers to your production; or tag a performer, which will save their profile for later use.
The Talent Database has a series of search fields and filters you can use to quickly narrow down results. Then you can easily view the profiles you’re interested in:
You can search for performers using filters such as age range, gender, location, and physical appearance; add performers to your production; or tag a performer, which will save their profile for later use.
By name:
If you happen to know the name of the actor you’re interested in, you can search for talent by name in the search bar at the top of the filters box.
By Attribute:
If you’re looking for a certain type of actor you can filter by gender, age range, or profile type. By clicking on the “More Filters” option, you’ll have even more filters at your disposal, including ethnicity, body type, hair color, eye color, height range, and skills.
By Location:
To select candidates in a particular location, select the “Location” menu — this will present a search field where you can type in and select the location of candidates. Then adjust the “Distance (miles)” to indicate how far outside of this area you’d like to see candidates.
For example, this selection is for actors within 50 miles of New York City:
By Asset and Union Status:
You can select one or more specific unions, all unions, or no unions from the “Union Status” dropdown:
You can also filter your search by a candidate’s available assets. You can select to see results from performers with headshots, video reels, audio clips, or some combination thereof.
By Keyword:
You can use keywords to further refine your search. Use the Keywords search box in the filter bar to add a specific keyword.
Applying and Clearing Filters:
Once you‘ve selected your filter criteria, click the “Apply” button at the bottom of the filter bar.
To reset your selections, click “Clear”:
After applying your filters, you will see a list of candidates who best match your criteria.
You can switch between a grid view and a list view of candidates by selecting between these buttons:
To view more information on a specific candidate, click either the candidate’s name or headshot.
This will open up the candidate’s mini-profile details view:
In the candidate’s details view, you can review additional headshots, video reels, and audio clips; leave notes and tags; add the actor to a role; invite the actor to apply; contact the actor; and click to view the candidate’s resume, full profile, and credits.
If you want to save candidates to review later, you can organize groups of candidates using tags.
With tags, you can choose how you’d like to organize your talent, creating a custom talent database of your very own.
To tag a candidate, you can click the tag icon in either the grid view or list view:
You can also create tags from the candidate’s details view:
You can then add multiple tags:
You can view your tags on the main page of the Talent Database in a vertical menu bar on the left side of the page:
You can click on these tags at any time to see the candidates saved within them. You can also click on multiple tags to view all candidates stored in the tags.
In this example, we’re displaying all of the candidates we’ve tagged “Saved” and all candidates tagged “Dancer."
You can add and delete tags by clicking the “Manage Tags” button. A dialog will appear giving you the option to create a new tag, or to remove or rename existing tags.
Please note that if you remove a tag from the sidebar, then the tag will also be removed from all of the candidates you previously associated with that tag as well.
Tag View
You can quickly view what tags you’ve applied to every candidate by toggling the “Tag View.” Tag View is available by clicking the toggle at the top of the Tags sidebar:
When this Tag View is initiated, you can view the Tags associated with each actor:
Folders are like Tags, except that candidates are added to Folders automatically when you take actions within the Application Manager (if you’ve posted a Casting Notice on the site) and when you take actions within the Talent Database.
Unlike tags (which you manually create and add candidates to), you cannot manually create or delete Folders; they’re all populated automatically. Folders include Contacted, Noted, Invited, Auditioned, and Hire & Pay; plus individual folders for every production you’ve created a casting notice for.
For instance, if you contact anyone on the platform, then you’ll be able to easily find them again by clicking on the Contacted folder. Or if you want to see every actor you’ve ever considered for an audition or ever marked as “Hire & Pay” in the Application Manager for any of your current or past productions, you can simply click on the “Auditioned” or “Hire & Pay” folders. Or if you want to see every actor that ever applied to one or more of your casting calls, then you can click on your production folders.
As an example: Perhaps you’ve run a dozen casting notices with us in the past, and you want to look through all of your past candidates at once. Simply click on all of the Talent Database production folders for your past casting calls, and the Talent Database will show you all of the actors from your selected projects.
You can then use the regular Talent Database search filters to quickly search through all of your past candidates; use Tags to create new lists featuring segments of these search results; and use the “Add to Production” options to add your past candidates to your newest casting notices, so you can consider them for casting in your current productions as well.
You can select multiple candidates in either the grid view or list view by selecting the checkbox next to their profile:
You can also use the “Select All” checkbox to select all applicants on a particular page.
Click the “Actions” button to view a drop-down menu showing your available actions. You can then select a bulk action that will affect all selected applicants:
You can now Tag all of your selected candidates or add them to any Production and Role you’re casting on the platform.
When you add a candidate to a Production/Role on the site, then you can manage the candidate within your project’s Application Manager.
To access the Application Manager for each of your productions, first visit your Casting Dashboard, where you’ll find a list of your projects. Then click the “Go to Application Manager” option next to the project of your choice.
Your Application Manager organizes all of your projects applicants for you by the roles they applied for (and by the roles you decided they might be right for). When you add a candidate from the Talent Database to your production, they’ll appear alongside the actors that applied to your project’s roles. To distinguish between actual applicants vs. talent that you discovered in the database, the applicants you added to your production are automatically marked with a “Suggested” label. You can also filter through your Application Manager to just see Suggested talent, or just view applicants, or view a mix of Suggested talent and applicants.
Additionally, the Suggestions tab in your Application Manager will automatically search through the Talent Database for you, based on your role criteria. And you can add candidate’s from the Suggestions tab back to your production/roles as well.
One of the great benefits of our casting system is this full integration between your Dashboard, Application Manager, and the Talent Database — with your work in the Application Manager automatically populating folders in your Talent Database; and options in the Talent Database populating Suggestions in your productions’ Application Manager; and the ability to move candidates from the Talent Database back to your productions; view all of the applicants from your current and past productions grouped together in the Talent Database; quickly invite the actors you discover in the Talent Database to apply to your casting calls; and so on.
You now have more than 100,000 actors, models, and performers at your fingertips, all integrated into the most powerful casting system in the world, with tagging and organizational options customized to fit your needs.
The talent on our platform can identify their gender(s) on their profiles by selecting from a wide variety of gender options, as well as having the option to enter their own custom text. They can also choose to leave their gender unspecified, if desired.
Casting directors and talent seekers can then filter through the Talent Database and their Application Manager without selecting any gender options (so they can see all talent by default), or by choosing specific gender options as search filters. Choosing specific gender options will narrow your search results to show matching talent.
The gender-based search options can also be used in combination with other filters (such as location, union status, age-range, etc.) to generate even more customized search results.
Likewise, casting directors can tag the roles in their character breakdowns with any combination of gender options (or leave a role gender-neutral by simply not selecting any gender options at all) to indicate the gender(s) envisioned for that role. Job posters can also draw additional attention to the openness of a role by selecting the specific "All Genders" option.
And actors can then search through the roles based on their gender preferences. Roles that are not tagged with a gender or that are tagged with the "All Genders" option will appear in all search results, regardless of the specific gender-filters used by the talent when they're searching for roles.
Note: Any gender, ethnicity, age-ranges, or other traits and characteristics noted in a role description should only be an indication of how the role/character is described, and should not be treated as a strict requirement about who can and cannot apply or be considered. We allow anyone to apply to any role at their own discretion, and encourages unbiased consideration of all applicants. Discriminatory practices are not allowed.
Click here for more details about how to choose genders for a role in job posting.
Or click here for more info on how to choose genders on a talent profile.
Start Your Search
When you post a job on the platform, you'll quickly receive relevant submissions. But you can also use our Talent Database's advanced filters to find additional candidates.
Then use the "Add to Production" or "Tags" option to keep a candidate in mind without notifying them yet. You can always send them an invitation later, when you're ready.
View Suggestions
Using your production's Application Manager, choose one of your roles, and the Suggestions tab will appear. This view will automatically show you talent that haven't applied yet that match some of your key role criteria. You can then apply additional filters to further narrow down you search.
Send Invitations
Now that you've proactively found actors, performers, and/or voiceover artists that you like, you can easily send them a formal invitation to apply to your project.
Simply click the "Invite" option. They'll immediately receive an alert (and an email) encouraging them to apply, with a link to your casting call automatically included.
You can also click on the "Invite" icon on the bottom of any applicant card:
There is also a way to invite outside talent to apply to a role that you have posted from within your Application Manager. For information about that, please click here.
Click the "Post a Job" button on any page on the site to create a job listing or casting call.
Your listing can include a plot synopsis, a full breakdown of the characters you're casting for, media assets (such as script sides, your company logo, promotional posters, your directing reel, etc.), links, audition details, and other key project details. You can post a listing with us to call for cast and crew for your productions. Look for new talent to represent. Hire actors, writers, staff, and interns. Find collaborators and volunteers. And more!
Your casting notice will instantly reach our wide audience of actors, models, performers, and crew -- while being targeted specifically to your production's locations and needs.
Posting a listing also unlocks the other features described in this FAQ, such as the Casting Dashboard, Application Manager, Invitations, Collaboration, and Talent Suggestions.
Key aspects of the casting call posting process include:
For an in depth look at how to post a notice, please see this help center article.
The following guide will help you learn how to quickly and effectively add Roles to your listings.
On these pages you can also edit and update your existing roles; or "close" roles to remove them from your casting notice to prevent additional actors from applying to the roles; re-open roles if you want to start receiving submissions to them again later; or permanently delete roles if no one has applied.
Closing a role prevents further applications to just that specific role, while allowing you to continue to have access to all of the role's applicants in your Application Manager. To stop submissions to all roles at once, simply expire your casting call; you can always extend the expiration date again later if more applications are needed.
The platform's "In-State Submissions" filtering option makes casting in your local area easier than ever.
Here are six tips for casting locally or nationwide:
You can post listings on our platform to find actors, singers, dancers, models, musicians, comedians, stunt performers, cabaret acts, mimes, clowns, variety performers, voiceover artists, triple-threats, students, teachers, staff, crew, volunteers, interns, and so much more. Even a basic posting will reach thousands of potential candidates. But if you'd like to stand out from the pack, the following paid add-ons will help you upgrade and enhance your listing:
Additionally, you can add Media Assets to your listings for free:
Easily embed YouTube and Vimeo videos in your profile and casting calls — showcasing your demo reel, past works, or a trailer or pitch video explaining your current project. And quickly attach script sides, story treatments, full screenplays, extended character breakdowns, photo references, promotional flyers, audio clips, your company logo, and more. Upgraded and media-enhanced listings often attract the best talent!
Visit your Casting Dashboard and click the "Edit" option next to any of your projects to quickly update any of your listing's details, add more roles, adjust the expiration date, and more.
Popular options include:
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Click here to visit your Casting Dashboard and easily manage your casting calls, talent applications, collaborators, and communications.
Or visit Backstage.com/Cast-Your-Project to post a new casting call.