General Housekeeping
Welcome to the PRINCIPALS talent family!
A few things you should take note of that will help you along the way!
1. Please be sure to save the following emails into your email accounts. We will be sending out Monthly newsletters with really important information and you don’t want to miss stuff because your email is bouncing things back. .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address), .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address), .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
2. Please be sure that once you have signed up to casting workbook all information is correct, as well as your resume. You need to also fill in your special skills, please check all appropriate boxes including skill level and whether or not you have the apparatus required. This can be the difference between booking and not booking.
3. If you are on Facebook, please find us, we post helpful tips, and exciting news about the industry you are working in. Also you can find us on TWITTER and FACEBOOK:
FACEBOOK: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Principals-Talent/155336921154018
TWITTER: http://twitter.com/PRINCIPALStlnt
4. If you have questions about things please ask. Better to ask than not be sure and make a mistake due to that.
5. Please note if we are calling out auditions we probably have a few to call out so if you have questions regarding the audition itself please feel free to ask, but if you are interested in talking further about your career please call back or email us at a another time, or just ask if we have time to talk about it first. 
6. Call us before you STOP BY, we really do love getting visits from our actors, but sometimes are really too busy and don’t want to be rude so end up chatting with you even though we don’t have the time…Or we could be taping another actor, or in a meeting which just means it isn’t convenient… call us so we can know when you will be here and chat when you come in!
7. One last time: REGRETS are UNACCEPTABLE Please send us your away and unavailable dates ASAP. Please send them via email. When sending us your away dates please be advised that if you are only giving us 1-4 days notice there is a good possibility we have already submitted you for projects. Please try and keep this in mind and give us as much notice as possible. It makes us all look good! 
8. PLEASE TELL US ABOUT YOUR SHOWS!! We do try to get to them but are happy to spread the word also. Send us a photo and a short blurb via email and we will add it to the site, facebook etc. We have the intention of doing this for every show we ever get invited to but often run out of time. Make it easy for us and we will help you out!! Same goes if you are producing and independent or short film, let us know if you are looking for actors, we will happily email the roster.
9. If we have something that we feel the some people on the roster may be interested in i.e., audition, classes, general info, we will EMAIL it out to our full rosters. If you don’t fit the specs or aren’t interested there is no need to respond (unless a response is requested). We are just sending out info that we feel may be of interest or help you, you may or may not fit the specs in every case. If we took the time to enter each email address that it would fit directly we would waste way too much time.
10. TAPINGS: When you come in for a taping, please understand you are not the only one, please come in prepared, organized, and on time, ready to go. Have your sides memorized (reading from your script is not acceptable) be in correct wardrobe and be well rehearsed. We want you to feel comfortable in the office but do your rehearsals at home! If you want to bring a reader, please feel free, otherwise one of the agents will be happy to help you out.
11. CASTING WORKBOOK: Some of you have asked questions lately about the CW (casting workbook) notification email. This is automatically generated by Casting Workbook, we cannot modify this. If you have any questions please either call us or refer to CW. This notification is only to warn you that you have an audition and we will be in touch shortly. Please continue to feel free to call us when you receive the notifications, we LOVE that!! Casting workbook has recently unveiled lots of new features; take a few moments to familiarize yourself. Having said that please do NOT print your resumes off CW the contact info for the agency gets cut off and they don’t look very professional. Please always use your PDF resumes sent to you by us. Also if you are having trouble finding the info we send you for auditions follow these steps: You need to log in not just go off the notification email (log in at www.castingworkbook.com and then go to inbox and messaging, for almost every audition you will see audition materials (breakdown, notes and sides, if there are any)). If you have trouble with this, please call us so we can walk you thru it, its important you know all the info and have all the dates.
12. We ALWAYS give you all the info we can but sometimes casting or the directors or clients will make changes last minute and sides will be waiting for you at the audition. Please always be ready for anything, this is one of the joys of your job. You are all professionals and it shouldn’t be an issue. If you ever feel like we haven’t given you all the info you need please contact us so we can fill in any blanks for you.
If you need a stop payment due to moving and not notifying us with appropriate time the charge of $10 (charge to us by the bank) will be applied to your receipt. Sorry, but its costing the agency a lot when people FORGET to give us their change of addresses.
13. Your agent books you and deals with your contract. Your wardrobe (time, place, what you need to bring) and your call time (when & where you will be shooting) will be given to you by production directly. They normally call people the day before and can call as late as 8pm sometimes later. Normally they are on set all day and arranging the next day’s shooting schedule after wrapping the day. They have to see where they are as far as scenes, which actors are booked, before they can plan the day. If you don’t hear by 10pm feel free to call your agent but please take down all the information (when production calls) and ask questions if you are confused about anything. We don’t get this information and cannot help you if you have any questions later. If you are asked to call back to confirm your call time, please be sure you do, be professional and represent yourself well, it will pay back tenfold!
14. Last month there were a few “misunderstandings” on set. If you ever get to set and are asked to sing something that is not what your agent explained with you when booking DO NOT SIGN, call us immediately. Let production know that you don’t want to be difficult but are unsure of what to do and need to talk to your agent. If it is easier please have them call us. We aren’t trying to hold up production or be difficult (for the record, this doesn’t happen often) but need to take care of our actors. If you can’t reach your agent call the other agent and we will do our best to get it sorted out immediately. We are here to help you guys ALWAYS.
15. If you have kids on the roster, make them read the newsletters if they want to act make them take some responsibility (obviously this is relevant to their age )