A Blog & Resources for Texas Actors
A Blog & Resources for Texas Actors
Texarkana Earns ‘Film Friendly Texas’ Designation, which recognizes our city’s readiness to support film and media production. In other words, we’re ready for our close-up, Mr. Deville. Governor Greg Abbott announced Tuesday that Texarkana has been designated as a Film Friendly Texas Certified Community by the Texas Film Commission. The recognition comes after the city […]
CineFestival, the nation’s longest-running Latino film festival, will soon celebrate its 46th edition with nearly 100 films in San Antonio. Hosted by the Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center, the festival runs from July 9-13 spanning four venues and featuring 95 films, including 33 made in San Antonio and 38 produced in or about Texas. Of those, […]
When you land an audition or meeting with a casting director or agent, it’s natural to focus on your performance. But just as important as your delivery is how you present yourself in conversation. Whether you’re a new actor or already building a career in Texas, being prepared for the questions they’ll ask can leave […]
VIDEO: Waco Children’s Theatre will complete its 36th year inspiring kids and teenagers in Waco. Every year in June, the organization holds a month-long acting summer camp. Kids and teens rehearse popular works of theatre. They perform them at the end of the month. This year, the younger kids are performing The Lion King. The teenagers are performing […]
Zachary J. Willis is playing a role made famous by the Bible and Donny Osmond. The Dallas Theater Center Brierley Resident Acting Company member plays Joseph, a Biblical favorite son, in Dallas Theater Center’s Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, now playing at the Wyly Theatre in the Dallas Arts District through July 13. Andrew […]
Texas will boost its movie and TV productions incentive program by $100 million as it works to compete with rivals like New Mexico and Georgia. “Texas will be a new media coast,” Chase Musslewhite, co-founder of the advocacy group Media for Texas, told The Hollywood Reporter of the decision. “It’s cheaper. There’s no income tax. […]
PHOTOS: Austin’s Zach Theater, the longest-running professional theater in Texas, is searching for a new Associate Director of Advanced Training for its youth training programs. The new role comes as the regional theater is following a “new strategic plan” that will invest in education programming over the next five years, according to a press release. The new Associate […]
Arlington officials recommended in an informal staff report for the city to develop a formal strategy to attract film and other media production in the city. The report comes after Gov. Greg Abbott signed into law Senate Bill 22, which invests $1.5 billion into the Texas film industry and goes into effect on Sept. 1, […]
Senate Bill 22, which invests $1.5 billion into Texas’ film incentives program over the next decade, has been passed into law and will go into effect starting Sept. 1. The piece of legislation was not among the 334 bills that Gov. Greg Abbott signed and publicly endorsed on Sunday, but bills can become law without […]
An East Texas teen was named the best high school musical theatre actress in the country at the 2025 Jimmy Awards Monday night in New York City. Fabiola Caraballo Quijada, who graduated from Tyler Legacy High School last month, was announced as the best actress for this year’s ceremony of the Jimmy Awards. She represented […]
