One-on-One Career Consultations with Annie Chadwick
Whether you are a seasoned professional, a wide-eyed beginner or lost in the actor maze, Annie Chadwick offers motivational one-on-one career consultations and workshops that give you:
- the vision to create your own unique theatrical career
- no-nonsense business strategies
- innovative self-promotional techniques
- the most current industry trends
3-Part Consultation
For new clients, I offer a 3-Part Consultation. Below is a complete outline of this 3-part Consultation plan.
Quick Overview:
Part 1: I review your marketing materials and gain a detailed overview of your career and current goals.
Part 2: A 1-hour, one-on-one Zoom consultation where we discuss your marketing tools, I assign strategic homework, and we create a clear plan to achieve your goals.
Part 3: Three weeks of email follow-up to review homework, answer questions, and conclude with a wrap-up phone consultation to determine next steps.
Our Work Together Includes:
- Evaluating what needs to be added or updated in your promotional materials
- Identifying your most castable type
- Clarifying your market
- Targeting projects that are the right fit for you
- Creating strategic submission plans (including specific cover letter guidance)
- Defining clear goals for the year
If you are interested in creating a new representation campaign, we can cover this as part of our work together.
- Targeted agent lists (Film/TV/Theatre, Commercial, VO, etc.)
- Crafting a strategic agent submission note highlighting your unique talent and casting lane
- Sample submission notes for guidance
- Personalized editing of your draft
3-Part Consultation Full Outline
PART 1
Career & Marketing Materials Review
In preparation for Part 2, I review your materials in advance to better understand your talent, career goals, and current positioning in the industry.
Materials Reviewed:
- Phone contact number
- Headshots (selected favorites)
- Resume
- Main reel + 4 additional scenes
- 4 self-tapes
- Actors Access profile
- Casting Networks profile
- Website
- Agent/manager representation information (if applicable)
- If seeking representation: list of agents previously submitted to or auditioned for
- List of casting directors familiar with your work
- Agent/Casting Director submission cover letter
- Career overview
- Main performance goal for 2024 + short-term goals that support it
- What you want to achieve in this collaboration
PART 2
1-Hour One-on-One Zoom Consultation
1-Month Full Access Trial of The Up-To-Date Actor + Resources
During our session, I provide feedback on your materials, suggest edits or additions, and outline specific next-step strategies to move your career forward. We also discuss stage and screen projects that align with your unique talent.
If you are not already a UTDA member, you will receive 1-month full access to The Up-To-Date Actor, including:
- Targeted agent/manager lists
- Referrals
- Cover letter, resume, and follow-up samples
- 13 essential marketing tools overview
- Coach and training resources
- Reel production company recommendations
- And more
PART 3
3-Week Consecutive Business Days Email Follow-Up
Wrap-Up Phone Call
Following our Zoom session, you receive three consecutive business weeks of email collaboration to review homework, refine materials, and answer strategic questions. We conclude with a final phone conversation to define your next steps and short-term goals that support your year-end objective.
About Annie
Annie Chadwick is the founder and co-owner of Up-To-Date Theatricals LLC and a co-creator of The Up-To-Date Actor, a digital platform that equips performers with the tools, resources, and industry knowledge needed to build sustainable acting careers. With decades of experience as both a professional performer and career coach, Annie has guided countless actors to approach their craft with the mindset of an entrepreneur, bridging artistry and business.
As a performer, Annie’s career spans opera, musical theatre, film, and television, with credits including Law & Order: SVU, Confessions of a Shopaholic, Saturday Night Live, Awakenings, and cabaret performances atGreen Room 42 and Feinstein’s/54 Below. She has also toured internationally as lead singer of the Americana band NYCity Slickers, releasing two acclaimed albums.
Annie holds a Master’s Degree from Indiana University’s School of Music and is a proud member of AEA, SAG-AFTRA, ASCAP, AGMA and LPTW.