Traditionally, only talent agents would be able to schedule auditions for actors, models, dancers, and other performers, but with the invention of audition websites, the availability of public and private auditions increased.
Audition websites have become an integral component of the employment statistics[1] of actors and other entertainment industry professionals. Most acting assignments are typically short-term, ranging from a day to a few months.
Some audition websites require membership, while others are free to use. Most auditions require the members to regularly browse through audition listings and sign up for, or even self-tape and submit their auditions through the website, which enables members to pick and choose the types of jobs they audition for.
Except for a membership fee, audition websites typically don't charge anything for their use, and unlike talent agents, they also don't receive a percentage of the income earned from jobs booked through their service. This has caused these services to increase in popularity, and some of them have millions of members.
Screen Actors Guild - Professional Actors Union; Offers information for beginning actors, a member directory, and customized tools.
The Actors Studio - Professional Actors Organization; A non-profit organization for professional actors, directors, and playwrights established in 1947. Offers performers an audition-based membership for life.
Actors Equity - Union that represents American theatre actors and stage managers.
Actors Inequity - A website that supports non-union and non-paid performers.
