Ask an Agent: Everything Actors Need to Know about Agents

• Real answers to real questions from

a real agent

• Based on Back Stage’s most popular column, “Ask an Agent”

• Covers every topic imaginable

Actors at every stage of their careers have a lot of questions, and Ask an Agent gives a lot of answers. Do I need an agent? How do I get one? What will an agent do for me? When is it time to switch agents? Help is on the way! Author Margaret Emory—a talent agent for more than fourteen years—writes “Ask an Agent,” the most popular column in America’s foremost publication for working actors, Back Stage. In clear, straightforward text, she gives the “agent’s spin” on everything from headshots and résumés to auditions, casting directors, and managers. Ask an Agent offers real help for the real world of acting.

New York talent agent Margaret Emory demystifies the actor-agent relationship and offers actors practical advice on how to build their careers. The volume is organized into 12 chapters that deal with common questions, such as "how do actors choose representation?" and "how do agents negotiate contracts?" The material was first published in a series of columns Emory wrote for the theater weekly Back Stage.
Annotation ©2006 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

New York talent agent Margaret Emory demystifies the actor-agent relationship and offers actors practical advice on how to build their careers. The volume is organized into 12 chapters that deal with common questions, such as "how do actors choose representation?" and "how do agents negotiate contracts?" The material was first published in a series of columns Emory wrote for the theater weekly Back Stage. Annotation ©2006 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Margaret Emory, a prominent

New York talent agent for more than fourteen years, writes the column

“Ask an Agent” in Back Stage magazine. She is the founder of Emory Seminars,

a workshop for actors that she

presents across America. She lives

in New York City.