After seeing hundreds of people in Ceder Rapids, as well as attending Straw Hats, NETCs and the Bachelor's open call, The Pinkerton Regional Theater of North Dakota, has decided to “just cast the people we used last year.”

In case you had forgotten about your audition,...

   Do you wonder what really good video audition looks like? Are you tired of hearing nothing back after spending hours on a self tape? Are your auditions only getting one view (which was probably just your mom?) 

   HACKSTAGE is here...

So you signed up for a dance class! Oops! You are halfway through the warm up and you're already getting looks from the graceful goddesses in the front ( What? they want you to try that on your LEFT??) You would love to sashay right out the door, but what will people t...

Unlike the two bar cut (designed for singers to showcase their highest note) and the luxurious eight bar cut (which is an opportunity to create a performance with an arc) the four bar cut is a chance to show that you can act AND sing at the same time.

Imagine yourself e...

       Some actors say that they’re committed to their craft, but real actors LIVE it. Just ask Gemma Poole.  When she saw the casting call for “Love in the time of Hitler ” last month on Hackstage, she knew that this could be a chance to put herself up...

7.  Dinner Party Disaster by Danielle Doozy

Doozy's dramedy about two bickering couples at a dinner party took Broadway by storm in 2012 when audiences and critics were stunned that people could disagree over both politics and religion. The powerful script features such...

Musicals based on books are THE BEST WAY to guarantee your show's success. Here are a few of HACKSTAGE'S favorite ideas for books to musicals!

Selfish by Kim Kardashian West:

A New Song Cycle by Jason Robert Brown! If pictures are worth a thousand words, then Kim K’s new...