BOOK: BUSINESS & MARKETING STRATEGY FOR THE PROACTIVE PERFORMER
BOOK: BUSINESS & MARKETING STRATEGY FOR THE PROACTIVE PERFORMER
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THIS BOOK IS SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR!
WHAT'S IN THE BOOK:
Actionable Tips, Tricks, and Templates Including...How To Get Representation, Approach Casting, Auditioning, Creating Your Own Work, and Working Smarter and Not Harder To Achieve Career Success!
WHAT INDUSTRY ARE SAYING...
One of the most comprehensive books on the acting business I have ever read. Looking forward to putting Kimberly's advice into practice in my own performing career and sharing her advice with my students. --KIMBERLY LARKIN, NYC-based performer and educator, faculty at Long Island High School for the Arts
Kimberly is the best actor strategy coach in 'the biz' and now she has created this incredible companion for the 'proactive performer' so you can take action in your own career with step-by-step guidance! --ASHLEY KATE ADAMS, Broadway Performer, Producer & Best-Selling Author #BYOP: Be Your Own Producer
Kim's book is a fantastic launch pad for just-getting-started actors. It's an honest-yet-positive look at the performing industry, with a road-map on where to start. A must-read for those saying, 'I'm an actor. Now what? --DARYL EISENBERG, CSA, Casting Director and Managing Partner at Eisenberg/Beans Casting
Actors only work in this business when they're fully informed. Buy this book. Read it twice. Kimberly has insight I don't see anywhere else. -- ROBERT MCCASKILL, Professional acting coach since 1991
Wow! This book is so good! Consider it the "How to Win Friends and Influence People" for actors. In her book, Kimberly delves into why an actor should be proactive for their career, shares lessons from her own 20+ year experience on how she does this, and provides action steps for other actors to implement right away. She doesn't miss a detail and her heart for actors finding their own version of success jumped off of every page. Whether you're an actor just starting out, an actor who's been in the business for some time and needs a boost of encouragement, or an actor somewhere in between this book is for you! --RANCE NIX, Actor/Host/Comedian, Dana King on The Kings of Napa (OWN Network)
In the ever-changing world of the entertainment industry, performers find themselves facing new expectations on a daily basis. Many of these new areas involve marketing and technology - both of which can be daunting to people who only ever wanted to perform! Kimberly Faye Greenberg has created a wonderful guide, helping actors navigate this challenging terrain and breaking down the overwhelming unknowns into actionable steps. With easy-to-understand building blocks, she offers a clear approach as to how actors can use 21st century tools to both advance their career and achieve their goals. -- MICHAEL CASSARA, CSA (NY-based Theatrical Casting Director)
This book is an essential tool for the performing artist who is serious about a career in the industry. Kimberly draws from her experience as a performer herself as well as her 10+ years as a successful coach to provide a step by step, intricate guide to surviving and thriving in the entertainment industry today! As a Producer/Artist Manager/Booking Agent with almost 20 years experience in NYC, I can attest that the skills Kimberly teaches will vastly improve your exposure to the industry representatives you need to know to succeed. -- KRISTEN ERNST, Producer/Booking Agent,Artist Manager with KMEntertainment
Kimberly Faye Greenberg's book is a must read for artists who want more agency over their creative future. This book provides a powerful context for navigating the unpredictable, fickle nature of the entertainment industry. Any performing artist who wants to be taken seriously must take themselves seriously, and this book is a rock solid blueprint for doing so. Kimberly's down-to-earth style and industry know-how will help anyone cut through their own internal BS and disempowering stories, making it clear what to take personally (hint: nothing) and where to take initiative and empower yourself fully (hint: everywhere). Every artist deserves this vulnerable, straightforward map to keep them successful, healthy, happy, and passionate. --LAURA WESTMAN, PCC, Coach for Creatives
Kimberly Faye Greenberg divides the world of performing arts into wonderfully entertaining and delicious morsels and carefully explains tremendously important concepts to the reader in a way that is relatable, honest, and clearly understandable. This book will truly help actors. -- NAOMI KOLSTEIN, Manager at Bohemia Group
I've seen Kim Greenberg in action and she is a beast. Not only is she a huge talent, but it is backed with perspective, drive, and strategy which keeps her afloat and relevant in this industry. There's so much to take away here -- things that will make the business side of your artistry less complicated, more specific, and much more effective. -- MICHAEL KUSHNER, Award Winning Theatre, TV, and Film Multi-Hyphenate; Author of How to Be a Multi-Hyphenate in the Theatre Business
Kimberly Faye Greenberg pushes herself and others forward with the hope and energy of a rookie with stars in her eyes but has the experience to offer specific and actionable pieces of advice, along with sage wisdom to care for the artist's soul so they can thrive in the long run. Kimberly's book is the balance between hustle and grace, which in my mind is the recipe for a long and fruitful career. --REBECCA LARKIN, Actress/Singer (including Broadway Revival of "South Pacific"), Vocal Coach and former Education Director for the Timber Lake Playhouse, IL
In the past when people would ask me for advice on how to break into, and stay in, show business I never knew what to say. I would panic and make odd bellowing sounds while flapping my arms frantically. This was unsatisfying for everyone. But now I can tell them to just read Kim's book - a smart book for smart actors written by a smart person! --DAVE KONIG - A three time EMMY Award winning Comedian/ Actor / Writer / Artist
MORE DETAILS:
- Publisher : Headline Books (August 7, 2023)
- Language : English
- Paperback : 192 pages
- ISBN-10 : 1958914193
- ISBN-13 : 978-1958914199
- Item Weight : 11.4 ounces
- A Book bought on this platform will be signed by the author.
ABOUT KIMBERLY FAYE GREENBERG:
Kimberly Faye Greenberg is a TOP Performing Arts "Biz" Coach known as The Broadway Expert, providing advice and inspiration in the form of personal coaching, workshops, webinars, blog features, interviews, masterclasses and content creation for onstage, backstage and creative artists. Kimberly has been featured across a variety of outlets, including Backstage, Theatre Nerds, Broadway Blogspot, TheatreMania, Ken Davenport's TheatreMakers Studio, Schools.com, Music Theatre International, Westfield International Film Festival, BroadwayCon, the documentary "Secrets of Broadway" and more! Kimberly loves to inspire, educate, and work with proactive performing artists to help conquer their career goals. (www.thebroadwayexpert.com)
As a Performer…
Kimberly Faye Greenberg is known as the first-and-only actress to play leading roles in two Off-Broadway musicals at the same time: "One Night With Fanny Brice" and "Danny & Sylvia: The Danny Kaye Musical" at St. Luke’s Theatre, NYC. In addition, Kimberly’s numerous portrayals of Fanny Brice (four shows/two CDs) have been critically acclaimed by the New York Times, Huffington Post, and Associated Press. Her solo show, "Fabulous Fanny: The Songs and Stories of Fanny Brice" (www.fabulousfannybriceshow.com), has been traveling the country since 2014 and is now streaming on STELLAR where it has also been named one of the BEST TO STREAM by Time Out New York, American Theatre Magazine, Filmed Live Musicals podcast, Times Square Chronicles, Theatre Development Fund (TDF), Goldstar, and more.
Kimberly also portrayed Fanny Brice in "Speakeasy Dollhouse: Ziegfeld Midnight Frolic” at the Liberty Theatre, Broadway’s Only Hidden Theatre, and as part of the Broadway-bound musical "Ghostlight” by Matthew Martin and Tim Realbuto.
A graduate of University of California, Irvine, Kimberly has been working across the board in theatre, film, and television for over 25 years. Highlights include: "The Kid From Brooklyn: The Danny Kaye Musical" (tour); "Christmas Rappings" (Off-Broadway); the Off-Broadway musical concerts of "Miracle on 34th Street" and "Mr. President" (both for the Actors Fund), Rachel Michelson on "The Plot Against America" (HBO); and Nurse Wilkinson on The WB’s "Charmed".
A woman of many talents, Kimberly has also worked backstage as a Broadway wardrobe swing dresser on over 20 Broadway shows, including "Mean Girls”, "Something Rotten”, "Cinderella", "Cabaret" and "The Lion King”. (www.kimberlyfayegreenberg.com)
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