A Crash Course in Managers, Agents, and the Business Side of National Tours with Mean Girls’ April Josephine

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Ever wonder what it’s really like to WORK a National Tour of a Broadway musical? I mean, like being in BUSINESS as an actor and dealing with contracts, agents, and managers?

In this episode, April Josephine shares her journey as an actor in New York and how she booked the First National Tour of Mean Girls. She admits that she had to learn the ropes of the business side of things by asking other actors while on tour. She also had to get active on the Equity website and find things out for herself.

In this interview, she tells you all the things she wish someone had told her, including:

• The benefits of self tapes for actors with learning disabilities
• What to look for in an agent
• The difference between an agent and a manager
• How and when do you pay your agent and manager
• The audition and callback process for the First National Tour of Mean Girls
• How do contracts work for tours
• The rehearsal and maintenance process for long running tours
• How to be a life-long learner and discover new strengths in yourself

April is based in Manhattan, and loves the art of storytelling in any and all forms. She grew up in sunny California, and had the opportunity to grow and work in many regional productions based there. To Name a few: La Jolla PlayHouse, Moonlight Stage Productions, Lambs Players Theater, La Mirada/McCoy Rigby Entertainment, 3-D Theatricals, Welk Resort Theater.

Other passions include teaching/ collaborating with budding artists (tiny tot to young adult) in any way that furthers growth, safety and positivity in dance and the performing arts.

She has been on the road with the Broadway First National Tour, Mean Girls The Musical, since October 2021, playing Mrs. George, Mrs. Heron, and her favorite adult woman, Ms Norbury. She looks forward to working in and alongside the arts in the future as a beacon for hope, a catalyst for change, and rehabilitation in our world.

If you’re looking for VERY PRACTICAL advice about managing the business side of your acting while also pursuing work that connects to your heart, then this is the episode for you!

Xo,

Korrie

Find more about April at www.apriljosephinemedia.com

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