Starting a Career as a Professional Actor
Situation: Young man from Good Family goes to school to study International Business at the urgings of his family. After graduation and working at a good job for about three years, he decides to follow his passion and study to become a professional actor. He does have experience in acting and working backstage (general stage hand), from school
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Most actors I know just flat out train when they're in school, often in method acting, voice, movement, history of drama, etc., and then wind up acting in commercials or bit roles in TV if they are lucky. While you *could* make a living as an actor in D.C., my question would be why he wasn't going to New York. The reason actors gravitate towards NYC and LA isn't out of sentimentality ("If I can MAKE - IT -THERE, I'll make it AN-Y-WHERE"), but because that is where the work is. Cannot think of any TV show that films in Washington DC.
"Guy who lives down the hall" is a supporting part, and a plum, because he'll be in all the time. "Brother who shows up in two scenes" is less so, because he might appear in one episode and that's it, and the writers won't bring him back unless there's a good reason.
A typical production schedule might be five weeks. (Auditions might be much earlier: there might be auditions for a whole season or a whole year.) It more depends on the company and its budget. Musicals have separate rehearsals for book (script) and music. And dance. The components get put together later.
Maybe he might work with one particular small theatre company?
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