Some Pretty Good Advice

I've been doing absolutely everything I can to get everything ready before I start sending in demos, etc. So much so that I've almost forgotten everything I've been doing and that it might be useful to others.

A friend of mine spoke with a professional theater guy in Pennsylvania for me to see if there was any work to be had. I didn't really expect him to have anything, but he did offer some very good advice.

"I don't know of anyone really, but I can try to give some advice to
pass on to your friend. The first resource I suggest is playbill.com.
This is usually the most reliable source for information on casting
calls for actors. I would also call up the local theatres and see when
their local auditions for the season are held, and when he can submit
his resume and headshot (oh, and make sure that the resume and
headshot are good and professionally done, it does matter when it
comes to casting...if he needs an opinion, I'd be happy to help out).
Next, he's really got to be willing to go anywhere to do his craft.
It's the only way until you get liked by a theatre in particular. And
be prepared to travel to New York City for auditions alot (hopefully
he has friends or family with a couch to crash on).

As far as voice over work is concerned, I hear it can be really tough
to break into. The best way to do it is to just keep recording
yourself reading things like books with distinct character voices,
pamphlets, and magazine articles. Then you send those recordings to
agencies, and hope that an agent ends up wanting to work with you. As
far as I hear, It's damn near impossible to do it any other way.

Finally, he has to realize that if he pursues a career as an actor,
his job will not be to act...it will be to audition, and the reward of
his job will be to act. To that effect, he'll need work to supplement
himself until he gets a contract, and he should try to always forward
his art (dance classes, voice lessons, learn an instrument, constantly
add new skills to his special skills like juggling, etc.). It can be
pretty tough to deal with, he'll just have to be tougher."