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Entertainment Networking Opportunities & Important Numbers:

Some of the names and numbers are hopelessly out of date......Hey, it's not our fault. The organizations are often a bit lax about letting the media know when things change with their group.

If yours is an important number or you know of an important number in the Southeast U.S. not listed here, please let us know of it. We do not list numbers for production companies (yet) or other "for profit" operations.

Information/Job Leads:

Actors' Equity Auditions:
(South Florida) 954/421-2777

(Orlando) 407/345-9322

Disney Audition Line: 407/397-3299

FL Atty General, Consumer Unit (Miami): 305/377-5619

FL Dept of Prof Regulation (Tallahassee): 800/342-7940

North Carolina Production Hotline: 800/232-9227

South Carolina Production Hotline: 803/737-3022

Busch Gardens Auditions: 813/987-5164

Georgia 24-Hr Newsline: 404/656-6497

Miami-Dade Film Hotline: 305/375-3348

Texas Film Commission Hotline: 512/463-7799

Universal Studios Hotline: 407/363-8080

Alliance Film & Video Coop/Media Arts: 305/538-8242


Important Organizations and Contacts:

Actors Equity (Orlando) 407/345-8600

AFTRA

(Orlando) 407/354-2230
(Miami) 305/652-4824

American Fed of Musicians (Miami) 305/919-7010

Am Women in Radio & TV
(Orlando) 407/645-2222

(Tampa) 813/289-9355

DGA
(Florida) 954/927-3338

(NYC) 800/356-3754

FL Motion Picture & Television Assoc

(Carol Ferrill-State Pres) 321/632-7488

FL Prof Theat Assoc

(West Palm) 407/848-6231

Hollywood Screen Parents (CA) 818/955-6510

IATSE (Florida) 800/423-6477

Ind Producers of Palm Beach Cnty 407/622-9058

Nat'l Right to Work Legal Def Foundation 800/336-3600

Screen Actors Guild
(Miami) 305/670-7677

(Orlando) 407/649-3100

United Scenic Artists Loc 829 (Miami) 305/596-4772

Women In Film & Video/Atlanta 404/352-1379

Women In Film (Orlando) 407/293-1741

WOMPI (Miami Beach) 305/864-3377

Writers Guild of America, East (NY) 212/767-7800

Writers Guild of America, West (LA) 310/550-1000

To reach a Congressman or US Senator 800/522-6721

To contact Florida's professionally staffed

Film Office:
The Governor's Office of Film & Entertainment

Paul Sirmons, Film Commissioner
The Capitol, Suite 2002
Tallahassee, FL 32399

Toll Free number is (877) 352-3456
Website is www.filminflorida.com

 
And if you're an ACTOR, and since, if you are reading this far, there is a reasonably good chance you are, even if you have no talent and are starving like the rest of us, there's a site you ought to visit. It's run by our pal, Jack Turnbull, and it's called ACTORSITE. It's a gold mine of information if you're in Hollywood or headed out in that direction. And, after you visit, drop old Jack a line at This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it Tell him The Blue Sheet sent you. He'll put you on his mailing list for his newsletter, and you'll find it, too, to be of great value. We steal from it all the time.

http://www.actorsite.com
http://www.actorsite.com

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Another excellent site for actors is Chad Garcia's Actor Tips, which offers Free Acting Supplies, Tips, and Monologues

Get free samples of acting supplies, thousands of tips for succeeding as an actor, and more than 20 monologues to help you win that big role. Learn everything from how to get an agent to how to kiss on stage. It's well worth your time and trouble.

http://www.actortips.com
http://www.actortips.com

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If you happen to be a writer for the screen, one of the best free sites around, chock full of useful stuff and great advice, is this:

screenwritersnews.com
screenwritersnews.com

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And finally, there is a lot of useful information available to you about the Entertainment Production Industry in Florida at the following sites:

Always visit the State of Florida State Film Commissioner's site for useful information generally about filming in Florida: http://www.filminflorida.com

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Then check out what's going in in locations throughout the state:

For the Ocala area:
http://www.realfla.com

http://www.realfla.com

For Central Florida:
http://www.film-orlando.org

http://www.film-orlando.org

For the Palm Beach Area:

http://www.pbfilm.com

http://www.pbfilm.com

For the Fort Lauderdale Area:

http:// www.browardalliance.org

http:// www.browardalliance.org

For the Florida Keys & Key West:

http://www.filmkeys.com

http://www.filmkeys.com

For the Jacksonville Area:

http://www.coj.net/film

http://www.coj.net/film

For the Miami Area:

http://www.filmiami.org

http://www.filmiami.org

For the Northwest Florida Area:

http://www.destin-fwb.com

http://www.destin-fwb.com

For Polk County:

http://www.cfdc.org/film

For the Tampa Bay Area:

http://www.gotampa.com

http://www.gotampa.com