A Star Is Born
Lonna Drewes
“The protective, practical blueprint for parents helping their child enter the professional acting industry safely, confidently, and prepared.”
Your child wants to act. Maybe they light up in front of a camera, love performing, or keep asking how kids get roles in commercials, television, streaming series, and films.
A Star Is Born: Getting Your Child Into Acting gives parents a clear, professional roadmap for entering the entertainment industry without falling for expensive promises, unnecessary services, or confusing advice.
Why This Book Matters
Parents entering the acting world for the first time are often overwhelmed by headshots, resumes, self-tapes, agents, managers, auditions, contracts, work permits, unions, and industry terminology.
That confusion can make families vulnerable to people selling hope instead of legitimate opportunity.
Children can also begin to interpret audition rejection as a personal failure when, in reality, casting decisions are often based on age, height, type, chemistry, timing, availability, or a client’s very specific vision.
The more parents understand the business, the better they can protect both their child’s career and childhood.
What You’ll Learn
Written by Lonna Drewes—former international model, talent agency owner, photo production company owner, and mother of working child actors who successfully transitioned into professional adult careers—this book takes parents behind the scenes of the professional acting industry.
You’ll learn how legitimate representation works, how to prepare your child for auditions, how to recognize scams, and how to manage the business side of a young performer’s career.
Inside This Book
Getting Started: Understand what your child actually needs before submitting to agencies and managers.
Photos & Resumes: Learn how to create appropriate beginner materials without overspending.
Self-Tapes & Auditions: Build a simple home self-tape setup and understand what casting professionals expect.
Agents & Managers: Learn the difference between the two, how representation works, and what to look for before signing.
Scam Protection: Recognize upfront-fee schemes, pressure tactics, questionable classes, talent showcases, and other costly red flags.
Contracts & Money: Understand commissions, payment timelines, usage, contracts, trust accounts, taxes, and your responsibilities as the parent of working talent.
On-Set Expectations: Learn professional etiquette, safety protocols, boundaries, work permits, and what happens once your child actually books the job.
What You’ll Gain
Confidence: Know what to do next instead of guessing.
Protection: Learn how to recognize unsafe, expensive, or inappropriate situations before your child is exposed to them.
Professionalism: Understand the language, etiquette, and expectations of auditions, representation, and professional sets.
Emotional Resilience: Help your child understand that hearing “no” is part of casting—not a measurement of talent, beauty, or personal worth.
Business Awareness: Treat your child’s career like a professional small business while still protecting the child at the center of it.
You do not need insider connections to begin.
You need accurate information, realistic expectations, strong boundaries, and a professional plan.
A Star Is Born gives you the foundation to help your child enter acting with both opportunity and protection in mind.
Protect the child. Understand the business. Build the career.
Get signed. Get booked. Get paid.
“The protective, practical blueprint for parents helping their child enter the professional acting industry safely, confidently, and prepared.”
Your child wants to act. Maybe they light up in front of a camera, love performing, or keep asking how kids get roles in commercials, television, streaming series, and films.
A Star Is Born: Getting Your Child Into Acting gives parents a clear, professional roadmap for entering the entertainment industry without falling for expensive promises, unnecessary services, or confusing advice.
Why This Book Matters
Parents entering the acting world for the first time are often overwhelmed by headshots, resumes, self-tapes, agents, managers, auditions, contracts, work permits, unions, and industry terminology.
That confusion can make families vulnerable to people selling hope instead of legitimate opportunity.
Children can also begin to interpret audition rejection as a personal failure when, in reality, casting decisions are often based on age, height, type, chemistry, timing, availability, or a client’s very specific vision.
The more parents understand the business, the better they can protect both their child’s career and childhood.
What You’ll Learn
Written by Lonna Drewes—former international model, talent agency owner, photo production company owner, and mother of working child actors who successfully transitioned into professional adult careers—this book takes parents behind the scenes of the professional acting industry.
You’ll learn how legitimate representation works, how to prepare your child for auditions, how to recognize scams, and how to manage the business side of a young performer’s career.
Inside This Book
Getting Started: Understand what your child actually needs before submitting to agencies and managers.
Photos & Resumes: Learn how to create appropriate beginner materials without overspending.
Self-Tapes & Auditions: Build a simple home self-tape setup and understand what casting professionals expect.
Agents & Managers: Learn the difference between the two, how representation works, and what to look for before signing.
Scam Protection: Recognize upfront-fee schemes, pressure tactics, questionable classes, talent showcases, and other costly red flags.
Contracts & Money: Understand commissions, payment timelines, usage, contracts, trust accounts, taxes, and your responsibilities as the parent of working talent.
On-Set Expectations: Learn professional etiquette, safety protocols, boundaries, work permits, and what happens once your child actually books the job.
What You’ll Gain
Confidence: Know what to do next instead of guessing.
Protection: Learn how to recognize unsafe, expensive, or inappropriate situations before your child is exposed to them.
Professionalism: Understand the language, etiquette, and expectations of auditions, representation, and professional sets.
Emotional Resilience: Help your child understand that hearing “no” is part of casting—not a measurement of talent, beauty, or personal worth.
Business Awareness: Treat your child’s career like a professional small business while still protecting the child at the center of it.
You do not need insider connections to begin.
You need accurate information, realistic expectations, strong boundaries, and a professional plan.
A Star Is Born gives you the foundation to help your child enter acting with both opportunity and protection in mind.
Protect the child. Understand the business. Build the career.
Get signed. Get booked. Get paid.