Dear Partners,
We play, create, and perform with heavy hearts after the tragedy this week in Las Vegas, but we will not stop playing, creating and performing. As the Acceptd team, our partners, and our network of artists try to make sense of this senseless act of violence, we circle back to the thing that gives us hope and courage: the Arts. We stand firm in our belief that Art can comfort and heal. In times like these where we feel shadowed by confusion and fear, we must continue to use Art as our invincible light. We implore you as part of this family to take agency in this mission to unite Artists in the spirit of courage by donating to the Las Vegas Victims Fund and sharing how you #StandUpForArt.
With love, encouragement, and creativity always,
The Acceptd Family
Upcoming Orientations and Webinars
October Orientation: October 11th at 1pm Eastern - great faculty refresher!
Join us for the next Acceptd Orientation! Designed for long-time partners and new users alike, this orientation will provide you with a basic, updated training of the Acceptd platform. The next Acceptd Orientation is taking place on Wednesday, October 11th at 1pm Eastern. Click here to sign up if you, your reviewers, or faculty members would like to join us.
Tech Updates
The summer months are a busy time for our development team and come Fall, the Acceptd platform is chock-full of new features and improvements. Here is a highlight of our favorite new additions to help make the management of your accounts even more streamlined.
Resources Tab on Landing Page: We've added a new section to the landing page where you can host media files that you want your applicants to have access to. We can also link directly to these files from the guidelines or in your confirmation message. The resources tab is a great place to put extended guidelines, audition excerpts, or terms & policies.
Tag Filters for Assignments: If you manage a large number of users OR programs, we recommend using tags to keep them organized. Using these tags, you can now filter down by tag when assigning users to a program OR when manually assigning a user to a set of applications. This is helpful in finding the correct programs or users for the assignment.
Multi-Tag Assign and Un-assign: With our new tags assignment experience, you can assign or un-assign multiple tags to a set of applications at the same time.
Acceptd Guide to Halloween Arts Events:
Though horror-themed performances grace American stages year-round, many productions focused on the Halloween season are in full swing! We've compiled a list of chilling and thrilling arts events across the nation that will satiate your thirst for BLOOD-- I mean...Halloween-themed or otherwise spooky Arts events. You'll find vampires, ghosts, slasher tales, thrillers, creatures, zombies, and madmen galore at these top Halloween Arts events near you:
Columbus, OH
- 8th Annual Hitchcocktober - Gateway Film Center | An iconic annual celebration of the master of suspense. Hitchcock's best, his rarest and the ones you missed: all October long. 11 Films, 7 on 35MM. Check out the schedule and buy your tickets here.
- The Rocking Dead - Shadowbox Live | All Hell breaks loose when Shadowbox Live reveals The Rocking Dead, a quasi-halloween sketch comedy and rock ‘n’ roll show that will have you howling! Book your seats today.
Chicago, IL
- Arts in the Dark - Grant Park | Arts in the Dark is a magical nighttime Halloween parade that celebrates Chicago's magnificent and diverse cultural community by drawing together world-renowned institutions as well as guilds of aspiring artists in every field. Click here to learn more.
- The Hypocrites' Dracula - Mercury Theatre Chicago | This Halloween, The Hypocrites' DRACULA comes to life on the Mercury stage. Adapted and directed by Sean Graney, this modern take on the classic tale of DRACULA weaves an engaging story of passion, yearning, cruelty and sacrifice. Sexy, funny and scary, The Hypocrites' DRACULA will keep you on the edge of your seat. Click here to find tickets.
New York, NY
- Halloween Extravaganza and the Procession of the Ghouls - The Cathedral Church of Saint John the Divine | The Cathedral’s annual Halloween celebration returns as we screen The Phantom of the Opera (1925), complete with live organ accompaniment! Following the film, the full stretch of the Cathedral's Nave is at the disposal of Ralph Lee's Mettawee River Theater Company’s fantastic creatures of the night. Visitors are encouraged to brace themselves for increased ghostly mischief and ghoulish tricks. Seats closest to the action are for the bravest at heart, who may find themselves directly confronted with the hooked nose of a demon, the mossy nails of a witch, or the bulging, flushed cheeks of a ghostly manchild. Learn more here.
- The Great Jack 'O Lantern Blaze - You might want to wear your sunglasses to this electrifying affair, at which you’ll feast your eyes on an army of gleaming pumpkins. This is the tristate area’s most spirited Halloween happening, with more than 7,000 intricately carved pumpkins glowing (hell, that’s a lot of candles) along the riverside near Van Cortlandt Manor. Tickets sell out fast so snag yours today.
Los Angeles, CA
- Friday the 13th (1980) - Rooftop Cinema Club | The Montalban Rooftop opens at 6pm for guests to enjoy great food, drink and stunning views of the Hollywood landscape, not forgetting an unmissable sunset. Grab drinks, popcorn and prepare to scream at this screening of this cult classic. Click here for tickets.
- Horror Made Here - Warner Bros. Studio | You'll embark on a special nighttime visit to sets and stages where classics like The Exorcist and Gremlins were filmed, plus a visit to the Stage 48: Script to Screen experience to see props and costumes from classic horror films. This year, the tour even includes an encore of the wildly popular It-inspired house that popped up in Hollywood. Click here to learn more and book your tour.
Account Owner Toolkit: AR Help Desk
Forgot how to edit your cover photo? Need a reminder on where you can edit your guidelines? Check out the AR Help Desk! From changing your password to changing your program deadlines, the AR Help Desk has the answers you need. With detailed tutorials, step-by-step instructions, and lots of screenshots, the AR Help Desk is a useful tool for our partners to refer to in a pinch. Still can't find what you need? Submit a request and an AR Specialist will lend a hand. Click here to explore the Help Desk and brush up on your Acceptd skills!
We love to hear from you! Our Account Relations team is here to help if you have questions or comments. Contact us at accountrelations@getacceptd.com or 614.610.9991.
