6-Casting Dir Night

Complete Course Name: 

6-Casting Director Night TV/Film, Musical Broadway, Amazon, Netflix, Hulu
 
Open to All Ages, Written Critiques and Feedback for All Actors 

Day Schedule:
6:00pm - 7:00pm: Material Review (Optional) 
7:00pm - 8:30pm: 6-TV/Film Casting Director Critique & Feedback 

A terrific opportunity and educational experience you're gonna love. Bring your monologue and/or song and get ready for critique and feedback from the industry's best. Is your material where you need it to be? Is it right for you? 

BIO'S FOR THE AMAZING 6-CASTING DIRECTOR PANEL: 

They've cumulatively cast for some of NYC's Top Network & Streaming Video Series, including HOMELAND, BLINDSPOT, SHADES OF BLUE, ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK, THE AMERICANS, LAW & ORDER SVU and more. 

1. KARLEE FORMALONT, RORY BERGMAN CASTING: Karlee previously worked at both CBS Primetime Casting NY and ABC Primetime Casting NY on a slew of pilots, and joined forces with ABC co-worker Erica Hart to cast commercials, web series, and back to back independent feature films "Bear With Us," followed by the award winning feature "Fourth Man Out." Karlee also has previously worked with Allison Estrin, Henry Russell Bergstein, Jessica Daniels, Julie Schubert, and Jodi Collins. She currently works as Rori Bergman's Associate, where she's been for two years, working on major studio feature films, indie films, and on two very exciting new streaming series.  

2. LISA KITAY, BOWLING/MISCIA CASTING: Lisa started casting in 2013. She then decided to transition into TV casting. Now at Bowling Miscia Casting, she has worked a variety of TV series and pilots for CBS, FOX, ABC & others. She is a 1st timer at ATNY and we are excited to have her with us tonight! 

3. RIKKI GIMELSTOB: Rikki has been at TELSEY + COMPANY since 2015 where she works in their on-camera department on commercials and television. Select commercial credits include: Verizon, Macy's, GE, Garnier, Coca-Cola, Citibank, Kitchen Aide, Burts Bees, Keurig, Royal Caribbean Cruises and many, many more! Prior to Telsey Rikki was with Donna Grossman Casting as well as NBC/Universal for Pilot Season and "30 Rock." Rikki is a proud graduate of the University of Michigan's School of Music, Theatre and Dance. 

4. CAITLIN SHAW, TARA RUBIN CASTING. Caitlyn started her casting career as an intern at Tara Rubin Casting in 2008 and has been with the office ever since. She is currently a Casting Director and proud CSA member. Some favorite projects with Tara Rubin Casting include the upcoming tour of Les Miserables, Prince of Broadway, Crazy for You (25th Anniversary concert), Disaster! (Broadway) Flashdance (National tour), The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Paper Mill Playhouse and La Jolla Playhouse), Little Dancer (Kennedy Center), Clinton, the Musical (NYMF and New World Stages), and several plays and musicals for Bucks County Playhouse. She has worked on the Broadway productions of Aladdin, Gigi, Les Miserables (25th Anniversary Production), The Phantom of the Opera, Bullets Over Broadway, Mothers and Sons, A Time to Kill, Big Fish, Hugh Jackman: Back on Broadway, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, and Promises, Promises. Kaitlin won a 2016 CSA Artios award for casting Clinton, The Musical. Kaitlin hails from Southern California and studied Dramatic Art and American Studies at University of California, Davis. 

5. DAVID CADY, DONNA DESETA CASTING. David has been a commercial casting director at Donna DeSeta Casting for the past 25 years. There he has personally cast in the area of 2000 television commercials for clients that include: Disney, Pepsi, Burger King, Target, NY Lottery and many, many others. ATNY is happy to have David back with us to give his thoughts to some great talent. 

6. RACHEL REISS, LIZ LEWIS CASTING PARTNERS: Rachel is a Senior Casting Director at Liz Lewis Casting Partners and a proud New York Board member of the Casting Society of America. At LLCP, Rachel casts commercials, film, television, and voiceovers nationwide. Rachel’s career started primarily in TV where she cast shows for numerous networks including the Bravo, Lifetime, Oxygen, A&E, Spike, HGTV, Discovery and most notably 11 seasons of Chopped on the Food Network. At LLCP, recent credits include web series Stellar People, hosts for American Girl Life, A Year and Change, All Wifed Out, Tower of Silence, and pilot Keep the Bottle Close. Rachel has also worked on voice overs for clients such as AT&T, Phillips Grooming, Zicam, and Bacardi, Nickelodeon's Peter Rabbit, and hundreds of commercials and branded content for clients including Sprout, Bloomingdales, Fisher-Price, LG, Publix, Time Warner Cable, Coke, Samsung, and Kindle.