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Andy Roth, Diakeim Lyles and Rachel Reiss

Teaches at Actors Connection New York

Rachel Reiss is a Senior Casting Director at Liz Lewis Casting Partners where she casts film, TV, voiceovers, and commercials nationwide. LLCP is a bicoastal office that has been a front-runner in the industry for over 20 years. 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. During her time at Liz Lewis, she has worked on voiceovers for clients such as Exxon, AT&T, and Bacardi, as well as over 500 commercials including Publix, Time Warner Cable, Coke, and Samsung. Her recent spot for Sprout's Black History Month won a Clio award and is nominated for an Emmy, and Gillette's 'Handle with Care' project won 6 Clio awards and 3 Cannes Lion Awards. 

She is still heavily involved in the TV world, casting hosts for Genius Kitchen's 'GK Now', 'Find My Past' on the Travel Channel, as well as homeowner and hosts for 'Beat The House' on HGTV. She recently cast feature films 'A Year and Change', 'All Wifed Out', 'Lady-Like', 'The Painter', 'King of Knives' web series 'Stellar People' and Vice's digital network Blackpill's 'Simi Valley'. She is currently working on several more films and series in development. 

Rachel has been a panelist for Casting Commercials for the New York Women in Film and TV and Creating Commercials for the SAG Foundation. She has been an industry expert at NYU's Stonestreet and Stella Adler, American Theater Wing's Springboard Program and various conservatories. She is a New York Board Member of the Casting Society of America.

Specializing in voice over, Andy Roth is a casting director with over two decades in the entertainment business. After many years as the in-house casting director for CESD, one of the country's top commercial talent agencies, Andy struck out on his own. Since then he has been working for many of the biggest advertising agencies, casting houses and production companies in the world. In his casting career, he has served as casting director on thousands of projects ranging from commercials, animated films and television series, to documentaries and video games. 

His teaching resume boasts 3 of The Hollywood Reporter's top-rated college acting programs; including NYU's Tisch school where he is currently on staff. His unique approach to VO training has given hundreds of artists the ability to successfully assess, quickly and easily, any copy in any situation.

Diakeim Lyles, began his career in film/TV commercial casting 19 years ago. He worked at Liz Lewis Casting Partners for 8 years where he worked on numerous commercial and voice over castings. 

He now works independently(Dlylescast.com) and with various Casting Houses in the New York area including Brooke Thomas Casting, Beth Melsky Casting, House Casting, Jen Halpren Casting, Casting Partners, Bess Fifer casting and Station Films. Clients he casts for include Stefano Maria Palombi creative director of Saatchi & Saatchi(Italy), Artjail Production Co, The Martin Agency, Jason Moore Productions, Mayhew Breen Productions, Toys 'R Us, PBS, Verizon Fios. 

He also attends film, theater and improv shows along with teaching. He loves working with actors!

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