SYNOPSIS

This class will include a Q&A with Arizona based Casting Director Marin Hope, followed by a prepared work session. 

Participating actors will choose, prepare and perform sides from film or television.  

Additional preparation details will be sent upon RSVP confirmation.

BIO

Marin Hope is a Los Angeles native and LA-based Casting Director. She started  her career in 2006, after landing a position at ABC Primetime Casting New York,  under casting executive, Marci Philips. She would go on to work with casting  directors, Judy Henderson, Suzanne Smith-Crowley, Jessica Kelly, Billy Hopkins  and Ann Goulder on projects such as Showtime's Homeland, 'The Perks of Being  a Wallflower', ABC’S 'Pan Am', 'The Wolverine', 'Labor Day', ABC's 'Zero Hour', ' Noah', 'The Maze Runner', NBC'S 'The Blacklist', and HBO's 'Bessie' before  returning to Los Angeles in 2014.  

In 2015, Marin joined Define American as their Entertainment Media Director. Define American is a nonprofit media and culture organization founded by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, Jose Antonio Vargas, who’s mission is to use the power of storytelling to transcend politics and shift the conversation around immigrants, identity, and citizenship in a changing  America. In addition to expanding Define American’s impact in television, film and entertainment, Marin produced the first annual Define American  Film Festival in Des Moines, preceding Iowa’s 2016 Presidential Caucuses.  

Marin has since opened her own casting office, often partnering with veteran Casting Director, Heidi Levitt. Together, Marin and Heidi cast film, television, theatre and commercial projects. Some of Marin’s credits include 'Raymond and Ray' directed by Rodrigo Garcia, starring Ethan Hawke, Ewan McGregor, Sophie Okonedo and Maribel Verdú, 'The Roads Not Taken', directed by Sally Potter,  starring Javier Bardem, Elle Fanning, Laura Linney and Salma Hayek, 'American  Made', directed by Doug Liman, starring Tom Cruise and Domhnall Gleeson, 'Kings', directed by Deniz Gamze Ergüvene, starring Halle Berry and Daniel Craig, 'Who Will Write Our History', directed by Roberta Grossman, starring Joan Allen  and Adrien Brody, and Jamojaya directed by Justin Chon which premiered at Sundance last year. 

Marin is a member of the Casting Society of America (CSA) and was the  recipient of an Artios Award for casting in 2020.