SYNOPSIS

This online workshop will provide feedback from an experienced casting professional. No more than 20 performers will be participating.

When a new Casting Access Online workshop is announced, eligible performers RSVP to request a space in the workshop and are added to the workshop on a first-come/first-served basis. Confirmed participants will be notified by e-mail.

The date listed for the workshop is the day the workshop begins and your headshots are sent to the casting director. 

FOR THIS WORKSHOP, PARTICIPANTS MUST PREPARE THEIR OWN SIDES - 2 MINUTES MAXIMUM, MONOLOGUE OR DIALOGUE. Sides will NOT be provided by the casting director. 

Once you have prepared your sides, you will have until the deadline to rehearse, record, and upload a video containing your performance of the sides. You will upload the video using your YouTube account and email the video link. Finally, the casting director will review your workshop video and provide notes.

CASTING DIRECTOR BIO

While at Center Theatre Group, Mark Simon cast Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike (Artios Award) The Black Suits, The Royale (Artios nomination),Neva, The Sunshine Boys (Artios nomination), The Scottsboro Boys, End of the Rainbow, Backbeat, What The Butler Saw! The Steward of Christendom, A Parallelogram, and Los Otros. 

Mark also worked as a New York-based independent casting director for clients including Hal Prince, Jason Robert Brown, Graciela Daniele, Susan Stroman, Patricia Birch, Stephen Sondheim, Marvin Hamlisch, Nick Hytner, Alfred Uhry, Carol Burnett, Jeremy Sams, New York City Opera and the Radio City Christmas Spectacular on projects including 13, Parade, The Last Five Years, Show Boat, Candide, 3hree, Hollywood Arms, Bounce, LoveMusik, Paradise Found, Sweeney Todd, Chita Rivera: The Dancer’s Life, Sweet Smell of Successand Ragtime (Artios Award).

REQUIREMENTS

You must have completed a Casting Access Online application prior to registering for this workshop. 

If you RSVP for this workshop you must be able to upload your video by 9:00am PST on May 11th. DO NOT BE LATE. Those who have been seated by May 4th are expected to comply. You must cancel your reservation before May 4th if you cannot comply. 

You may cancel your reservation before May 4th by logging in to your account at www.sagfoundation.org. 

Further questions may be directed to castingaccess@sagfoundation.org.