Donna McKenna (Under 18 Only)

Casting Access Specialty

New York

Donna McKenna (Under 18 Only)

Thursday, August 2, 2018

Begins at 12:30 PM EDT
Check-in begins at: 12:15 PM EDT

Wednesday, August 01, 2018



SYNOPSIS

You must be between the ages of 5-17 to attend this workshop.

This workshop will include a Q&A and a cold reading session with an experienced casting professional.

The child must be a paid-up and active SAG-AFTRA member.

We will begin with a 20 min. Q&A, which parents are welcome to attend.  After the Q&A, we will kindly ask that parents step out of the room for the cold reading portion of class. This class will run for approximately 90 minutes.


CASTING DIRECTOR BIO

Donna McKenna has been in the business of casting for over 18 years, bringing her unique skill set to projects around the world. An award winning casting director and producer she has cast independent features, short films, scripted television pilots and web series. Her ensemble casts consists of critically acclaimed actors from film, television and Broadway as well new and upcoming talent.
Her work has screened at prestigious festivals such as, Tribeca Film Festival, Festival de Cannes, Berlin International Film Festival and the Milan Film Festival. In 2015 she was awarded the Casting Award of Merit at the IndieFest Film Festival for casting the film Leaves of the Tree which stars Eric Roberts, Sean Young, Federico Castelluccio, Armand Assante and 4 rising stars she discovered while she was teaching various workshops.


REQUIREMENTS

Please join the waitlist.  Members will be seated from the waitlist to confirm age.  Members under the age of 5 or over the age of 17 will be removed. 

NO LATE ARRIVALS and NO WALK-INS are admitted. You MUST log in to your Foundation account and RSVP on our website. Only those participants who have received a telephoned or e-mailed confirmation message from Casting Access staff will be admitted to the session. Waitlisted individuals who have not received such confirmation will not be admitted at the door. Please do not show up if you have not been explicitly confirmed as SEATED.You must RSVP to attend, you will need to create an account at www.sagaftra.foundation in order to RSVP.