SYNOPSIS
This class will include a Q&A with LA based Casting Director Barbara McCarthy, followed by a prepared work session.
Participating actors will choose, prepare and perform sides or a monologue from film, television or theatre.
Additional preparation details will be sent upon RSVP confirmation.
BIO
McCarthy is currently the Casting Consultant for BuzzFeed Studios, along with currently being an independent Casting Director. She previously was a Casting Executive at Paramount Pictures for over nine years.
During her tenure at Paramount, Barbara supervised dozens of the studio's films while also working on in-house casting credits including “Vanilla Sky”, “Elizabethtown” and “How to Lose a Guy in Ten Days”. McCarthy left the studio to return to her indie casting roots in 2010. Her post-Paramount casting highlights include the Sundance Festival Competition Selections: “The Spectacular Now”, “For a Good Time Call…”, “Celeste & Jesse Forever”, “The Stanford Prison Experiment” and “Summer of '84”. She has also cast major studio releases such as “The Duff”, “Blended”, “Pixels”,“Mother's Day” and "Five Feet Apart". She expanded into television with the series, “Tim & Eric's Bedtime Stories”, “Finding Carter”, and the Emmy winning mini-series “The Kennedys”. She has done multiple movies for streaming including "The Christmas Chronicles 1 & 2", 'The Tall Girl 1 & 2" and "Sitting in Bars with Cake'. Earlier this year, she ventured into producing on the upcoming indie 'Sovereign' starring Nick Offerman, Dennis Quaid, Thomas Mann, Martha Plimpton and Jacob Tremblay. While she continues consulting on all BuzzFeed Studios features, she also is set to cast the upcoming "Untitled Cameron Crowe Project" feature later this year. Recently, she is particularly proud of her work on the 2013 indie feature "We Gotta Get Out of This Place" (aka "Bad Turn Worse" which XYZ Films is re-releasing this year due to the success of its cast in the decade since its successful premiere at TIFF. McCarthy also serves as a long-running judge and supporter of the Heath Ledger Scholarship and remains committed to helping support and educate the emerging generation of actors worldwide.
REQUIREMENTS
You must have completed a Casting Access Application prior to registering for this class.
NO LATE ARRIVALS are admitted. Only those participants who have received a telephoned or e-mailed confirmation message from 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 RSVPed.
Cancellations are required by the specified cancellation date for that class. Cancellation can only be made via the website. You cannot cancel your RSVP via email or phone. Those who have been seated by the start date are expected to comply. You must cancel your reservation before the start date if you cannot comply, or you will face a six month ineligibility period. DO NOT BE LATE. Check-in begins 15 minutes to the class start time. If you arrive after the start time, you will not be admitted and it will be counted as a no-show.
Attendance for the entirety of the class is required or it will be counted as a no-show.
The use of any type of gun or weapon props are prohibited in classes.
This program is for educational purposes only.
