CLASS SYNOPSIS

This class will include a Q&A with NY based Casting Casting Professional Chad Eric Murnane, followed by a prepared work session. 

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

Additional preparation details will be sent via email upon confirmation.

ABOUT CHAD

Chad is a New York-based casting director and the founder of Murnane Casting. Before launching Murnane Casting, he spent six years at Binder Casting and three years at Lisa Fields Casting.

He is passionate about championing actors and strives to cultivate a sense of humanity and ease in the audition process. He is committed to investing in untapped and underrepresented artists.

Career highlights include casting Anne of Green Gables (Goodspeed), Into the Woods (Hollywood Bowl), Emojiland (off-Broadway), along with national/international tours of Lincoln Center Theater’s My Fair Lady, Dear Evan Hansen, Tina, The Sound of Music, and the Tony Award-winning revival of The Color Purple. On film, Chad worked on Paramount Pictures’ Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows and the reboot of Friday the 13th.

Chad earned a B.S. in Media Studies with Entertainment Entrepreneurship from The New School, as well as an M.A. in Arts Administration from Baruch College. Additionally, he is a CAP21 Conservatory graduate. A member of the Casting Society of America, Chad is a three-time Artios Award nominee for his work in theatre and an advocate for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS. He resides in Washington Heights with his husband and their terrier.