Advanced - Scenes with Marc Hirschfeld

Casting Access

New York

Advanced - Scenes with Marc Hirschfeld

Monday, January 13, 2025

Begins at 4:00 PM EST
Check-in begins at: 3:45 PM EST

3 Hours

Sunday, January 12, 2025



This class will include a Q&A with NY based casting professional, Marc Hirschfeld, followed by a prepared work session. 

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

To be eligible to take this class, actors must have 4 co-stars or one guest star, recurring or lead in a major studio/network/streamer film or TV series. Equivalent theater credits may be considered. MFA graduates from select colleges and universities may be considered. Eligibility for this class will be determined by the resume on the actor's Casting Access profile. Please ensure your Casting Access profile is fully up to date as we will only consider the information contained within your profile. 

Performers' eligibility will be reviewed in the order they were added to the waitlist. Attendance will be confirmed via email if there space.

Additional preparation details will be sent upon confirmation.


ABOUT MARC

Marc Hirschfeld has been serving as Head of Talent and Casting for AMC Networks since 2015. He is founding partner of Hirschfeld/Flood Casting while also consulting for for Starz Media, eOne Entertainment, Gaumont International Television, Fremantle International Television, Snap Originals, Content Superba and CMT Network. Prior to that, Hirschfeld was named Executive Vice President, Casting, NBC Universal Television, and served in that capacity for almost a decade.

Hirschfeld received multiple Emmy nominations for casting the NBC comedy series "Seinfeld" and in 1998, won the Emmy for Outstanding Casting for a Miniseries or a Movie for his work on "From the Earth to the Moon."  He has also been recognized by his peers in the Casting Society of America with more than 46 nominations and eight Artios Award wins for outstanding achievements in comedy episodic, pilot and daytime casting, and became the recipient of the CSA’s highest honor, the Hoyt Bowers Award, in November 2007 in recognition of his body of work.

Hirschfeld was elected Co-Governor of the casting branch of the Television Academy in 2022. He maintains offices and residences in New York and Los Angeles.


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 midnight the night before a 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.

This program is for educational purposes only.