SYNOPSIS

This virtual class will include a Q&A with New York based New England based Casting Director, Carolyn Pickman,  followed by a prepared reading session

Participating actors will choose, prepare and self-tape a scene provided by the Casting Director.  Tapes will be viewed in class and actors may be asked to perform a redirect live.  Additional details will be sent upon confirmation.

This class is intended for actors who have not previously worked with or met Carolyn, and for actors who can work locally in the New England.   

ABOUT CAROLYN

Casting Director Carolyn Pickman is the founder of CP Casting, and consults on all projects as she has the past 40 years.  She is a member of Screen Actors Guild & The Casting Society of America. Carolyn has won numerous casting awards for feature films, including The Departed, Gone, Baby, Gone, Shutter Island, Mystic River, Good Will Hunting, The Crucible, and Mystic Pizza.  

She has performed  professionally in plays, soap operas, TV, and films; and since the late 70’s has taught professional and nonprofessional adults and teens, acting and auditioning skills.  Along with the work she does at The Studio, she is currently an Adjunct Professor at Suffolk University working with Media and Theater Department students.  This class, On Camera Acting, has been a successful addition to the TA curriculum at Suffolk for 5 years.

She’s often invited to teach workshops throughout the New England area at performing arts schools, centers and universities.  A partial list of these workshops and seminars includes: Boston University, Boston College, Trinity Conservatory, R.I Film Collaborative, Bridgewater State, Brandeis University, Boston Arts Academy, Dorchester Youth Collaborative, Emerson College, Woods Hole and Provincetown Film Festivals and the ART Conservatory.