This class will include a Q&A with Chicago based Casting Director Claire Simon, followed by a prepared work session. 

Participating actors will choose, prepare and perform sides from film or television.  Additional preparation details will be sent upon confirmation.

ABOUT CLAIRE:

A Chicago native, Claire has been a Casting Director since 1996, casting TV, Film & Theatre in Chicago and the Midwest Most recently she cast the feature, We Grown, the eleventh season of Chicago Fire, the tenth season of Chicago PD as well as the first season of the Apple TV series, Dark Matterand Disney’s, Saturdays. Previous projects include casting the pilot, Somebody Somewhere for HBO, the horror feature, “Candyman”, the series Proven Innocent for Fox and Easy for Netflix as well as 5 seasons of the hit show Empire. In addition to casting for television and film, Claire and her team have also cast for the Lyric Opera of Chicago, Writer’s Theatre, Indiana Repertory, Madison Rep, Milwaukee Rep, St. Louis Rep, Kansas City Rep, The Cleveland Playhouse, Asolo Theatre, Syracuse Stage, Million Dollar Quartet in Chicago, and the Clarence Brown Theatre amongst others. She has been nominated four times for Artios awards, winning in 2016 for Excellence in Casting for her work on the pilot, “Empire” and in 2006 for “Prison Break”.