SYNOPSIS
THIS WORKSHOP IS FOR ADVANCED ACTORS ONLY.
YOU MUST HAVE AT LEAST TWO NETWORK TV CREDITS OR A STUDIO FILM CREDIT TO ATTEND THIS WORKSHOP.
This workshop will include a Q&A and a prepared reading session with an experienced casting professional.
Please prepare a film/tv monologue or scene two minutes in length or less. If you choose a scene, please bring a copy for the reader.
CASTING DIRECTOR BIO
Since 1985, Mr. Pagano has worked as President and CEO of Pagano/Manwiller, Inc. His company has cast more than 70 feature films, including X MEN 3, HOTEL RWANDA; RUDY; DRUGSTORE COWBOY; ALIEN RESURRECTION; POINT BREAK; THE THREE MUSKETEERS; SAY ANYTHING; STARDUST, BOTTLE SHOCK, CBGB, and more recently, COMING THROUGH THE RYE, starring Chris Cooper. Mr. Pagano has worked with producers and directors James Cameron, Kathryn Bigelow, Oliver Stone, A. Kitman Ho, Cameron Crowe, Jean-Pierre Jeunet, Gus van Sant, Jon Avnet, Rodrigo Garcia, Joel Silver, Mark Gordon, James Brooks and David E. Kelley.
His company has won two Emmys and been nominated several other times. His television credits include “THE BLACKLIST,” “24”, “PICKET FENCES”, and “CHICAGO HOPE. For the stage, Mr. Pagano has cast over 100 productions around the U.S. including the Mark Taper Forum, La Jolla Playhouse, Lincoln Center, and Broadway, including the original Tony-Award-winning production of BIG RIVER.
As writer/director, Mr. Pagano has directed ten of his own original plays, as well as the screen version of one of them. (Mr. Pagano’s HANGING ALICE is currently in active development as a feature film with Dick Donner as Exec Producer).
He has also Robert Litz’s MOBILE HYMN and ROPE OF SMOKE; J.D. Johnston’s ALL GOOD HORSES; Eugene Ionesco’s EXERCISES DE CONVERATION…with the playwright in residence at STAGES L.A. He also e codirected (with collaborator Charles Otte) a critically-acclaimed adaptation of Henrik Ibsen’s HEDDA GABLER at the Odyssey Theater in Los Angeles.
Mr. Pagano has a B.A. from Middlebury College and completed his doctoral studies in dramatic literature from Columbia University. He has taught at UCLA, NYU, Columbia University, and the National Theater Conservatory in Lodz, Poland.
REQUIREMENTS
You must have completed a Casting Access Application prior to registering for this workshop.
NO LATE ARRIVALS and NO WALK-INS 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.
