AUDITORS WHO ATTENDED THE 2022 TRU AUDITION EVENT
SATURDAY
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THEATER COMPANIES
("-" before name indicates "details unconfirmed")
AMERICAN BARD THEATER COMPANY
Representative: Erin Gilbreth, Co-Producing Artistic Director (PM)
Mission: Our company is helmed by two women who share an insatiable curiosity about human beings and how theater and its focused immediacy can reveal our multifaceted world. We have invested our time and talents in independent theater because it provides the most satisfying forum for us to create specific worlds through the language of the playwright, keep our craft sharp through self-production, and build community with fellow artists and audience members while exploring themes that spark our curiosity.
We believe that theater is the art form that best serves our desire to strike a balance between the artists and audiences and welcome all points of view. This sharing between both sides of the storytelling, the artists and audience, opens empathy and heightens understanding for all.
• Casting needs: AEA, non AEA, ethnically diverse, classically trained
• Contact info: casting@americanbard.org
• Location: NYC
• Virtual/live: Planning ahead for live performance
• Where will your performances take place? The Chain Theater - 312 W. 36th Street, 4th Floor
ANTONIA ARTS
Representative: Scarlett Antonia (AM + PM)
Mission: Antonia Arts Inc is a 501c3 not-for-profit based out of Peekskill for the last 20 years Productions have mostly been family Entertainment at the Paramount. Theater in Peekskill We believe in diversity and bridging communication gaps with the arts as a common ground. Our shows usually have all ages with community actors as well as equity professionals. The Paramount is a historic theater and sets over 1,000.and our short runs have been to sold-out houses. In the past, Antonia Arts and Scarlett Antonia have done productions in NYC at the Kaye Playhouse, John J, Merkin Concert Hall, Palace Theater, Rose Theater, Lincoln Center, Kennedy Center, etc.
• Casting needs: Putting a theater company together. Planning to do one-acts and showcases. Have also started a writers circle.
• Contact info: antoniaarts2@gmail.com
BARTER THEATRE
Representative: Barrett Guyton, Casting Coordinator / Artistic Director of the Barter Players (AM + PM)
Mission: Barter Theatre a repertory company of resident artists dedicated to serving others by creating world-class theatre in the heart of Appalachia. Founded in 1933, we produce shows throughout the year at our two theatres in Abingdon, Virginia.
• Casting needs: Building files for the future, AEA, non AEA
• Contact info: bartercastingasst@bartertheatre.com
• Location: Abingdon, VA
• Virtual/live: Planning ahead for live performance at one of our two theatre spaces in Abingdon, VA.
BRAZEN LIGHT THEATER COMPANY
Representative: Mara Lee Gilbert, Co-Founder/Producer/Intimacy Coach (AM)
Mission: At Brazen Light, we believe stories have the power to help us understand our world and one another. Our mission is to create daring new theater and radical reinterpretations of popular works that challenge stigma, push boundaries, and illuminate our world. Our specific methodology, which includes a unique exploration of intimacy for the actor, deepens the connection between actor and character creating electrifying productions.
We each have a light inside yearning to be seen. Whether a patron at our productions or an actor in our classes, we empower your light to shine free.
• Casting needs: Planning ahead for live performance; Building files
• Contact info: info@brazenlighttheater.org
• Location: Our next performance will rehearse and take place in Manhattan
BREAK A LEG PRODUCTIONS
Representative: Rosemary Hopkins Casting Director (AM)
• Casting needs: Specific needs for September live performances, staged readings, building files
• Contact info: www.breakalegproductions.com; We will contact actors as needed.
• Location: Performances take place in the New York City area on both zoom and live productions.
• Virtual/live: Planning ahead for live performance, Virtual now, and live eventually
- CREATIVE EQUILIBRIUM
Representative: Marlene Taber, Choreographer/Director/Producer (AM + PM)
About: Dr Taber lived, worked and taught in Ukraine, Russia, China, Thailand, and the USA from 1998 until 2017. From 2011 until 2022, she has also been directing/choreographing musicals and performing arts projects in New York.
• Casting needs: Planning ahead for live performance; classically trained, good with comedy
• Contact info: Creativeequilibriumnyc@gmail.com
• Location: Manhattan
CROSS-EYED BEAR PRODUCTIONS
Representative: Duncan Pflaster, Producer/Playwright/Screenwriter (AM + PM)
Mission: Primarily new plays with a focus on verse drama, with LGBTQ+ representation. Moving into short films in the future.
• Casting needs: Building files for future: Particularly interested in diverse performers with experience in heightened language, verse drama, and period pieces. A lot of our work deals with sexuality, so a comfort with (Intimacy Director-guided) nudity and sexuality is a plus, but not required for all pieces. AEA, non AEA, ethnically diverse, classically trained, good with comedy
• Contact info: himself@duncanpflaster.com
• Location: Eastern
• Virtual/live: Planning ahead for live performance
- DIVARIA PRODUCTIONS
Representative: Jay Chacon representing Ashley Bell, President (AM + PM)
Mission: Based in New York City, Divaria Productions is dedicated to making the emotional power of opera accessible & approachable, providing emerging artists with a platform to perform and reaching out to people otherwise unable to attend opera, including patients with Alzheimers and other ailments. Divaria seeks to create one of a kind quality experiences that make opera easy to digest for a modern audience.
Divaria strives to widen the audience for opera by interacting with other art forms like theatre, dance & film and by re-crafting stories to make them relatable and socially relevant for audiences of today. To this end, Divaria has partnered with multiple institutions including New York’s Saint Patrick’s Old Cathedral, the Sheen Center, the Italian-American Museum, Salome Chamber Orchestra, Sag Harbor's Bay Street Theatre and Spain’s Rioja Lirica to produce works such as a bilingual version of José Serrano’s Spanish zarzuela La Dolorosa which explored the struggles of immigrant women, Othello: The Opera & Play Enmeshed which blended Shakespeare’s and Verdi’s Othellos, and Don Giovanni in New York a historical reenactment of NY’s first Italian opera production in 1826, commemorating Mozart’s librettist & early Italian immigrant Lorenzo da Ponte. During the pandemic, we created and presented Rival Queens, a new art form merging documentary film and opera that told the story of Mary Queen of Scots & Queen Elizabeth, as a “historic metaphor for the tragedy of judgment and choosing fear over trust, painting a powerful picture of the destruction that the naked push for power leaves in its wake.”
• We are passionate about interdisciplinary works that blend opera and theatre and love working with actors!
• Casting needs: Virtual mostly for now, Planning ahead for live performance "THE SHAKESPEARE RIOTS” Historical opera production presented by Divaria Productions at Bay Street Theatre on October 8; non AEA, classically trained
• Contact info: divariaproductions@gmail.com
FACE TO FACE FILMS
Representative: Anthony Laura, Artistic Director NAME/TITLE (AM + PM)
Mission: Face to Face Films is a film and theater company dedicated to telling stories with women at the center that focus around mental illness.
• Casting needs: ethnically diverse, musical theater, good with comedy
• Contact info: anthony@facetofacefilms.net
• Location: NYC
• Virtual/live: Planning ahead for live performance
FELICE LESSER DANCE THEATER
Representative: Felice Lesser, Artistic & Executive Director (AM + PM)
Mission: I'm a choreographer/playwright with my own company, which will be premiering my work, TRAP IST in December.
• Casting needs: We need actors of all ethnicities and genders, who are also trained dancers in various techniques (ballet, modern, jazz, Hip-Hop, breakdancing, ethnic, etc.)
• Contact info: flincny@aol.com
• Location: Rehearsals in NYC and Jersey City starting late-Sept or early-Oct, performances at NY Live Arts (4 performances) Dec. 1-3
• Virtual/live: Planning ahead for live performance
FROM NOW ON PRODUCTIONS, LLC
Representative: Anthony Inneo, CEO (AM + PM)
About: Professional actor who has appeared on Broadway and Off, TV soaps and episodics. Been branching out into directing and writing for the stage, film, and cabaret. And first book with three novellas which will be published by mid-to-late August: Others Know Only What I Care To Tell Them. Search for it on Amazon. E book, too.
• Casting needs: Planning ahead for live performance. Casting roles for 6 Senior Citizens in their 70's who are in EXCELLENT physical shape. AEA, non AEA, good with comedy
• Contact info: antny10036@yahoo.com
• Virtual/live: Dates and venue has not been set yet; but it will be live. Not virtual.
HME PRODUCTIONS
Representative: Nathaniel Graves, President (AM + PM)
Mission: HME's aim is to stage live theater with BIPOC themes. But we welcome ALL actors. Our last production ("Thank You For Taking My Call") ran just before Covid arrived. The cast was 2 BM, 1 WM, 1 WF.
• Casting needs: Planning ahead for live performance; Building files for 2 planned productions; non AEA, ethnically diverse, musical theater, good with comedy
• Contact info: ngpostman@aol.com
• Virtual/live: Live
HUDSON RIVER REPERTORY COMPANY, INC.
Representative: Laurie Eliscu , Artistic Director (AM + PM)
Mission: I'm a Director and Acting Coach (previously an Actor) who writes Musicals and Comedies, and have taught theater for several years on a college level. I founded Hudson River Rep to present highly entertaining - yet thought-provoking - productions of both new and published works that deserve more exposure to a broad audience, both in NYC and nearby areas up the Hudson. I look for (or write) some strong roles for women and opportunities for diversity in casting that support the play and production concept. At its best, theater can be a close community experience that makes us feel "We are not alone!"
• Casting needs: Planning ahead for live performance; Building files for the future; Presently looking for Actors who Sing and character actors of various ages. First preparing for Musical Readings in NYC and nearby Westchester of my new musical based on intertwining TWO Washington Irving tales, several roles, but all actors must show proof of vaccination and boosters. Both union and non, comedy for some, well-trained and helpful!
• Contact info: HudsonRiverRep@gmail.com
LAWRENCE WEINSTEIN, Playwright (AM + PM)
About: I will be mounting a showcase production of a two-hander that was well received in Dallas and, for a time, optioned by a New York producer. I'm hoping that a showcase will give new momentum toward a Broadway or Off-Broadway production.
• Casting needs: Planning ahead for live performance; AEA, non AEA, ethnically diverse
• Contact info: lweinstein@bentley.edu
• Location: At a space in Manhattan not yet settled on
MARKO MAKO PRODUCTIONS
Representative: Mark Butler, Producer/Writer (AM + PM)
Mission: Marko Mako creates dynamic and unique comedy and musical comedy with a satirical edge, often sending up the insanity and ridiculousness of pop culture, while telling stories of the poor souls who somehow get caught up in it.
• Casting needs: AEA, non AEA, ethnically diverse, classically trained, musical theater, improv trained, good with comedy
• Contact info: markomako@aol.com
• Location: Don’t Tell Mama, NYC
• Virtual/live: Planning ahead for live performance
MIND THE GAP THEATRE, NY
Representative: Paula D’Alessandris, Artistic Director (AM)
Mission: Mind The Gap Theatre is NYC's premiere British theatre company. We produce and develop new plays from all over the UK here in NYC.
• Casting needs: looking for native UK actors primarily and especially BIPOC actors; non AEA, ethnically diverse, good with comedy, native British, Irish, Welsh, Scottish preferred
• Contact info: allaboard@mindthegaptheatre.com
• Location: Zoom currently but we perform all over Manhattan depending on the show.
• Virtual/live: Virtual now, and live eventually
MIXING IT UP PRODUCTIONS LLC
Representative: Fred Rohan-Vargas, Executive Producer (AM + PM)
Mission: Mixing It Up Productions is a multimedia entertainment company that develops, produces, and licenses intellectual properties in theatre, music, video/film, and digital media. Our commitment in theatre is to produce viable and exciting commercial shows. We look for works we can develop and present in the Broadway and Off-Broadway markets. We also have a hand in independent theater (Off-Off Broadway) and will continue to produce and make available these kinds of properties for licensing
• Casting needs: AEA, non AEA, ethnically diverse, musical theater, improv trained, good with comedy
• Contact info: info@miuprod.com
• Location: New York, NY
• Virtual/live: Planning ahead for live performance
NEW YORK NEW WORKS THEATRE FESTIVAL
Representative: NAME/TITLE Gene Fisch Jr, Founder (AM + PM)
Mission: Help as many artists as possible to reach their dreams.
• Casting needs: There are always shows approaching for advice There are various opportunities AEA, non AEA, ethnically diverse, classically trained, musical theater, improv trained, good with comedy
• Contact info: genefisch@yahoo.com
• Virtual/live: Virtual now, and live eventually
NICKEL CITY OPERA
Representative: NAME/TITLE Eileen Breen, Executive Director (AM + PM)
Mission: Nickel City Opera is a non profit arts organization based in Western New York producing full scale opera productions with sets, costumes and orchestra. We have recently expanded and will be producing performances throughout the United States in the 2023/2024 Season. Nickel City Opera is interested in actors/singers for musicals in the 2023-2024-2025 Seasons in addition to actors for upcoming Shakespeare productions in our 2023-2024 Season.
• Casting needs: Planning ahead for live performance. Also building files for the future. Singers who can act/move; ethnically diverse, classically trained, opera.
• Contact info: eileen@nickelcityopera.org
• Location: Live performance rehearsals will be at the performance locales.
• Virtual/live: Live
NYLON FUSION THEATER COMPANY
Representative: Ivette Dumeng, Artistic Director (AM + PM)
Mission: Nylon, born of a fusion of New York and London creativity, is a theatre company committed to giving voice and perspective to established and emerging artists. We develop and produce plays that explore political, social and cultural awareness. Founded in 2007. We have produced 25 full length plays, 21 one act festivals, as well as readings and salons. We’re a company of 30 resident artists that include advisory board members such as Academy Award winning writer John Patrick Shanley.
• Casting needs: Planning ahead for live performance; Hope to see some diversity in age, gender, color and ethnicity; AEA, non AEA, ethnically diverse, good with comedy
• Contact info: nylonfusion@gmail.com
• Location: New York City
• Virtual/live: In person performance
OPEN HYDRANT THEATER COMPANY
Representative: Luis Cardenas, Co-Artistic Director (AM + PM)
Sarah Rosenberg, Co-Artistic Director
Mission: The mission of Open Hydrant Theater Company is simple: Diversity & Empowerment matter through adhering to the rules and regulations of Actors' Equity Association. Our focus will be on non-traditional, interactive interpretations of Shakespeare, musicals, other literary classics and works by new playwrights in order to educate, entertain and help revitalize urban communities. In doing so, our ensemble theater's goal is to inspire a new generation of multi-cultural performers and theater audiences.
• Casting needs: Planning ahead for live performance; Seeking Diverse Actors.
• Contact info: luis@openhydrant.org
• Location: The Bronx
OSPARATIONS
Representative: June Rachelson-Ospa, Writer/Producer (AM)
About: I've been a writer for over 40 years, writing mostly musicals. I've got musicals opening in London, Maryland and Whidbey Island from August thru December. Currently I'm working on many projects.
• Casting needs: Planning ahead for live performance; Building files; AEA, non AEA, musical theater, good with comedy
• Contact info: juneospa@aol.com
• Location: There will be some in NY, Maryland, London
POLARIS NORTH
Representative: Rose-Marie Brandwein, President of the Board (PM)
Mission: Polaris North is a membership cooperative of actors, directors and playwrights in NYC seeking to develop our craft through new work.
• Casting needs: two male roles for short Zoom in two weeks, AEA, non AEA, classically trained
• Contact info: rmbrandwein@gmail.com
• Virtual/live: Planning ahead for live performance, Virtual now, and live eventually
PULSE ENSEMBLE THEATER
Representative: Alexa Kelly, Producer/Director (AM)
Mission: Pulse Ensemble Theatre is dedicated to making the classics accessible and exciting to the youth of today. Pulse is committed to multi-ethnic casting. Pulse is committed to taking an active role in its community, to being a nurturing and developing ground for audiences, and actors in New York City, and to providing free outreach programs. Pulse is committed to presenting new works by or that deal with women’s experiences—particularly focusing on the mature woman.
• Contact: theatre@pulseensembletheatre.org; PO BOX 2281, New York, NY 10108
Qporit, qporitXR, NYXR
Representative: Eric Roffman, President/Producer/Publisher (PM)
About: We are developing LPXR - Live Performance in eXtended Reality. That includes Performances IRL filmed and streamed live in VR; and Avatar theater (essentially full body puppets). We are also looking for on-camera live reporters and commentators. Shakespeare adaptations are likely soon. So is live reporting. Designed primarily to be watched in 3D 360 XR Internet, but also available on the current Internet with Mobile PC or Mac. Casting needs: Initially non-union. Interest in VR is a plus, but not essential.
• Contact info: qporit.casting@gmail.com
• Location: Rehearsal and performance virtual and in rehearsal space in NYC TBD.
• Virtual/live: Virtual now, and live eventually
RHYMES OVER BEATS
Representative: Patrick Blake (AM + PM)
Mission: a collective of hip hop and theater artists. Our mission is the creation and production of theater influenced by the hip hop aesthetic that tell seldom-told stories of the community.
• Casting needs: We have two projects in development. The first is a hip hop musical by hip hop legend Masta Ace. The second is a hip hop musical on the Irish famine and diaspora in the 1840s. Both will be done live.
• Contact info: patrickrobad@gmail.com
• Location: San Francisco and New York City
• Virtual/live: live
SAM AFFOUMADO, Playwright/Director/Self-producer (AM + PM)
About: Sam Affoumado is a NY-based Playwright/Director/Self-producer. He has written seven full-length plays and over two dozen short pieces and monologues. His short play, Sunset Living, was produced by the Stage It Festival at the Center for the Arts, Bonita Springs, Florida. Three of his plays (2021-2022) were virtually presented and simulcast on Zoom live by Playground-NY. Sam cast and directed his plays, The Flogsta Scream and The Finalist at the International Human Rights Arts Festival and The Emerging Artist Festivals respectively. Published work: The Bully’s Eye, (2015), More 10-Minute Plays for Teens, published by Applause Theatre & Cinema Books; Sunset Living (2022), Stage It! 6 Ten-Minute Play Festival. Upcoming: Smith & Krauss is publishing two of his monologues from The Panic Defense in an anthology, WE/US: Monologues for Gender Minority Characters. Release date: March, 2023. Memberships: Dramatists Guild, AEA, SAG-AFTRA, TRU, PWC, and NPX (www.samaffoumado.com)
• Casting needs: Presently building files; AEA, non AEA, ethnically diverse
• Contact info: SAffoumado@gmail.com
• Virtual/live: Virtual or Vimeo Live for now, and live eventually
SANFORD SILVER PRODUCTIONS
Representative: Sandy Silverberg, President (AM)
About: Sanford Silver Productions, bringing you the next Great American Play. Currently in development is a play set in the Viet Nam era with casting for six actors. Play to be staged Fall 2022/Winter 2023 .
• Casting needs: Planning ahead for live performance; AEA, non AEA
• Contact info: sanford@sanfordsilver.com
• Location: Off Broadway in the theater district
SPACETIME THEATER (or Galax7; we're still deciding on this new organization)
Representative:Tracy Swedlow, Founder, Executive Producer, Writer & Director (AM + PM)
About: I have a lot of experience in the theater biz. Currently, I am developing a groundbreaking musical on the subject of Television (origins) and an innovative, multimedia STEAHM theater group in San Francisco. By day, however, I am also the owner and producer of conferences (The TV of Tomorrow Show - TVOT), video podcasts (Televisionation) and a free email newsletter called InteractiveTV Today (ITVT). All of these resources communicate to the high-level TV industry about trends and developments on the subject of advanced, multiplatform television. You can find our main page here: https://itvt.com. My theater company above is being put together to produce online and in San Francisco over the coming year.
• Casting needs: Planning ahead for live performance; AEA, non AEA, ethnically diverse, classically trained, musical theater
• Contact info: tracyswedlow@gmail.com
• Location: Zoom and in San Francisco
• Virtual/live: Virtual now, and live eventually
SPOKEN WORLD ENTERTAINMENT
Representative: David Stamps (PM)
About: David Stamps is a Writer/Producer living in NYC. He recently placed as a Finalist in The AITAF Bridge Award Playwright Competition. David’s poetry play is entitled,” The Black Bullet Dichotomy.” It’s from his Anthology Series The Other Side Where Hip Hop Meets The Twilight Zone. It’s being considered by a well-known Theater Company for the 2022-23 Theater season.
• Casting needs: Building files for the future; ethnically diverse, classically trained
• Contact info: scribestamps@yahoo.com
• Virtual/live: Virtual now, and live eventually
THE STORYLINE PROJECT
Representative: RK Greene, Executive Director (AM)
Mission: A commercial theatrical production company based in New York City. Our focus is on stories that capture the imagination of an audience. Our mission is to identify and develop these stories and bring them to life on stage, www.storylineproject.com.
• Casting needs: Planning ahead for live performance building for the future workshops, readings, eventually full productions AEA, ethnically diverse, musical theater, good with comedy
• Contact info: www.storylineproject.com
• Location: NYC
• Virtual/live: Live
SYNERGY ARTS CO.
Representative: Robert Brophy, Playwright, Artistic Head (PM)
About: new play readings, workshops in Central NY for community members, organizations, immigrants; performance with mixed ethnicities, historical works from multiple (BIPOC) groups
• Casting needs: Planning ahead for live performance all-any ages, ethnicities: esp. African, African-American, East European, BIPOC; AEA, non AEA, ethnically diverse
• Contact info: brophysynergy@gmail.com; 315-263-0978; 130 Remington Av #E Syracuse NY 13210
• Location: rehearse readings in Syracuse, NY, read at African-American Center (AL), Jewish Community Center, All Saints Community Center; Ukrainian Church, other venues
TAMRA PICA CASTING / WRITE ACT REPERTORY
Representative: Tamra Pica, Casting Director/Producer (AM + PM)
About: I am a producer and casting director for film/tv/theater projects in New York and Los Angeles as Tamra Pica Casting and with Write Act Repertory where I am also a producer. We've been holding online, taped and as of July 2021 live in person productions as we gear up for a full slate.
• Casting needs: Planning ahead for live performance; I am currently casting for two New York projects this fall, and one project in Los Angeles. My slates has about 5-10 projects a year, so I am always looking for amazing actors; non AEA, ethnically diverse, musical theater, I do use AEA on occasion depending on the project.
• Contact info: tamrapicacasting@gmail.com
• Location: New York and Los Angeles, Zoom
• Virtual/live: Virtual now, and live eventually
TAPNYC
Representative: Rory Lipede, Co-Director (AM + PM)
About: We are a showcase company assisting actors land agents and managers in Film, TV & Theatre!
• Casting needs: Building files for the future and casting for membership; AEA, non AEA, ethnically diverse, classically trained, musical theater, improv trained, good with comedy
• Contact info: Infotapnyc@gmail.com, rorytapnyc@gmail.com
• Virtual/live: Virtual mostly for now
THEATRE IN A TRUNK
Representative: Sonia Gluckman, Founder/Artistic Director (PM)
• Casting needs: I’m looking for artists interested in spontaneity and comfortable with improvisation. Planning ahead for live performance
• Location: NYC and environs
• Virtual/live: Live
TRU VOICES: Glass Houses and feature film "Bullies Anonymous"
Representative: Tennyson Bardwell, playwright - feature film writer/director
Mary-Beth Taylor, theatre and film producer (AM + PM)
• Casting needs: casting for the TRU reading and Tennyson's next feature "Bullies Anonymous" which Tennyson is the writer/director/producer on and I'm producing.
• Contact info: Mr.Bardwell: tennysonbardwellnyc@gmail.com, 917.843.8350; Ms. Taylor: thembtaylor@gmail.com, 917.843.8370
TRU VOICES: Lost Sock Laundry
Representative: Ivan Rodden/Faute, Playwright, Producer (AM + PM)
About: TRU Voices finalist playwright. I’m also always actively working on developing various projects for readings, development, and production, mostly focused on my own work but occasionally assisting with the new work of other writers. Always looking for collaborative actors with generative mindset who are interested in socially engaged theater that is engaging and welcoming.
• Casting needs: Planning ahead for live performance; AEA, non AEA, ethnically diverse
• Contact info: dir4@yahoo.com
TRU VOICES: Queen of Sad Mischance
Representative: John Minigan (AM + PM)
• Casting needs: Looking to cast a potential virtual reading for TRU in January or February. We are casting for specific roles; (reading)--recorded and streamed AEA, non AEA, ethnically diverse
• Contact info: john.a.minigan@gmail.com
• Virtual/live: Virtual performance
ViOp PRODUCTIONS
Representative: Jay Chacon (AM + PM)
Mission: Creating opera, musical theater productions, and concerts for film. We focus on singing but will need non-singing actors from time to time.
• Casting needs: ongoing, always keeping an eye out for new artists.
• Contact info: viopproductions@gmail.com
• Location: NYC, on location depending on production
• Virtual/live: virtual
vMHF THEATRICALS
Representative: Gerald vanHeerden, Artistic Director-Stage Director (AM + PM)
Mission: Mr. vanHeerden is an Artistic Director, Stage Director, Producing Director, a graduate of The Boston Conservatory, an alumnus of Webster University Theater Arts Conservatory, as well as an emerging director of New Works. He has a long and storied career of experience in the NYC Off Broadway and Off-Off Broadway theater community, working with new plays and creative musical theater endeavors as Artistic Director of Plays for many seasons at the Midtown International Theatre Festival, as Producer/Director of vMHF Theatricals, and as a Conceptualist/Director at SDC. A Resident Director of Break A Leg Productions. Among Gerald's online projects in 2021 were producing and directing honor, a new play by William R. Duell, presented March 2021 as a filmed and edited stage reading with NYC Equity Broadway actors by vMHF Theatricals as a benefit for Wordsmyth Theater Company in Houston and, in April 2021, directing a table reading with book, lyrics and music of Deep Secrets, a new musical at Stageworks in Tampa, FL as well as a staged reading at ArtNY, NYC. Stage Directors and Choreographers national and Broadway union (SDC) member.
• Casting needs: Planning ahead for live performance I have some specific casting needs that I am considering for late 2022-early 2023. AEA, non AEA, ethnically diverse, musical theater, good with comedy
• Contact info: vMHFTheatricals@gmail.com; www.geraldvanheerden.com
• Location: Rehearsal and Performances: NYC
WILDLY PRODUCTIVE PRODUCTIONS
Representative: Bob Ost (AM + PM)
Gary Hughes (AM + PM)
Mission: self-producing writer and composer who sometimes produces other people’s work
• Casting needs: seeking young actor and quirky 30-ish actress for virtual reading of a new full length play, to be performed on IFT Network’s Writing Room. Future: singers for demo tapes of new musical.
• Contact info: garyhughesnyc@gmail.com, trunltd@aol.com
• Location: New York
• Virtual/live: virtual now, live in the future.
AGENTS/CD'S/MANAGERS
AAG TALENT
Representative: Deborah Dotoli, President (AM)
About: Talent Manager representing actors in film, television, commercial and VO
• Casting needs: AEA, non AEA, ethnically diverse, classically trained, musical theater, good with comedy
• Contact info: aagtalent@aol.com
• Virtual/live: Virtual mostly for now
BRIGHT ARTISTS MANAGEMENT
Representative: Bobby Holder, Manager/Owner (AM)
• Casting needs: AEA, non AEA, ethnically diverse, classically trained, musical theater, improv trained, good with comedy
• Contact info: If actors want to reach out to me they can send me their headshot and resume and AA link to info@BrightArtistsManagement.com
• Virtual/live: Virtual now, and live eventually
HELENE GALEK CASTING
Representative: Helene Galek, Casting Director (AM)
About: I am a freelance casting director who works in all areas, both union and non-union, specializing in the indie arena.
• Casting needs: Planning ahead for live performance. Looking to build up files for all ethnic groups, transgender and non-binary actors and actors over 50, especially non-union and musical performers. AEA, non AEA, ethnically diverse, musical theater, Over 50
• Contact info: helenegalekcasting@gmail.com
• Location: NYC area
• Virtual/live: Live
MKA CASTING
Representative: Bob Kale, Casting Director (AM + PM)
About: Casts For Film, TV, Theatre, New Media, Executive (Industrial), Commercials. Teaches Audition Tech. (Self-Tape, Zoom, Live—Legit and Musical Theatre), Business of Acting, Meisner Technique, Musical Theatre History.
• Casting needs: Virtual mostly for now; AEA, ethnically diverse, musical theater, improv trained, good with comedy
• Contact info: bobkalecastingupdates@gmail.com
SARA KOCH CASTING
Representative: Sara Koch, Founder and Casting Director (AM + PM)
About: I am the Founder of, and Casting Director at Sara Koch Casting for the past 12 years. Sara Koch Casting is a boutique casting agency that takes pride in creating strong ensemble projects which during this calendar year has worked in television, film and theatrical projects, both on the east and west coasts. Sara Koch has had previous experience as a performer and working at multiple New YorK talent agencies and thus strives to ensure communication, comfort and respect - not only for her producers and clients - but also for all actors involved.
• Casting needs: Virtual now, and live eventually; I have specific casting needs and am also building files for the future. I have one project (I have an NDA on) that will require union and non-union performers with a series of special skills from aerial silks to double-dutch, and free-style rapping. I am also looking for actors for specific projects that I have scripts for and am ALSO looking to build my files for future projects that will need skilled performers on stage and screen. I don't believe that "just because an actor/actress does not have a Broadway credit does not mean that they are of Broadway caliber" thus - I am always looking for new talent and trying to find the right opportunities for that talent to shine and be seen. I have one television project that is filming in NY. One theatrical and voice over project that will be based out of LA. One feature and one series of short films that will most likely be filmed in NY but is looking for talent on both coasts (if we find an ideal candidate for the short films but they are based outside of NY - that team has already discussed paying for transport, housing etc. for the right performer to match the roles). AEA, non AEA, ethnically diverse, classically trained, musical theater, improv trained, good with comedy, LGBTQIA+, note if you are comfortable performing in drag, please indicate if you have any experience with rap or free-styling, and please include any other special skills you have on your resumes!
• Contact info: sara@sarakochcasting.com; 524 Classon Avenue, 3rd Floor, Brooklyn, NY 11238
WC CASTING
Representative: Wayne Chang, Casting Director (AM)
Mission: Wayne is an independent Casting Director who works on Film, Television, Print and Commercial productions from Asia countries that shoot in New York; in addition to NY & LA productions with focus on inclusive casting. www.wccasting.com
• Casting needs: Virtual mostly for now; Building files for the future; Live Filming for On-Camera productions; ethnically diverse, classically trained, improv trained, good with comedy
• Contact info: wccasting@gmail.com
ABSENT BUT WILL BE USING CASTING SHEETS
CBU MANAGEMENT INC.
Representative: Susan Campochiaro Confrey, Talent Manager
About: I am a Talent Manager and also A Transformational Coach in the Business of Acting and my mission is to help actors navigate the business such that their creative talent is seen and hired and they have the business acumen to be asked by Casting Directors to audition for them again and again because they "know" how the business works and thereby making them very attractive for being hired over and over again and become a consistently working actor.
• Casting needs: I don't hire talent. Planning ahead for live performance; AEA, non AEA, ethnically diverse, classically trained, musical theater, improv trained, good with comedy, all of the above. I work with actors across the boards.
• Contact info: CBUMGMT@gmail.com
JAMIBETH MARGOLIS CASTING AND PRODUCTIONS LLC
Representative: Jamibeth Margolis, Casting Director/Director
• Casting needs: Plays, Musicals, New Work, Concerts, Broadway, Off-Broadway, Tours, Festivals, Regional Theatre; Planning ahead for live performance; AEA, non AEA, ethnically diverse, classically trained, musical theater
• Contact info: jamibeth.submissions@gmail.com
• Virtual/live: Live
THE NARCISSIST, A Musical
Representative: Jared Scheinberg, Performer, Writer, Producer
About: I’m a musical writer and producer who is looking for new and diverse talent for readings and Off-Broadway castings. I’m currently casting a musical reading for my show THE NARCISSIST, a 90s inspired pop-rock comedy about a scientist who clones himself and literally becomes his own worst enemy.
• Casting needs: Planning ahead for live performance. Currently looking for actors ages 40+ but also building files for the future. AEA, non AEA, ethnically diverse, classically trained, musical theater, improv trained, good with comedy
• Contact info: jaredscheinberg16@gmail.com
• Location: Location for the next reading is TBD but definitely a venue in NYC
SCOTT POWERS STUDIOS
Representative: Scott Powers
Mission: Scott Powers Studios, est. in 1988, casts for film, TV, commercials, print, corporate videos, hosting, and the Internet. All ethnicities, ages. Union, non-union. Represented and non-represented actors. SAG signatory; member Better Business Bureau, official participant of "Made in NY" program through Mayor's Office of Media & Entertainment.
• Casting needs: Has specific casting needs and building files for the future
• Contact info: Will provide after audition
• Location: East Coast
• Virtual/live: Virtual now, live eventually
THE PLAYERS THEATRE SHORT PLAY FESTIVAL
Representative: Catherine Lamm
• Casting needs: specific roles for upcoming festival
• Location: New York City
