AUDITORS WHO ATTENDED THE 2022 TRU AUDITION EVENT
SUNDAY
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THEATER COMPANIES
("-" before name indicates "details unconfirmed")
2020 UNMASKED, The Musical
Representative: Michelle Risse, Writer, Composer, Lyricist (AM + PM)
• Casting needs: I’m merely observing for a future reading of my musical “2020 Unmasked.” Planning ahead for live performance
• Contact info: rissemichelle@gmail.com
BANSHEE, An Appalachian Horror Musical
Representative: Macah Coates, Producing Creator (lyrics, book, music) (AM + PM)
About: I am the creator of Banshee - An Appalachian Horror Musical. I am working on finishing and releasing the album so I can get it workshopped. The music requires keen harmonies, hip hop/rap rhythms, old school traditional bluegrass vocals and choir-like ensemble throughout. For these ensemble pieces, think Celtic Thunder/Women. The acting is straight theatrics. The music never comes out of nowhere, it is social gatherings or ghosts. Think Brecht but Appalachian. It deals with social class issues and how one woman gets her revenge in death.
• Casting needs: Planning ahead for live performance; Building files; Capable of understanding Mountain folk and their world.
• Contact info: macah.coates@gmail.com
• Location: TBD
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.
BREAK A LEG PRODUCTIONS
Representative: Rosemary Hopkins Casting Director (AM + PM)
• 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
COOPER JORDAN ENTERTAINMENT
Representative: Copper Jordan (AM + PM)
Mission: Cooper Jordan is a New York based Actor, Stage/Screen Host, and Producer of Live Entertainment for New York, Atlantic City, and National Touring Productions. Cooper has base offices in New York & Atlantic City as well as an additional office in Orlando, FL.
• Casting needs: Planning ahead for live performance Building files for the future, Seeking Non-Union Musical Theater Men & Women non AEA, musical theater, good with comedy, Improv trained a plus but not required
• Contact info: cooperentertainment@live.com
• Location: NYC, Philadelphia, Atlantic City, depending on production.
- 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
FACE TO FACE FILMS
Representative: Anthony Laura, Artistic Director (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.
A GOOD DAY
Eric Sirota, Composer/Playwright (AM + PM)
About: Write and co-produce musicals. Writer of “Frankenstein”, ran Off-Broadway for 3 years.
• Casting needs: Planning ahead for live performance; Staged reading of new musical "A Good Day"; non AEA, musical theater
• Contact info: Eric@EricSirota.com
GOOD LIGHT PRODUCTIONS
Representative: Carolyn Harrison, Founder | Executive Producer (PM)
Mission: GLP exists to create access and opportunities for historically underrepresented creatives to tell stories that have been in the dark for far too long.
• Casting needs: Planning ahead for live performance; Building for next season in 2023; non AEA, ethnically diverse
• Contact info: Goodlightproduction@gmail.com
• Location: Performances will take place in Black Box and other intimate venues in NYC.
- HME PRODUCTIONS
Representative: Nathaniel Graves, President (AM)
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
INVITING DEVELOPMENTS
Representatives: Carol Hall, Producer, Director, Writer and Lyricist and team: Derek and Theara (AM + PM)
About: Carol Hall is a producer, director, writer and lyricist of plays and musicals for over 20 years. She is the Founder of Inviting Developments and has creatively contributed to and led community drama programs, script readings, illustrated sermons and produced musicals in local, regional and Off-Broadway theaters including: George Street Playhouse, the Tony Award winning Crossroads Theater, Triad Theater, Lambs Theater and internationally at the National Cultural Center, Guyana, South America.
• Casting needs: Planning ahead for live performance; Casting needs for upcoming table reading; ethnically diverse, musical theater, strong actors, singers (a dance background is a plus)
• Contact info: Inviting.developments@gmail.com
• Location: It will take place in New Jersey.
THE KILLING COMPANY
Representative: Jon Avner, Director (AM + PM)
• Casting needs: Planning ahead for live performance; Excellent singers
• Contact info: killing@killingkompany.com
• Virtual/live: Live
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
MARION’S FIRE PRODUCTIONS
Representative: Kimberly Clouse, Producer (PM)
Mission: After a number of years working in community theater as an actor and director, and then many more years as a high school theater teacher and director, I'm now expanding my repertoire to include playwriting and producing. The first project for Marion's Fire Productions is an original musical drama, Marion's Fire, based on historical events. The mission for MFP is to bring stellar storytelling to the stage and giving voice to those whose stories have been buried, rebuked, or belittled.
• Casting needs: Actors/Singers of all ages needed from 7-70. non AEA, ethnically diverse, musical theater
• Contact info: kimberly@marionsfire.com
• Location: Rehearsals, readings, and performances will initially be in Grass Valley, CA.
• Virtual/live: Planning ahead for live performance.
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
ME AND YOU PRODUCTIONS
Representative: Linda Selman (AM + PM)
• Contact info: linda.selman@tnyps.com
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 TUNE ENTERTAINMENT, LLC
Representative: Larry Daggett, CEO (AM + PM)
Mission: New Tune Entertainment, LLC, makes musicals about ordinary people thrust into extraordinary situations. If you like new stories told in a classical musical format, stories that will make you sing as well as think, stories about current events that are timeless in their appeal, then New Tune Entertainment is the perfect place to visit. Our latest musical is titled "Bullet Points". The story concerns a high school teacher who returns to work the same day as a school shooting, which sends her life veering in unpredictable directions, both comic and tragic. The theme of the musical concerns trying to find a way to overcome the “us versus them” mentality that bifurcates our country, it's about learning to listen to people on the other side of an issue even if they disagree with your personal point of view.
• Casting needs: Planning ahead for live performance; Building files for the future; musical theater
• Contact info: Larry@LarryDaggett.com
• Location: Eventually it will be performed live in New York City.
• Virtual/live: Virtual now, and live eventually
NEW YORK THEATRE BARN
Representative: Kim Lara, Associate Producer (AM)
Mission: New York Theatre Barn is an anti-racist non-profit theatre company that serves as an inclusive home for original culture shifting musicals during incubation. The company has been incubating new musicals in front of live audiences since 2007, and creates space for artists to dream about how extraordinary the world can be.
Multi-hyphenated performer and creative, Kimberly is an American Musical and Dramatic Academy and New School Musical Theater BFA program Graduate. During her time completing her BFA, she became a contributing writer and published author for PopSugar Latina, has performed in multiple college productions, along with other works including performing with the Broadway cast of Chicago for Broadway Cares, recording demos for new musical ""Starting Up"", appearing in CBS’s “The Code” and Nickelodeon’s “Club 57” on TV, and even modeling for Makeup Forever/Sephora. Recently taking on the role of assistant writer to Jesse Sanchez for ""Sueños: Our American Musical"" during its residency at NYTB, and now is the Associate Producer for New York Theatre Barn after taking on the role of Line Producer for NYTB’s Award-Winning New Work Series this past spring and upcoming fall. She is also working on her Master's Degree in Media Studies at The New School.
• Casting needs: AEA, non AEA, ethnically diverse, classically trained, musical theater, improv trained, good with comedy
• Contact info: kim@nytheatrebarn.org
• Location: New York, NY
• Virtual/live: Live Performance // Possible Zoom depending on the project.
NICKEL CITY OPERA
Representative: 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
OPEN HYDRANT THEATER COMPANY
Representative: Luis Cardenas, Co-Artistic Director (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
PECULIAR WORKS PROJECT
Representative: Ralph Lewis, Co-Director (AM + PM)
Mission: Peculiar Works Project (PWP) was founded by Ralph Lewis, Catherine Porter, and Barry Rowell in 1993 to create, develop, and present original, multi-disciplinary, site-based performance. Our award-winning company encourages collaboration, experimentation, and a rebel spirit in artists by providing them with the tools and opportunities needed for artistic exploration. We perform in unconventional, non-theater spaces because we believe artistic work wakes up a site, the site in turn transforms the work, and audiences then experience both in surprising new ways. Through unique locations—city streets, landmarked buildings, gutted storefronts, and other peculiar sites throughout NYC and beyond—and unusual performances, Peculiar Works brings diverse communities of artists and audiences together.
• Casting needs: building files, AEA, non AEA, ethnically diverse, musical theater, good with comedy
• Contact info: info@peculiarworks.org
• Location: various in-person NYC locations and zoom
• Virtual/live: Virtual now, and live eventually
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
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 1840's. Both will be done live.
• Contact info: patrickrobad@gmail.com
• Location: San Francisco and New York City
• Virtual/live: live
SACRED GROUND PRODUCTIONS, LLC
Representative: Cynthia Stephens, Producer (AM + PM)
Mission: Sacred Ground Productions LLC is a company dedicated to African and African American culture and history. We exist so that we can share the beauty of our culture, and so that we can tell our own stories using our own authentic voices.
• Casting needs: Planning ahead for live performance; Building files with specific show in mind, ethnically diverse, proficient in musical theatre and R&B.
• Contact info: sacredgroundproductions@gmail.com
• Location: Rehearsals as we can in space in NYC and virtually
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
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 (AM + 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
TRIANGLE THEATRE
Representative: Elowyn Castle, Artistic Director (AM + PM)
Mission: Triangle does readings of plays, published and new, that will provide a chance to our actors to play parts seldom available, and give our audiences an opportunity to see plays seldom performed, that they might not see elsewhere.
Readings enable us to engage professional actors, both equity and non equity, and give them a chance to do plays seldom done, within a time frame that will easily accommodate and adjust to their working schedules. We are committed to diversity and opportunity for all theater professionals.
• Casting needs: Planning ahead for live performance; building files; AEA, non AEA, ethnically diverse, good with comedy, All are helpful, although we do not usually do musicals
• Contact info: Triangle Theatre, 316 East 88th street, NY NY 10128; elowyncastle@att.net
• Location: Triangle Theatre at the Church of the Holy Trinity 316 East 88th street NY NY
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)
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)
• 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
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
HELENE GALEK CASTING
Representative: Helene Galek, Casting Director (PM)
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
ROBIN CARUS CASTING
Representative: Robin Carus, Casting Director (AM)
About: Robin Carus casts for theatre, film, television, commercial, web and live events.
• Casting needs: Planning ahead for live performance Always looking for talent depends on the project AEA, non AEA, ethnically diverse, classically trained, musical theater, improv trained, good with comedy
• Contact info: Email: robincaruscasting@gmail.com; Instagram: @robincarus; Facebook: @Robin Carus Casting
SW ARTISTS AGENCY
Representative: Valerie Adami (AM + PM)
About: SW Artists Agency is a full service NY based Boutique office. We represent actors ages 7 through 99 For Film TV and Theater also commercials.
• Casting needs: Planning ahead for live performance; ethnically diverse, classically trained, musical theater, improv trained, good with comedy
• We are always looking for new talent that would be a good fit with our list of clients. We rep actors for Film/TV and Theater.
• Contact info: swartists.youth@gmail.com
• Location: NY NY EST
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
