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July Schedule 2008
"My work is a game, a very
serious game."
--M. C. Escher
CLASSES
Prime Time Television Class
Wednesdays, July 9th, 16th, 23rd,
and 30th
Time: 7:00pm
We
are very excited to bring this Prime
Time Class to our actors. In
addition to casting for top
television shows in New York, these
industry guests will strengthen your
auditions in front of the camera by
giving notes, adjustments and
direction for interpreting and
reading cold and prepared sides.
Industry Guests
will include:
Mele Nagler (Casting) MelCap Casting
(Gossip Girl/ Brotherhood)
Wednesdays, July 9th and 23rd
7:00pm
We are very happy to have Mele
Nagler return to The Actor's
Alliance. Mele is currently casting
TWO NEW YORK SHOWS: the hit show
Gossip Girl for the CW network and
the long running show Brotherhood
for Showtime. In the past, she has
cast for busy pilot seasons and also
The War Boys - a film with Peter
Gallagher and the film Little
Chicago. She has worked on plenty of
film and TV series as well as
casting for The Roundabout Theatre
for years. She is eagerly waiting to
see new talent at The Actor's
Alliance.
First class: Cold Sides.
Second class: Prepared Sides.
Nadia Lubbe (Casting) Miscia/
Bowling Casting
Wednesday, July 16th
7:00pm
Nadia is currently casting another
NEW YORK SHOW for the new fall NBC
series Kings which has just been
picked up for THIRTEEN EPISODES. She
is also working on the upcoming
indie Splinterheads. Nadia is always
working on major television series
and feature films. She also
frequently works with Alexa Fogel to
cast many exciting projects
including the past television series
New Amsterdam. She has worked on the
feature films Kit Kitteredge: An
American Girl with Abigail Breslin
and Joan Cusack, You Don’t Mess with
the Zohan with Adam Sandler and Rob
Schneider. Nadia also worked on the
TV series The Black Donnellys, Mad
Men – AMC series, Kidnapped, Medium
– NBC series, Rescue Me, Third
Watch, ER. Past films include
Zoolander, Sweet Home Alabama,
Abandon, Ladder 49.
Actors bring your own prepared
sides.
**Only 2 1/2 pages please**
James
Calleri (Casting) James Calleri
Casting
Wednesday July 30th
7:00pm
James is currently casting NBC’s
Lipstick Jungle IN NEW YORK with
Brooke Shields and Andrew McCarthy.
In the past he has cast for Ed,
Monk, Hope & Faith, and Angela’s
Eyes. Upcoming Films include
Upstate, Peter & Vandy, Ready, OK!,
and Horton Foote’s The Widow Claire
directed by James Ivory. In the past
James cast Merchant Ivory’s Heights,
The White Countess and The City of
Your Final Destination, Lisa Picard
is Famous, The Jimmy Show and
Trouble Every Day. Theater: Fuerza
Bruta (the new show from the
creators of De La Guarda) and the
Broadway bound show Angels. Past
credits include: A Raisin in the Sun
(B’way), Chicago (B’way and Nat’l
Tour), The Dead (B’way and Nat’l
Tour), Playwrights Horizons (10
seasons), Other credits include: CSC
Rep, The Flea, Soho Rep, The Culture
Project, Naked Angels, Long Wharf,
New Georges, stageFARM, SPF (Summer
Play Festival), Epic, Page 73, and
NY Stage & Film Co. James has been
awarded four Artios Awards for
Outstanding Achievement in Casting.
Member CSA.
Actors bring your own prepared
sides.
**Only 2 1/2 pages please**
Fee: $300
Please make sure we have TWO of your
headshots.
Classes must be canceled 72 hours
before the start date.
INTENSIVES:
Amelia Rasche (Casting) Ellen
Chenowith Casting
Thursday, July 17th
Time: 7:30
We are very excited to have Amelia
Rasche as a guest at The Actor's
Alliance. Amelia is eager to see new
talent. She has worked on many films
including Michael Clayton with
George Clooney and Tilda Swinton, No
Country For Old Men with Javier
Bardem and Tommy Lee Jones, First
Born with Elisabeth Shue, Diggers
with Paul Rudd and Maura Tierney. On
past films, she was Casting Director
on the Speed of Life, Ratana and
Forgiveness. Amelia will focus on
dayplayer and U/5 roles.
Fee:
$85
Prepared and cold sides.
**Please make sure we have one of
your headshots in advance.
Katharina Eggmann (Casting) CBS
Monday, July 21st
Time: 7:30pm
It is
our pleasure to have Katharina
Eggmann back at The Actor's
Alliance. She is the Director of
Primetime Casting East Coast at CBS
and works on all projects. She has
been working on the CBS pilots - The
Ex List, Worst Week, Eleventh Hour,
Project Gary and The Mentalist.
Other CBS series include: All CSI
series, NCIS, Criminal Minds, How I
Met Your Mother, Rules of
Engagement, Cold Case, Ghost
Whisperer, Two and a Half Men,
Without A Trace and The Unit.
Katharina's past projects include:
Head Casting Director for both Law &
Order: Criminal Intent and Law &
Order: Trial by Jury. She has also
helped cast Queens Supreme and The
Sopranos. Feature Films include
Riding in Cars With Boys, The
Emperor's Club, The Mothman
Prophecies, Hysterical Blindness,
Happy Accidents. She has cast the
indie features Marconi Bros and
Confess.
Fee:
$85
Prepared and cold sides.
**Please make sure we have one of
your headshots in advance.
Intensives must be canceled 72 hours
before the start date.
FACE
TO FACE
Marilynn
Scott Murphy (Agent/Owner)
Professional Artists
Tuesday, July 8th
7:00pm
Marilyn has been an agent for years
and is very experienced in scouting
for new talent. She has clients
acting in All Law & Order series,
All My Children, Guiding Light, As
The World Turns, One Life To Live,
many pilots. Films include The
Happening, the new M. Night
Shyamalan film with Mark Wahlberg,
You Don't Mess With The Zohan with
Adam Sandler and John Turturro,
Goyband with Natasha Lyonne.
Theater: Prairie with Melissa
Gilbert, South Pacific, Gypsy,
Ruined, To Be Or Not To Be.
Monologue.
Fee: $30
Michael Kirsten (Legit Agent)
Harden-Curtis Associates
Monday, July 14th
6:30pm
Michael has actors acting in all Law
& Order series, Lipstick Jungle, Mad
Men, the AMC series, Sons of Anarchy
the new FX series. Film: All Good
Things with Ryan Gosling and Kirsten
Dunst, The Rebound with Catherine
Zeta-Jones, the new untitled Woody
Allen film, Julie & Julia with Meryl
Streep. Theater: 39 Steps, Billy
Elliot, Godspell, Cry-Baby, Spamelot,
Top Girls.
Monologue.
Fee: $30
Donna McKenna (Casting) Donna
McKenna Casting
Thursday, July 24th
6:30pm
Donna has cast several Actors
Alliance actors in the many films
she has worked on. She is currently
starting to cast 3 film projects:
The Arrangement, Nameless and Deadly
Rites. Recent film credits include:
The Big Shot Caller, The Man from
Shaolin and Priceless. Donna has
cast so many films in the past that
there are too many to list. She is
always casting a film project and is
always eager to scout out new talent
for those flms.
Monologue
Fee: $30
Donna DeStefano (Manager) Siren Song
Entertainment
Monday, July 28th
6:30pm
Donna’s a great friend of the
Studio. She has many clients that
are members here. Her recent client
credits include Film: The Pleasure
of Being Robbed, Cannes Film
Festival Selection 2008 and The
Informers due in theaters Fall 2008.
Television: Gossip Girl, Law &
Order, Law & Order: Criminal Intent,
Law & Order: SVU, The Electric
Company, CSI and As The World Turns.
Theater: Hamlet at Shakespeare in
the Park, The Play Company’s Rainbow
Kiss at 59E59th Street Theater,
Stomp & Shout with Babel Theater
Production; Rich Boyfriend, The New
Group Naked Series; Slavey at The
Clubbed Thumb SUMMERWORKS 2008 and
the upcoming Manhattan Theater Club
production of Ruined.
Monologue.
Fee: $30
All
cancellations for Face To Face must
be made 48 hours before your
appointment.
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**No credit cards for Face To
Face interviews. Cash or check
only**
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****Please be here 15 minutes
before your audition time. This
will keep you from being put
into your audition without any
preparation time.
****Please let us know if you
have been called in or booked
after meeting with any of our
industry guests.
Cancellation Policy:
All
cancellations for Face To Face must
be made 48 hours before your
appointment.
Intensives and classes must be
canceled 72 hours before the start
date. |