casting directors

Casting Directors Push Lawmakers To Uncap Pennsylvania’s Tax Incentive Program

Casting directors in Pennsylvania are pushing lawmakers to lift a cap on the state’s film and television tax credit program, which proponents claim could bring more unionized entertainment industry jobs to the state.Most of the work available to actors in the commonwealth is nonunion despite several high-profile film ...

8 Tips For Self-Taping Your Auditions

When my clients cannot get to my studio to tape and coach their auditions, they use this alternative. Here are some tips for how to submit the best self-taped audition.

Casting Director Jeff Olan On Casting Background Actors

Jeff Olan casts background performers on hit TV shows (“Grey’s Anatomy”) and feature films through his casting company, Jeff Olan Casting, and has expanded to principal roles (“Co-Existence”).

How To Catch a Casting Director’s Eye

So we got the first step—be interesting, be fascinating. But what is an "interesting look"? What makes a headshot fascinating across the board?

Why Actors Need To Think Before They Tweet

Casting director Marci Liroff is reading your tweets—and she’s sometimes disappointed by what you’re saying.

5 Steps To Finding Your Acting Inner Circle

I often meet actors who feel like they are being left out of the party. They are not getting out enough to audition, can’t find solid representation, and generally feel disenfranchised. So what do you do?

21 Things That Make Casting Directors Happy in the Audition Room

Casting directors are your advocates and your champions. Your work reflects on us. Your wonderful work makes us look good and gets that role cast. Your disconnected, tentative, muddled work does nothing for anyone. We need you to be great.

Why Being Yourself Will Land You the Role

You may be spending too much time trying to decipher what “they” want and not enough time crafting the best way that this role can be illuminated through your one-of-a-kind spirit!

Why Every Actor Needs a Mother

Moms want their kids to follow their passions and find success. They want them to fall in love, be true to themselves, and remember to call their mother at least once every week, and occasionally offer up a big thank you mom!

How To Get the Most Out of Networking Studios

Networking studios get a bad rap (along with the industry types who participate in them). The perception being: They profit from serving as middlemen