Resumes

who you'll meet at upcoming New York Wright Way Master Classes

• Alaine Alldaffer

  Casting Director - Playwrights Horizons

  

  Alaine Alldaffer, Casting Director for Playwrights Horizons. Credits include "Grey Gardens"(B'way and PWH), Dead Man's Cell Phone with Mary Louise Parker, the upcoming musical "Burnt Part Boys". TV credits include Knights of Prosperity aka Let's Rob Mick Jagger for ABC, Assoc. credits include "ED" ( NBC) ,"Monk" (USA), Theaters include the Longwarf ,Soho Rep and ACT. Festivals include Williamstown and Humana. She cast for The Huntington Theater in Boston and the Women's Project NYC. She is currently casting "This" with Parker Posey for Playwrights Horizons, "Fences" directed by Kenny Leon for the "Huntington.'

• Kate Boka

  Casting Associate - Roundabout Theatre Company/Jim Carnahan Casting

  Kate has been at this award winning office for six years casting ALL projects for Roundabout and Jim Carnahan. Upcoming: La Bete (West End & Broadway), Deathtrap (West End), Mrs Warren's Profession, The Importance of Being Earnest, Broadway: Everyday Rapture, A Behanding in Spokane, Bye Bye Birdie, The Norman Conquests, Waiting for Godot, Pal Joey, Boeing-Boeing, A Man for All Seasons, Curtains, The Ritz, 110 in the Shade, The Woman in White, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Fiddler on the Roof. Off Broadway: Spring Awakening (Atlantic Theater Company), Howard Katz, Pig Farm, Entertaining Mr. Sloane, The Paris Letter, Mr. Marmalade, (all for Roundabout). National tours of 12 Angry Men, Sweet Charity. Regional (Chicago): Drowsy Chaperone, Once on This Island, A Chorus Line, Hairspray, Bowery Boys, The Full Monty, Les Miserables, Shenandoah. Bay Street Theatre: The Night Season, Things Being What They Are. Kate also served as Casting Assistant on the first season of Showtime’s hit series Brotherhood.

• Joel Carlton

  - DGRW Talent Inc

  Currently in his 4th year at DGRW Talent Inc., Joel represents a formidable roster of actors including Tony, Emmy and Academy Award nominees and winners. Currently he has clients in leading roles on Broadway (NEXT TO NORMAL, MEMPHIS, A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC, BYE BYE BIRDIE, MAMMA MIA, BILLY ELLIOT, SHREK, PHANTOM OF THE OPERA, THE 39 STEPS, ROCK OF AGES, WICKED, SOUTH PACIFIC, and the upcoming ADDAMS FAMILY, LOVE NEVER DIES and SPIDERMAN) in National Tours (WICKED, SOUTH PACIFIC, JERSEY BOYS, MARY POPPINS, FIDDLER ON THE ROOF, RENT and A CHORUS LINE) on TV (MERCY, DAMAGES, RESCUE ME, All 3 L&O's, GOSSIP GIRL, UGLY BETTY, KINGS, NURSE JACKIE and LOST) and film (DUPLICITY, EAGLE EYE, SEX AND THE CITY, MUNICH, LAW ABIDING CITIZEN and the upcoming THE GOOD GUY, LOVE AND OTHER IMPOSSIBLE PURSUITS, THE EXTRA MAN, EVERYTHING'S FINE, JUST WRIGHT, ADJUSTMENT BUREAU, COLLAR, and SEX AND THE CITY 2)

• Robin Carus

  Casting Director

  

  Robin Carus is a Casting Director whose theatrical and film work has been seen throughout the United States and Canada. For eight years, Robin was Head of Casting for Theatreworks/USA. She has cast over 200 national tours, major theatre festivals including work at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre Conference, Lincoln Center's American Living Room Festival, NAMT, NYMF, Fringe, Midtown International Theatre Festival, She also has cast a tours for the Emmy-Award winning Family Life Theatre and the Mesaper Theatre, as well as, industrials for the Fuse Network. Currently, she is the casting director for The Marathon Festival at the Ensemble Studio Theatre. She also has three independent short films in production: Breaking the Chain by Stuart Weinstock, Underwear by Tomer Gendler which won the Grand Jury prize for Best Short Film at the Dances With Film Festival and Tiger directed by award-winning director Wing Yee-Wu. Off-Broadway and New York credits include: Rag Fur Blood Bone (Tribenca Performing Arts Center), A Great Big Miracle, Sleep With Me (Tada), The Plant That Ate Dirty Socks (Lortel), Like You Like It (Gallery Players, York Theatre), Seussical, Anne of Green Gables, Junie B. Jones, If You Give A Mouse A Cookie, Max and Ruby, A Christmas Carol, Henry and Mudge,Walk Two Moons, Sarah, Plain and Tall, Cam Jansen (Lamb's Theatre), City of Dreams (EST), Romeo and Juliet. In addition to her casting exerience, Robin was the Founding Producing Director for BIMA-NY, a groundbreaking Jewish theatre company that cultivated Jewish playwrights and exposed audiences to modern Jewish themes.

• Michael Cassara

  Casting Director

  

  Michael Cassara, CSA is a casting director, director, educator, and producer working on theatre and film projects in New York City. He regularly casts for many of the nation's top theatres including The Old Globe, the Great Lakes Theater Festival, the Idaho Shakespeare Festival, the Olney Theatre Center, Queens Theatre In The Park, the White Plains Performing Arts Center, and many more. Recent projects include A Little Night Music (starring Mark Jacoby and Penny Fuller), Fat Camp (directed by Alex Timbers), Rosa Loses Her Face (by Kitty Chen), Barnstomer (directed by Jerry Dixon), and the recent workshop of Rosa Parks, winner of the 2009 Richard Rodgers Award, starring Tony-Award-winner Ben Harney. In New York, Michael is the resident casting director for the New York Musical Theatre Festival (NYMF) now in its fifth year, and he has cast over 35 new musicals in NYMF since 2004 including The Yellow Wood (dir. B. D. Wong), All Fall Down (dir. Lonny Price), The Last Smoker In America (dir. Sheryl Kaller), and Twilight In Manchego (dir. Billy Porter.) Upcoming projects include White Noise (opening on Broadway in 2010), Bus Stop (dir. Austin Pendelton), the short film Alienated starring Vincent Pastore, the feature film Clear Blue Tuesday and Street Lights (The Old Globe, dir. Kristin Hanggi). Michael teaches musical theatre audition technique at many of the nation's top universities and presently serves on the adjunct faculty of NYU/CAP21 and Pace University. He is a native Clevelander, a graduate of Otterbein College, and a member of the Casting Society of America. Please visit www.MichaelCassara.net.

• Parker Esse

  Mr. Esse choreographed the World Premier of Katie Couric's The Brand New Kid at The Kennedy Center, as well as The Mystery Of Irma Vep and the World Premier of A Christmas Carol 1941 both for Arena Stage. He is currently choreographing The Light in the Piazza for Arena Stage. Mr. Esse was Associate Choreographer under Director/Choreographer Warren Carlyle on the Broadway productions of A Tale Of Two Cities and Finian's Rainbow as well as the National Tour of 101 Dalmatians The Musical. Associate Director/Choreographer for the World Premier of Lucky Guy at Goodspeed Opera House and as Assistant Choreographer for Mame at The Kennedy Center; Dancing In The Dark at The Old Globe; Pirates of Penzance at Goodspeed Opera House and Paper Mill Playhouse. Together they also choreographed several productions for New York City Center's Encores! series: Stairway To Paradise, Juno, On The Town, and Finian's Rainbow. They also Choreographed the Film Deception starring Hugh Jackman and Ewan McGreggor. As Assistant Choreographer Mr. Esse worked along side, theatre legend Baayork Lee on Animal Crackers, South Pacific, Camelot, and Damn Yankees for Arena Stage (where he also held the positions of Dance Captain/Performer) as well as, Mack And Mabel at the Shaw Festival in Canada. They were honored with a Helen Hayes nomination for best Choreography on South Pacific. Parker has also assisted Choreographer Karma Camp for the international cell phone commercial Auna/Amena, and Choreographer Randy Skinner for Goodspeed's production of Babes And Arms. As a performer, Mr. Esse Danced on Broadway with Ben Vereen, Bebe Neuwirth, and Ann Reinking in Fosse, which was taped for PBS's Great Performances and released on VHS and DVD. After closing Fosse on Broadway, Parker joined the National Tour. Regionally, Mr. Esse has performed in such productions as A Chorus Line at Paper Mill Playhouse and TUTS; Will Rogers Follies at Sacramento Music Circus; Swing! at North Shore Music Theatre, Marriott Lincolnshire Theatre and TUTS; The Music Man, Sweet Charity, Crazy For You, and How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying at Merry-Go-Round Playhouse; He has also performed in the Public Sings Benefit celebrating The Public Theatre's 50th Anniversary at City Center in New York City and the 21st Annual Benefit Gala for the Drama League - "So In Love: A Night of Romance at the Rainbow Room" in New York City. Mr. Esse has taught master classes in Musical Theatre dance for the past ten years and has been on faculty at New York University's Cap 21 Musical Theatre Conservatory. He has also taught classes for The Marktoberdorf Summer Intensive Workshop for Professional European Actors in Marktoberdorf, Germany; Lamar University College of Fine Arts' Dance Department in Beaumont, TX; The Timothy M. Draper Center for Dance Education in Rochester, NY; The High School for the Performing and Visual Arts in Houston, TX; Learning on Location in New York City as well as many local dance studios in Chicago, IL, Connecticut and New York. Mr. Esse received his BFA in Drama from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts where he studied at the Cap 21 Musical Conservatory.

• Alison Franck

  Casting Director

  

  Alison Franck has been the Resident Casting Director for Paper Mill Playhouse for nearly a decade. She has cast over 40 productions for Paper Mill including the Broadway transfer of I'm Not Rappaport, starring Judd Hirsch and Ben Vereen, directed by Daniel Sullivan. Recent Paper Mill productions include 1776, Master Class, The Importance of Being Earnest, Little Shop of Horrors and Kiss Me Kate. Other regional productions include Pirates! (Goodspeed/Paper Mill), Hairspray and Les Miserables (North Shore Music Theatre), and 2007's mini-tour of Seven Brides for Seven Brothers directed by Scott Schwartz and choreographed by Patti Colombo (TUTS / Paper Mill / North Shore / TOTS). She recently completed the casting of the upcoming National Tour of Ain't Misbehavin' starring Ruben Studdard and Frenchie Davis and the premiere National Tour of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. Independent film: Broke Even (Best Drama, 2000 NY Independent Film Festival). TV series: Al Franken's "Lateline," "Soul Man," "Talk to Me." Pilot casting: "Madigan Men" and "Freaks & Geeks" (2000 Emmy for Outstanding Casting for a Comedy Series).

• Michael Goddard

  agent - Nicolosi & Co

  Michael Goddard has been working at Nicolosi & Co for that past six years. He represents legit actors in stage, television and film. His actors have been seen on BOARDWALK EMPIRE, THE MIRACULOUS YEAR, NURSE JACKIE, 30 ROCK and all LAW & ORDERS. His clients have graced the Broadway stage as principals in A FREE MAN OF COLOR, A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC, RAGTIME, ELF, AMERICAN IDIOT, and PROMISES PROMISES. Prior to becoming an agent, Michael was an actor for 16 years.

• Paul Hardt

  Casting Director - SH Entertainment

  Current projects include: Broadway and National Tours: West Side Story, Come Fly Away, August: Osage County, The Nutty Professor (upcoming), as well as past favorites On Golden Pond, Caine Mutiny Court Martial, Moon for the Misbegotten, Sly Fox and Hot Feet! Regional projects include casting for: Goodspeed Musicals, Shakespeare Theatre of DC, Signature Theatre and Arena Stage.

• Jamie Harris

  Agent - Clear Talent Group

  

  Jamie Harris has been part of the theatre and dance community of New York for the past seventeen years. He performed in Radio City Music Hall's Christmas Spectacular for seven years, as well as in a national tour of A Chorus Line, the world premiere of The Rhythm Club, and Funny Girl: In Concert on Broadway. His choreography credits include the Asia tour of Making Tracks (Assistant Choreographer), Empty Handed (with the original cast of Avenue Q)and John Tartaglia's AD-LIBerty at Joe's Pub. After receiving his Bachelor's in Theatre Arts from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Jamie joined the New York office of Clear Talent Group in 2003 and became an agent in 2005. He is excited to be part of the CTG team and is committed to assisting his clients achieve solid, long-term performing careers.

• Camille Hickman

  Casting Director Assistant - Lincoln Center Theater

  Casting Associate at Lincoln Center Theater since June, 2005 (Daniel Swee, Casting Director). While at LCT I've worked with Daniel on: Third, Seascape, Awake and Sing, The House In Town, The Clean House,The Coast of Utopia, Dying City, Cymbeline, The New Century, Saturn Returns, Stunning, Joe Turner's Come And Gone and soon to start on Broke-ology. Daniel also casts commercial productions so with him I've worked on: Mary Stuart, Exit the King, God of Carnage: Frost/Nixon, the National Tour of Frost/Nixon, The Year of Magical Thinking and The Vertical Hour. Before working at Lincoln Center Theater I primarily worked as a Casting Associate in television: LAW & ORDER: CRIMINAL INTENT (Gayle Keller, Casting Director), the pilot for LAW & ORDER: TRIAL BY JURY (Lynne Kressel, Casting Director), New York Casting for the pilot of HBO's The Comeback, and seasons 2 through 6 of Sex & the City (Jennifer McNamara, Casting Director where we won Emmy Awards for Casting in Seasons 4 & 5).

• James Javore

  Voice Teacher - James Javore Vocal Studio

  James Javore has been teaching voice at The Boston Conservatory since Fall, 1999. He has also taught voice at Concordia (NY) College, AMDA/NYC, Riverdale Music Studios, in numerous artist-in-residence postions, and has maintained a private voice studio in New York City, his home, since 1978. Among the many of his students who are enjoying successful performing careers are American Idol 6th Place Finalist Constantine Maroulis, Grease! You're The One That I Want Finalist Alexandra Fassler, and Broadway artists Megha nn Dreyfuss (Mamma Mia) and Andrew Durand (Spring Awakening). Through Affiliate Artists of New York he held artist-in-residence positions in the Midwest and in the South. He has been a presenter of master classes at Belmont University, Valdosta State, Wayne University, College of Dubuque, Northwestern College, Dordt College, Westmar College, and Buena Vista College. He holds Bachelor's Degrees in Music Education and Vocal Performance, as well as a Master of Music in Vocal Performance all from the University of Illinois, Urbana. As a performer, this versatile artist has sung in over 60 operas with opera companies such as Chicago Lyric, Cleveland Opera, Kansas City Lyric, Connecticut Opera, and New York City Opera, where he debuted as Maximilian in Hal Prince's production of Candide. James has performed with numerous symphony orchestras from the New York Philharmonic to the Iceland Symphony and some 30 musical theatre productions including Carousel (Billy), A Little Night Music (Count Carl-Magnus), Maury Yeston's Phantom (Gerard Carriere), and Brigadoon (Tommy).Favorite regional theatres include Boston's Huntington, Long Wharf, North Shore Music Theatre, Paper Mill Playhouse, Coconut Grove Playhouse, and St. Louis Muny Opera. His versatility as a singer and actor has also taken him into plays, films, television, radio, voice overs, and commercials. He was Leader of Song/Cantor at St.Patrick's Cathedral in NYC from 1979-1992. Other career highlights include the premiere of King David for Disney at the New Amsterdam Theatre on Broadway; Off-Broadwayproducti ons of The Mother Of Us All, and Lust; the First National/International Tour of Broadway's The Secret Garden; and the European tour of Yeston's Phantom. He loves teaching voice and passing on his experience to his students in partnership with his wife, Roxann Parker.

• Geoff Josselson

  Casting Director

  Geoff Josselson is an independent casting director whose work includes casting multiple productions for the York Theatre Company (including Yank!, Enter Laughing, Blind Lemon Blues and the Musicals in Mufti Series), North Shore Music Theatre (Bye Bye Birdie, 42nd Street and High School Musical 2), Denver Center (The Last 5 Years and Girl's Only) and the Kansas City Starlight Theatre (The Music Man and Anything Goes). He is also responsible for casting the New York productions of Perfect Harmony, Remembering Mr. Maugham, The Jerusalem Syndrome, Glimpses of the Moon, The Jazz Age, Fire Throws, The Toymaker, Night Sky, Sympathy Jones, Such Good Friends, Going Down Swingin' and the National Tour of Nickelodeon's The Backyardigans Live!. Readings/workshops include The Tapioca Miracle, One Way Ticket to Hell, White's Lies, Spirits, and Tina Girlstar. In addition, Geoff has worked as an Associate with Calleri Casting on Angels: The Musical, Dragonball (Fox Feature Film), and workshops of Lucky Break and Ivory Joe Cole. and with Cindy Tolan on the upcoming film Henry's Crime starring Keanu Reeves and Vera Farmiga, the national Hunts commercial campaign starring George Durand and the upcoming Broadway musical Pure Country. Previously Geoff was an Associate at Dave Clemmons Casting, where he was responsible for casting the off-Broadway production and tour of AltarBoyz and the European tour of West Side Story, among many other projects. Geoff is also on faculty at New York University's Tisch School of Arts' CAP21 musical theatre program.

• Pete Kaiser

  - The Talent House

  Formerly at The Gage Group in both NY and LA, Peter currently runs the NY office of The Talent House. He currently handles film, television and theatre with clients working in all areas. Currently, this office has clients on Broadway (Rock Of Ages, 39 Steps, Mary Poppins, Spiderman, Mamma Mia) national tours (Shrek, Jersey Boys, Phantom, Wicked) and tons of regional theatre. In addition to contract roles on All My Children and One Life To Live, client bookings for episodics include 30 Rock, Law and Order, SVU, Lights Out, Boardwalk Empire, The Good Wife and film (You Don't Know Jack, Grown Ups, Adventureland, Law Abiding Citizen, and The Untitled Gus Van Sant Project).

• Cynthia Katz

  agent - Gotham Talent Agency

  Cynthia Katz (Gotham Talent Agency) has been an agent for close to 25 years. Just recently hired to start a new legit and commercial agency, she previously spent 14 years as first a theatrical agent and then partner at The Artists Group East. Cynthia started her career at Abrams Artists, co-founding the children's department with Claudia Black. She then moved on to heading the Teen and Young Adult Legit Division at Carson-Adler. Her client list ranges from established actors to recent graduates of top conservatory schools. She is actively looking to add to this stellar list.

• Dan Knechtges

  Choreographer

  

  Dan Knechtges is a Tony Nominated choreographer and director working in theater, opera, television, film and music videos. Dan has directed and choreographed for numerous theatres across the country on shows ranging from Gilbert and Sullivan to Rodgers and Hammerstein to Brecht. His choreography has been noted for its exceptional storytelling, deft humor and good "show biz." He has been known to turn non-dancers into dancers as well as showcasing dancers to let their unique personalities shine through. Dan also has a range of special skills he uses when directing and choreographing including roller-skating, flag-twirling, baton-twirling, fire-baton, juggling, piano playing, stilt walking and gymnastics to name a few. Dan's Broadway credits include Sondheim on Sondheim (directed by James Lapine), Xanadu (directed by Chris Ashley, Tony nomination, Drama Desk nomination), 110 in The Shade (starring Audra McDonald) and The 25th Annual Putnum County Spelling Bee (directed by James Lapine.) Dan had the blessedly rare occurrence to have all three shows running simultaneously on the Great White Way in 2007. Dan also choreographed the Off-Broadway incarnation of The 25th Annual Putnum County Spelling Bee at Second Stage, which earned him a Lucille Lortel Award nomination. Other credits include Der Schuh Das Manitu (Berlin, Germany), Vanities (SecondStage Off -Broadway), Give It Up! (Dallas Theatre Center), Girl In The Frame (Goodspeed), Boys From Syracuse (Centerstage Baltimore), Godspell (Papermill Playhouse), Oklahoma!, The Wiz, Cats, My Fair Lady, Chalk Circle, Sound of Music, Joseph (Hangar Theatre), Mame, Angel Street, Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (Surflight Theatre), Don Giovanni (Indianapolis Opera), Carousel, The Merry Widow, West Side Story (Opera Illinois). He also has had the pleasure of working on almost every Gilbert & Sullivan operetta including The Grand Duke, Iolanthe, Ruddigore, The Mikado, Patience, The Gondoliers, H.M.S. Pinafore and The Sorcerer all with the Blue Hill Troupe in NYC. Dan not only has worked in the theatre world but also has worked on several operas and concerts. His knowledge of , and ability to read music, gives him a unique advantage in choreographing to the demands of opera and the concert stage. He had the unique experience of choreographing Leonard Bernstein's MASS for the Dallas Symphony to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the assassination of JFK. He also set the piece on Ballet Met dancers in Columbus, OH for ProMusica. Dan's choreography can be seen in the Todd Solondz's movie Palindromes and in Fatboy Slim's music video "It's a Wonderful Night," which reached #1 in the U.K. He has also taught dance at numerous institutions and often does master classes all over the country. Dan holds a BFA in musical theatre from Otterbein College in Westerville, OH and hails from Cleveland, OH. He is also a member of the Lincoln Center Director's Lab. For more information visit www.danknechtges.com

• David Krasner

  - The Mine Agency

  David Krasner runs the legit division at The Mine. He has clients on Broadway (Wicked, South Pacific, In The Heights, Jersey Boys, Phantom), film (Wall Street 2, You Don't Know Jack, Adjustment Bureau) and episodics (Mercy, Nurse Jackie, White Collar, Gossip Girl, All 3 L&O's, Rescue Me, Damages, Ugly Betty).

• Jason Lane

  - KSA

  Bio to come!

• Chris Nichols

  - Kerin-Goldberg Associates

  Chris Nichols holds a BFA in Musical Theatre from the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music and has worked in the New York theatrical industry for the past several years. He currently handles all musical theatre, as well as some film and TV, projects for Kerin-Goldberg Associates and prior to joining Kerin-Goldberg he spent 3 years with Peggy Hadley Enterprises, Inc. He currently has clients in WICKED, LA CAGE, PROMISES PROMISES, BILLY ELLIOT, JERSEY BOYS, A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC, RAGTIME, LEGALLY BLONDE, PHANTOM OF THE OPERA, SOUTH PACIFIC, ROCK OF AGES, HAIR, 30 Rock, Ugly Betty, All My Children and Law & Order etc.
  Kerin-Goldberg Associates opened in 1995 when Charles Kerin and Ellie Goldberg formed a boutique-sized agency that represents Actors, Dancers, Playwrights, Directors, Choreographers, Composers and Casting Directors. In addition to Charles and Ellie, the office also has agents Ron Ross and Chris Nichols who joined the office after previous jobs at Water & Nicolosi and Peggy Hadley's. The office handles Austin Pendleton, Maureen Stapleton, Diane Ladd, Stephen McKinley Henderson and Dan Goggin as well as young actors such as Alex Brightman (currently Boq in the Broadway Company of Wicked, Donna Lynne Champlain (Sweeney Todd, Hollywood Arms) etc.

• Roxann Parker

  Voice Teacher - James Javore Vocal Studio

  Roxann Parker's career spans over 40 years. As a Magna cum laude graduate of U.S.C. in Voice Performance, her career began in classical music. However, not long after graduating, she joined a group of U.S.C. theatre graduates who established the Company Theatre, a repertory theatre that produced primarily new, avant-garde works with playwrights such as Megan Terry and with producers such as Joseph Papp. The theatre helped re-write the Equity rules for small theaters under 100 seats and was awarded the first National Endowment Grant for a theatre this size. A few years later the singer and actor merged when Roxann was given a scholarship to the Los Angeles Civic Light Opera's Musical Theatre Workshop. She was cast soon after in "The King and I" with Ricardo Montalban, which began a professional career in Musical Theatre with over 50 roles in top regional thea ters, Off-Broadway and Broadway. Broadway credits include La Goulue in Baz Luhrmann's production of "La Boheme", Fraulein Schneider in "Cabaret", Sister Margaretta in "The Sound of Music" with Richard Chamberlain. Broadway National tours include Mrs. Winthrop in "The Secret Garden", and as Hayley Mills' cover, over 70 performances of Anna in "The King and I." As a voice teacher, Roxann enjoys teaching the Musical Theatre craft and discipline of the actor-singer along with her husband James Javore.

• Josh Prince

  Choreographer

  

  Broadway: Shrek, The Musical. New York City: The Bridge Project (BAM/The Old Vic, dir. Sam Mendes); The Jerry Springer Opera (starring Harvey Keitel) at Carnegie Hall; Camelot (starring Gabriel Byrne) with the NY Philharmonic at Lincoln Center (Televised on PBS); and All Singing All Dancing (Town Hall). Josh has also had the pleasure of choreographing and/or directing Calvin Berger (MTC 7@7 Series), Dance Break 2007 (New World Stages), Emerald Man (NYMF), Barnum, Cabaret, Guys and Dolls, One Way Ticket To Hell, The Full Monty, The Big Funk, La Boheme, and Singin' In The Rain. Previous Broadway/National Tour acting credits include: The Producers, in which he starred as Carmen Ghia opposite Martin Short and Jason Alexander, Saturday Night Fever, Little Me, and Cats. In addition to numerous regional roles and concerts, Josh has soloed twice at Town Hall in their Broadway By the Year series. Earlier New York City credits include Babes In Arms, Do Re Mi, and Pajama Game for City Center Encores! and Paul Bunyan at NYC Opera. Off-Broadway he has starred in Forbidden Broadway and the play, In The Wings, as well as I Can Get It For You Wholesale (York Musicals in Mufti) and So Long 174th St. (Musicals Tonight). Film and Television credits include Law and Order: SVU, the Warner Bros. film, A Cinderella Story, starring Hillary Duff, and he recently taped an episode of MTV's reality show Taking The Stage, where he appeared as a guest choreographer.

• Noah Racey

  performer, choreographer, and director

  

  Noah Racey is a New York based performer, choreographer, and director. On Broadway Noah debuted in the revival of FOLLIES and has since appeared in the original casts of THOROUGHLY MODERN MILLIE (associate Choreographer), NEVER GONNA DANCE (starring opposite Nancy Lemenager and Karen Ziemba) and most recently CURTAINS, starring David Hyde Pierce and Debra Monk. Other New York credits include appearances at the Apollo Theatre, City Center Encore's, three performances at Carnegie Hall, and a 10 year association with the critically acclaimed BROADWAY BY THE YEAR series at Town Hall. As a choreographer Noah worked with Tommy Tune, Jerry Mitchell, David Parsons, and Rob Ashford. He choreographed the national tour of WHITE CHRISTMAS and Associate Directed SHENANDOAH, HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL and HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL 2, all directed by Jeff Calhoun. Most recently Noah choreographed ANNIE GET YOUR GUN at Goodspeed Operahouse and the world premier of TURN OF THE CENTURY at Chicago's Goodman Theatre, directed by Tommy Tune, starring Jeff Daniels and Rachel York. Noah is the Founder and Artistic Director of the New York Tap Ensemble with up coming performances in Jerusalem, Kuwait and Italy. Noah is a product of - and strong proponent for - arts funding in public schools.

• Josh Rhodes

  choreographer

  

  Josh's choreography credits include BROADWAY: THREE GENERATIONS at the Kennedy Center, WORKING at the Old Globe, SONDHEIM: THE BIRTHDAY CONCERT for Lincoln Center/PBS. BARNUM at the Asolo Rep(Sarasota Theatre Award), TINTYPES at the Maltz Jupiter, 1776 at the Papermill Playhouse, BREAKING UP IS HARD TO DO at the Ogunquit Playhouse, CHESS, THE FULL MONTY, and DREAMGIRLS at the North Carolina Theatre, BONNIE & CLYDE at NYMF, HIGH SPIRITS at the York, BEAUTIFUL GIRLS at the Manhattan School of Music, ALL SINGING ALL DANCING, LEGENDS!, and BROADWAY BY THE YEAR-1954 at Town Hall, His performance credits on Broadway include: Fosse, Bells are Ringing, Sweet Smell of Success, Urban Cowboy, Man of La Mancha, The Boy from Oz, and Chicago.

• Jen Rudin

  Casting Director

  Jen Rudin grew up in New York City and began her professional acting career at age eight. She created many new roles in new plays, starred in several television movies, and did commercials. At age twelve, she had her first epiphany at a final callback that she wanted to be a Casting Director - a perfect blend of her photographic memory and love of actors. Her casting philosophy combines the challenge of solving the casting puzzle - who is best for the role? - while creating an honest, positive and comfortable audition environment, in what is often the most stressful of situations. Jen was Director of Casting and Talent Development for Disney Theatrical Productions in New York City from 2007-2009. From 2002-2007, Jennifer served as head of casting for Walt Disney Animation Studios in Burbank, California and she won the 2006 Artios Award for casting Chicken Little. Additional animated films include Meet the Robinsons (2007 Artios Nomination), The Wild (2006 Artios nomination), Academy Award Winning film The Incredibles and Academy Award nominated Brother Bear. Current films include The Princess and the Frog starring Anika Noni Rose. In Los Angeles, Jennifer cast the Los Angeles premiere of Jason Robert Brown's musical "13", winner of the 2008 LA Drama Critics Circle Award. Jen has taught Master Classes at NYU, Boston Conservatory, Northwestern University, Emerson College, Webster University, Baylor University, Cincinnati Conservatory of Music, University of Colorado at Boulder, University of Wisconsin at Stevens Point and University of the Arts. She lectures and teaches numerous workshops around New York City. Prior to joining Disney in 2002, Jennifer was a freelance casting director for film and theater in New York City. Her independent films have premiered at such prestigious film festivals as the Tribeca Film Festival, the Los Angeles Film Festival, the Hamptons Film Festival and the Hollywood Film Festival, among others. Jennifer served as resident Casting Director from 2001-2002 for the esteemed Ensemble Studio Theater in New York City. Her other theater credits include the national tour of "The Syringa Tree" directed by Larry Moss; "Theater District" (Steppenwolf Theater); HB Playwrights Foundation, the Young Playwrights Festival, and New York Stage & Film. She has also cast hundreds of national television commercials; including the famous "Can you hear me now?" campaign for Verizon. Upcoming films include include Tim Burton's Frankenweenie, Peter Bogdanovich's Squirrels to the Nuts and Greener Pastures: A Roberto Clemente Story. Jen is a proud graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Madison with a degree in History and Women's Studies, and a past Board Member for the Casting Society of America. In her spare time, she is an avid cyclist and Board Member for the Arava Institute for Environmental Studies in Israel. She is a frequent contributing writer to The Jewish Week.

• Cindi Rush

  Casting Director - Cindi Rush Casting

  Cindi Rush Casting (Casting) New York: Rooms, Peaceman, Jacques Brel, Six Dance Lessons In Six Weeks, The Thing About Men, Showtune, I Sing, Urinetown, Say Goodnight Gracie. Regional: Triad Stage; Act II Playhouse; Arena Stage; Goodman; Cape Cod Theatre Project; NOHO Arts Center; Actors Theatre of Louisville Humanafest. Film: Offspring, Made For Each Other, Home Movie, Jack Ketchum's: The Girl Next Door, Headspace, Funny Valentine, Master Class. Other: Hats (Denver, New Orleans, Chicago). Tours: "The Case of Curious George" "Kidz Bop", Casting Society of America Member, Consultant for National Alliance For Musical Theatre, Consultant for NYU Graduate Program for Musical Theatre Writing.

• Duncan Stewart

  Casting Director

  

  Duncan Stewart is the Executive Director of Southgate Productions - a company that primarily focuses on Casting and Talent Consultation for Theater/TV. Theater: Duncan is Director of Casting for the National Artists Management Company (NAMCO) where he is responsible for casting the Broadway, London and International touring companies of Chicago The Musical and all other projects for producers Barry and Fran Weissler (whose past Broadway projects include Sweet Charity, Wonderful Town, Seussical, Annie Get Your Gun). Duncan's current projects include: the upcoming Broadway productions of La Cage Aux Folles (produced by Sonia Friedman and David Babani for The Chocolate Factory in London); Clueless The Musical (Stephen Trask, Tina Landau, John Dempsey); Neil LaBute's West End premiere of the hit play Fat Pig (NAMCO/ATG Co-Production) which will transfer to Broadway in 2010; and Douglas Carter Beane's The Band Wagon (Kathleen Marshall, Director). Television: Duncan provides talent consultation for numerous television projects now under development by/for Cineflix International. Based in the UK & Canada, Cineflix is an international group of companies that produces, acquires and distributes original non-fiction, multi-genre television programming. In the past, Duncan worked with Alaine Alaine Alldaffer at Playwrights Horizons in casting numerous productions for the following theater companies: Playwrights Horizons, Huntington Theater Company, Soho Rep, Long Wharf Theater, Coconut Grove Playhouse as well as The Knight's of Prosperity (pilot) for ABC featuring Mick Jagger. For more information, check out his website at: sgateproductions.com

• Merri Sugarman

  Casting Director - Tara Rubin Casting

  Merri Sugarman's experience extends far beyond what is in this BIO - but hopefully this will give you an idea of her talents and responsibilities. Merri Sugarman is currently a Casting Director with Tara Rubin Casting, NY Office responsible for -- to name just a few -- the casting of the Broadway, Touring, Las Vegas, Chicago (and sometimes Canadian, British and Australian) companies of: The 25th Anniversary LES MISERABLES, PHANTOM OF THE OPERA, MAMMA MIA, PROMISES PROMISES, HOW TO SUCCEED..., SPAMALOT, JERSEY BOYS, MARY POPPINS, BILLY ELLIOT, A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC, SHREK, THE LITTLE MERMAID, YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN, THE FARNSWORTH INVENTION, ROCK AND ROLL, THE COUNTRY GIRL, FIRST WIVES CLUB, ROBIN & THE 7 HOODS, GUYS AND DOLLS, HAPPINESS, Yale Rep, THE OLD GLOBE, San Diego; Casting Director for the World Premier "Four Violins": Cherry Lane Theatre, NYC. Dreamworks Studios, L.A.: Director of Casting 'Undeclared' (Pilot & Series - FOX), 'The Job' (Pilot & Series - ABC), 'North Hollywood' (Pilot & Series - ABC), 'Spin City' (Series - ABC). ABC Television, L.A.: Director of Casting - Dramas and Movies - Selected projects: - Series: 'Alias' (Touchstone), 'NYPD Blue' (Bochco), 'The Practice' (20th), 'Thieves' (Warner Bros.), 'Once & Again' (Touchstone); Movies: 'Gilda Radner - It's Always Something' (Jaffe/Braunstein), 'Dreamkeepers' (Hallmark), 'Music Man' (Zadan & Meron), 'Eloise' (DiNovi Pictures & Handmade Films)

• Nikole Vallins

  associate casting director - Binder Casting

  Nikole Vallins is an associate at Binder Casting. Nikole has worked in casting for the past six years. As a member of Binder Casting, she has worked on the Broadway/National Tours: Finian's Rainbow, Irving Berlin's White Christmas, A Chorus Line, Gypsy, The Thirty Nine Steps, Grease, Lion King, Dreamgirls, Is He Dead?, Inherit The Wind, Journey's End, Virginia Woolf, Times They Are A Changin', Sweet Charity, Movin' Out, Beauty & the Beast, past and current seasons of Encores! She also worked on the dance casting for the feature films of Hairspray and Nine.

• Michele Weiss

  Casting Associate - Cindi Rush Casting

  Michele comes to us with a huge casting background in both theater as well as film. With Cindi's office she is currently casting the Off-Broadway production of Rooms in addition to development on a feature film and a non-equity tour. Past projects as point person include Jose Limon: The Making of an Artist for Making Books Sing, The Drama League's Sprinkler, Fit For Feet and One for the Road as well as Home Front for La MaMa. In addition she has worked as an associate on Jack Ketchum's last horror film, Offspring. Other films include Master Class, Jack Ketchum's: The Girl Next Door, Made for Each Other and Home Movie. New York theatre includes Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris at the Zipper and Peace Man performed at the Jewish Heritage Museum. In addition to many regional theater productions for Triad Stage, Northern Stage Company, Actors Theatre of Louisville, NoHo Arts Center, and consulting work for NYU's Graduate in Musical Theatre Writing Program, Nation Alliance of Musical Theatre and the Cape Cod Theatre Project.

• Eric Woodall

  Casting Director - Tara Rubin Casting

  

  Broadway/tours: A Little Night Music, Billy Elliot, Shrek, Guys and Dolls, The Country Girl, Rock N'Roll (US casting), The Farnsworth Invention,Young Frankenstein, Little Mermaid, Mary Poppins, My Fair Lady, Pirate Queen, Les Miserables, History Boys (US Casting), Spamalot, Jersey Boys, 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Producers, Mamma Mia!, The Phantom of the Opera, Good Vibrations, Bombay Dreams, Oklahoma!, Happiness, Flower Drum Song, Imaginary Friends, Metamorphoses, Frogs, Contact, Thou Shalt Not, Man of No Importance. Yale Rep.