New! THEATER INTENSIVE WORKSHOP with Paul Davis CSA, Casting Director, Calleri Casting

Thursday, May 8, 2014, 6:30pm ET / 3:30pm PT

REGISTER NOW for this ONE NIGHT ONLY theater intensive with one of the casting directors from this top NY casting office that has been awarded 12 Artios Awards for Outstanding Achievement in Casting.

Their current and upcoming Broadway credits include Of Mice and Men with James Franco, Hedwig & The Angry Inch starring Neil Patrick Harris and The Elephant Man starring Bradley Cooper. For over 10 years they've cast for the Classic Stage Company and are the proud Resident Casting Directors for CSC, Williamstown Theater Festival, Rattlestick Playwrights Theater, Long Wharf , The Flea, Keen Company, and Playwrights Realm. They also cast for Berkeley Rep, South Coast Rep, Woolly Mammoth, New Georges, stageFARM, Epic Theater Ensemble and many seasons of SPF (Summer Play Festival) and NY Stage & Film.

For this workshop, Paul will have received your headshot, profile and resume ahead of time and "cast" each actor in a theater scene, which you will be emailed in advance as well as a full script of the production and breakdown. You'll start off the night with a Q&A, and then he will begin working with you with a reader in a group format. Paul gives in-depth feedback as well as extensive knowledge of role work.

Paul is interested in seeing committed actors looking for honest and constructive feedback.

With James Calleri and Erica Jensen, Paul casts for a variety of theater, TV and film projects. Recent projects include: i-origins (director Mike Cahill, Sundance 2014), the indie film "Saint Janet" by Kyle Jarrow (director Habib Azar), Rattlestick's productions of "One Night" and "How to Make Friends and Then Kill Them" and "The Underpants" for The Longwharf. Film: Another Earth (Sundance 2011), That's What She Said (director Carrie Preston /Sundance 2012), Kyle Jarrow's Armless (Sundance 2010) directed by Habib Azar as well as Ready? OK! for Daisy 3 Pictures.



Past Broadway credits include: Venus in Fur with Tony-winner Nina Arianda and Hugh Dancy and 33 Variations with Jane Fonda. Paul holds a BA in Drama from UC Irvine where James Calleri was his first acting teacher. Paul started in casting as the Assistant on the Broadway revival of "Annie Get Your Gun." He subsequently worked with Mark Simon Casting as well as USA Films and Focus Features. On his own, Paul cast "The Crumple Zone" for Jason Moore, the Obie-winning "A Very Merry Unauthorized Children's Scientology Pageant" for Alex Timbers and Kyle Jarrow as well as "God's Ear" for New Georges and The Vineyard (director Anne Kauffman). Prior to joining Calleri Casting full time, Paul also cast commercials and short films with Stacy Gallo. Please upload your headshot and create a resume in your online account upon registration.