Musical Theater Audition Master Class with Laura Stanczyk CSA, Casting Director, Laura Stanczyk Casting

Monday, December 15, 2014, 7pm ET / 4pm PT

One of the busiest Broadway casting directors in NY, Actors Connection is thrilled to have Laura in teaching this ONE NIGHT ONLY Musical Theater Audition Master Class.

For this Master Class, please prepare 1 full song and bring your book as Laura may want to hear something additional. The evening will start off with a Q & A, and then each actor will perform for Laura using your prepared material in a group format. She will coach, give direction and offer possible recommendations of material to "check out" if what you are currently using doesn't "work".

Laura has cast the Broadway, Off-Broadway & National Tours of: SIDESHOW, BULL DURHAM, AFTER MIDNIGHT, A NIGHT WITH JANIS JOPLIN, FOLLIES, LOMBARDI, RAGTIME, IMPRESSIONISM, SEAFARER, RADIO GOLF, CORAM BOY, TRANSLATIONS, DAMN YANKEES, DIRTY DANCING, THE GLORIOUS ONES, CRIPPLE OF INISHMAAN, TRYST, FLIGHT, URINETOWN, WONDERFUL TOWN, WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF. Other theatre includes: COTTON CLUB PARADE (Encores! with Jazz at Lincoln Center), HARPS AND ANGELS (Taper,) ME MYSELF & I, FETCH CLAY MAKE MAN (premiers McCarter Theatre Center), GRUESOME PLAYGROUND INJURIES (World Premier, Alley Theatre), MASTER CLASS, THE LISBON TRAVIATA , RAGTIME & BROADWAY THREE GENERATIONS (Kennedy Center), GOLDEN AGE (Philadelphia Theatre Company), DON'T DRESS FOR DINNER (Royal George, Chicago), THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION (Gaiety Theatre, Dublin / West End), GATE/BECKETT (Lincoln Center Festival), LONG DAY'S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT (Druid Theatre Company, Dublin Theatre Festival), THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING ERNEST (Rough Magic, Dublin). She regularly casts for The Alley Theatre, The Shakespeare Theatre of Washington, DC, The McCarter Theatre Center, The Wilma Theatre and has consulted for The Lyric Theatre, Belfast, Rough Magic Theatre Company (Dublin), The Gate Theatre (Dublin), The Druid Theatre (Galway), The Chicago Shakespeare Theatre, The Westport Country Playhouse, The Pittsburgh Public Theatre & American Conservatory Theatre. Upcoming projects include: GHOST BROTHERS OF DARKLAND COUNTRY at the Alliance, FIRST YOU DREAM and THE GUARDSMAN at The Kennedy Center, LITTLE ROCK on Broadway and the Broadway Company of DIRTY DANCING. She was an associate casting director at Binder Casting for nine years and was a member of the Senior Artistic Staff at McCarter Theatre Center for five years. She has been nominated for six Artios Award for Excellence in Casting, and won for the 2011 revival of FOLLIES.

PLEASE NOTE: This class is limited to 14 ADVANCED Musical Theater actors.

Laura Stanczyk