THEATER INTENSIVE WORKSHOP with Paul Davis CSA, Casting Director, Calleri Casting
Tuesday, January 20, 2015, 6:30pm ET / 3:30pm PT
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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 Broadway credits include Hedwig & The Angry Inch and The Elephant Man starring Bradley Cooper. They also cast the recent Broadway revival of Of Mice and Men starring James Franco. 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-just picked up by FOX Searchlight), 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.
PLEASE NOTE: Once scenes have been distributed, if you LATE CANCEL you WILL NOT BE REPLACED.
Paul Davis
Paul casts for film, theater and television with his partners James Calleri and Erica Jensen.
Broadway: Hedwig & The Angry Inch (and National Tour), The Elephant Man (also West End), Living on Love, The Visit, Venus in Fur. Off Broadway & Regional Theater: Actors Theatre of Louisville, Berkeley Rep, Long Wharf Theatre, The Flea, McCarter, The Playwrights Realm, Rattlestick Playwrights Theater (recently Pride Plays for Producers Michael Urie and Doug Nevin), Two River Theater. TV: Dickinson (Apple), The Path (Hulu) Film: I Origins, Another Earth, That's What She Said, Saint Janet, Emoticon.
Recent and current projects below.
NY Casting for ABC's QUEENS. Season 3 of Dickinson for Apple+, Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival's upcoming 2022 season. Bard at the Gate for Paula Vogel and McCarter Theater. The Audio Drama Isolated Incidents. Emmet Otter's Jug Band Christmas for the New Victory Theater in NYC. NY Casting for South Pacific at TUTS. Bhangin' It: A Bhangin' New Musical for La Jolla Playhouse
Meets
Tuesday, January 20, 2015 | 6:30 pm |
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