RITA POWERS, Casting Director, Rita Powers Casting Group
Q&A/Sides with a Reader ONE on ONE
Thursday, December 3, 2015, 6:30pm ET / 3:30pm PT
This event is in the past.
A former agent with A+ Agency, Rita has been in casting since 2003. In the past 8 years, Rita has cast for television shows, commercials, feature and independent films, including the critically acclaimed HALF NELSON and 2011 MUSICAL CHAIRS with Academy Award winning director Susan Seidelman. Rita also casts internationally as well working with prominent Bollywood producers Karan Johar and Adiyta Chopra. Two of her films that she recently cast - the indie feature THE PLACE BEYOND THE PINES (background) and the Bollywood film ENGLISH VINGLISH (Principals and background) received critical acclaim at the Toronto Film Festival.
Currently, she is casting principals for TWO indie feature films, background and featured roles for the features THE PASTOR and THE EROTIC FIRE OF THE UNOBTAINABLE, principals for an industrial for CAMBRIDGE, several commercials and voice-overs.
Recent projects include: the feature film SEVEN INDIANS, all roles for the international indie film SCANDALOUS, dayplayers and background for the Bollywood film FATEH SINGH as well as various SAG medical industrials. She just finished casting dayplayers and background for a HUGE feature film DHOOM3, a Jamie Fox feature and commercials for E*TRADE, LIQUID PLUMBER, and MEDIASET.
Rita just cast one of our AC actors in a SAG spot that paid over $50k so far! She's interested in meeting actors of ALL TYPES-ALL AGES (18+).
After a Q&A she'll see Sides with a Reader ONE on ONE
***The Sides for this seminar are available through your Actors Connection account. A link to the Sides will appear upon registration.
The following disclaimer is provided specifically at the request of and in accordance with SAG/AFTRA: Seminars or classes are for educational purposes only and will not secure or provide opportunity for employment in the field or representation by an agent or casting director.
