SHIRLEY FAISON, Agent, Carson Adler Agency
Q&A/Monologues/Songs ONE on ONE
Friday, April 13, 2018, 6:30pm ET / 3:30pm PT
This event is in the past.
Shirley is the head of the adult division of this fine NY office. She has a great need right now for actors and singers in their late 20's to early 30's of All Ethnicities.
Shirley has clients on Broadway, Off Broadway and Regional Theatre (Beautiful, School of Rock, Kinky Boots, On Your Feet, Lion King etc...), TV (Orange is the New Black, L&O: SVU, One Bad Choice, The Slap, The Knick, Happyish, The Americans, Mindhunter, Roxanne Roxanne, Unforgettable, The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt), and films (Show me a Hero, SEEDS, Meadowlands, Indignation, Money Monster, Violet). Shirley has called in, met with, and signed several AC actors!
After a Q&A she'll see Monologues/Songs ONE on ONE
Shirley Faison
A former actress, director, producer, and artistic director for a theatre company, Faison is a discerning talent scout with proven savvy discovering and nurturing new talent and launching and guiding their early careers. Her broad-based experience in entertainment informs the talent development, career consultation, and personal attention that is her hallmark and supports a talent roster that books.
Known as an agent who listens to what producers and casting directors are looking for and a talent developer who keenly interprets the needs. Faison has earned the respect of leading casting professionals in theatre, film, and television.
Equally respected by her clients, Faison is proud of her track record building a career ladder for the actor from their first job. She specializes in talent of all ages and engages them as partners in the enterprise. “I look at their strongest asset and market that,” she stresses. “I ask them how they want their career to develop and make a plan to get them jobs. I narrow the playing field by getting them in where they ‘fit.’ So even where there may be a lot of great actors who have more credits, I look for the strategy most likely to secure the job for my client. Then, I work with them to eliminate the blocks that can stall their progress from one stage to the next.”
Actors represented by Shirley Faison have booked lead and supporting roles in feature films and parts in television pilots, episodic, and series. Her clients have also booked countless lead and supporting roles on Broadway, Off-Broadway, national tours, and regional theater companies across the U.S.
Faison is proud to have developed and launched the careers of successful actors, including Eden Duncan-Smith, Constance Wu, Donald Faison, Ryan Toby, Horace V. Rogers, Reza Salazar, Laz Alonso, Annabelle Attanasio, Dorian Missick, and Jeannette Bayardelle.
Shirley Faison is a Rutgers University Douglass College graduate and is the author of 7 Rules To Thrive As A Performer: A Workbook Experience. She is a proud mother of three sons and a grandmother of eleven.
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.
