On-Camera COMEDY INTENSIVE with Erica Palgon, CD, Erica Palgon Casting & Beyond

Tuesday, September 12, 2017, 7pm ET / 4pm PT

Here's your opportunity to work on your comedic skills with this top NY Casting Director who casts for all types of film, tv, webseries, commercials, and theater (Union and Non-Union).

Get your comedy chops on! Raise your comedic acting to a competitive, more confident level with this comedy class. Having trouble deciphering comedic material? Are you asking yourself ‘How do I make this funny?' Do you have stand up, improv training/experience but are having difficulty applying it to scripted material? Comedic content can be dry, dark, witty, subtle, broad, campy… the list goes on and on! Learn specific tools and skills in this workshop that will focus on accentuating and tailoring your brand of humor and comedic style to your acting:

• A focus on honing in on and trusting YOUR creative ideas and details. • Owning, facing and using your fears and nerves in a smart, clever and effective way. • Making the best use of non-verbal improv. • Understanding and making use of breakdowns to help not only with character preparation but also pinpointing key elements in the breakdown to clarify the comedic style and tone that makes sense for the project. • Get a comprehensive understanding and clarification for expectations of directors and producers as it relates to comedic acting, as well as overall professionalism.

For this intensive, Erica will select comedic sides based on your HS/resume submission which you will receive and prepare 1-2 days in advance.

Space is limited.

CREDITS: Erica Palgon of Erica Palgon Casting & Beyond is a Casting Director for all types of films, commercials, voice-over, TV, webseries, theater, and reality casting.

Commercial Comedy Credits: Erica has cast many hilarious cross-promos for Comedy Central including Bud Light, 3 Musketeers, Twix, Subway, Cigna, Experian, Comedy Central App, Burger King, Axe, Geico, Kia, Experian, Budweiser, Lowes, Papa John's, Dave & Busters, Cadillac, Pop Tarts, Butterfingers, and promos for the Amy Schumer show, The Daily Show with Trevor Noah, The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore, South Park, Tosh.0, Comedy Central Festival Colossal Clusterfest, Comedy Central app, promo for comedian Eugene Mirman's 1 hr comedy special, and Workaholics/Stride Gum.

Other commercial comedy credits include: T-Mobile (w/ Catherine Zeta-Jones), Sobe ad for 2009 Superbowl, All Bran (with John McEnroe), Swiffer, Lowe's, Lendingtree, Citibank, Booking.com, a big campaign for Greenpeace where talent was asked to tell their worst jokes (included Michael Showalter and Lewis Black), on-camera promos for 30 Rock, A&E/Lifetime/History Channel, TNT, TBS/Domino's, TLC Say Yes to The Dress, Discovery Channel/SCJohnson, and ESPY Awards promo with John Cena.

Film/TV/Webseries: COMEDY CREDITS: Great World of Sound (casting director, Sundance 2007), Just Like the Son (casting director, Tribeca Festival 2006). She produced and cast several films, including the dark comedies Amateurs (casting director/assoc. producer, starring Audrey Esparza), and Doomsdays (casting director/assoc. producer, starring Justin Rice & Leo Fitzpatrick, Berlin Independent Film Festival 2014, SF Indie Film Fest, Woodstock Film Festival 2013, special MoMA screening), Hannah Has A Ho Phase (casting director/assoc. producer, featuring Kate McKinnon) C Street (with Dylan Walsh, Don Stark, Michael Gross, Jessica Blank and Grainger Hines), Dumping Lisa (casting director/assoc. producer), Murt Ramirez Wants to Kick My Ass (casting director, starring John D'Leo). Hilarious films Murphy Crib, (casting director, featuring an ensemble of creative female comedy talent, New Filmmakers Festival NYC 2016). Short film Visit 57 (casting director, directed by Kate Phelan, Hamptons International Film Festival 2016, 3 awards at Best Shorts Competition 2016 for acting, short and women filmmakers, Women's Indie Film Festival Santa Monica 2016), and a modern day commedia dell ‘arte play Delirium's Daughters, directed by Kathleen Butler

Erica served as casting consultant for 2014 Shorty Awards, an award show for best social media content, attaching Natasha Leggero as host and presenters Matt Walsh, H. Jon Benjamin and Gilbert Gottfried. Erica also completed casting on a comedy series for TruTV's Late Night Snack, titled "Blank Meets Blank," a home renovation team for a new series for A&E and FYI and an animated webseries Global Problem Solvers.

Over her 20 year career Erica has become an exceptional casting director having worked and learned from commercial and film directors John Cameron Mitchell, Tom DiCillo, Jesse Peretz, Russell Bates, Doug Nichol, Mike Bigelow, Baker Smith, Mikon Van Gastel, Matt Aselton, Phil Morrison, Jeff Preiss, David Gordon Green, Pam Thomas, Kinka Usher, Frank Samuel, Dewey Nicks, Mark Pellington, Mark Tiedemann, Fredrik Bond, Stacy Wall, Morgan J Freeman allowing her to develop her own natural techniques in directing, inventive casting ideas and teaching methods.

Erica has a passion for comedy and storytelling that she loves to explore. She graduated from Level 1 and 2 improv at The PIT, participated in the show MORTIFIED and recently performed an inspiring story at The MAGNET as part of a storytelling class she took. Erica is always excited to share her funny and inspiring tweets with her followers on Twitter! She was recently named one of the Top 25 NY Casting Directors to follow on Twitter. www.ericapalgon.com

Erica Palgon

Erica Palgon of Erica Palgon Casting & Beyond is a Casting Director for all types of films, commercials, voice-over, TV, webseries, and theater casting. She has been casting for 25 years and loves the opportunity to collaborate with so many diverse creative people.

Erica’s commercial credits include: Comedy Central many promos including: Amy Schumer show, Broad City, Tosh.0, South Park, Secret Lives of Pets 2, Burger King, Twix, McDonalds, Subway, Twizzlers, Geico, Uber, Dave & Busters.. She has cast for countless top brands in her 25 years in the business. Recent commercials: Intel, Milkbone, Nature Made, T-Mobile, Google, Disney, Boars, Head, Target.. Erica expanded her love of collaborating, working freelance for several NYC casting companies. Grey Advertising casting for their top clients: Longhorn, Pantene, Gillette, Pringles, Febreze, Olive Garden, Trulicity, Invesco, Hasbro. She also freelances for Telsey & Co commercial department: cast for Discover, Dollar Shave Club, Uber GE…) and Kipperman Casting - commercials: Dunkin’, Macy’s, Applebees, Hyundai, Revlon, Fanduel, Firehouse Subs)