Online SEMINAR with CAROL HANZEL, Casting Director, Carol Hanzel Casting

Q&A/Contemporary Monologues/Commercial Copy ONE on ONE

Wednesday, January 12, 2022, 6:30pm ET / 3:30pm PT

Carol casts for theater, TV, film, commercials and industrials, and has cast over 3000 commercials both on-camera and V/O and is always busy with both SAG, AEA and non-union projects. 

Recent projects include Shadowlands for an Off-Broadway run in the fall as well as continuous casting for the hit Off-Broadway musical Desperate Measures. Her recent theater projects include: Marry Harry (York Theatre), Cagney (Westside Theatre), Skeleton Crew (Premiere Stages), PBS children's animated series Pinkalicious and Peteriffic. Recent commercial projects include Beneful and Lays potato chips.

Past Broadway and national tour credits include: Swing!, Sally Marr and her Escorts, The Screwtape Letters, The Great Divorce, Girl's Night, and Defending the Caveman. Other past theatre projects include: Martin Luther on Trial, Senior Moment, Las Cruces, Water by the Spoonful, The People Before the Park, By the Water, Divorce Party, Cougar-the Musical, Hellman v. McCarthy, Signs of Life, My Vaudeville Man!, Wanda's World, Tarzan, Legally Blonde, Backwards in High Heels, Dr. Sex, Theda Bara and the Frontier Rabbi, Dorian Gray, Trophies, Lost Boy Found in Whole Foods, The Good Counselor, Duck Crossing, Madison, Lizzie Borden, Rabbit Hole, Dracula, Regrets Only, Hats!, The Shape of Things, Flight of the Lawnchair Man, The Tin Pan Alley Rag, and I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change. Her television casting includes Peg + Cat, The Wonder Pets, Hi-5. Past film credits include the feature film A Very Serious Person directed by Charles Busch and The Guru (dance sequences). Carol has been casting for 33 years. 

She's interested in meeting actors of all types-all ethnicities (18+) and has called in and booked many AC actors from past seminars.

After a Q&A she'll see Monologues ONE on ONE or Commercial Copy ONE on ONE

What to Prepare:

For this seminar, please prepare commercial copy OR a monologue of your choice that you feel best showcases your strengths as an actor.

Please follow the procedures listed below:

• Please update your headshot and fill out the MY INFO section of your AC account upon registration.

• Arrive at least 10 MINUTES before your event is slated to start. Your host will give important information about the event at this time.

• Instructions and the ZOOM link for access to this online event will be emailed to you in advance. If you have not received the link by 12pm (EST) the day-of the event, please reach out to registration@actorsconnection.com at least one hour PRIOR to the start of class.

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**No recording of any kind is permitted by participants during class.**

**Please keep in mind that all programs at Actors Connection are for educational and professional development purposes. Participating in any class or event is not a promise of employment.**

Carol Hanzel

Carol’s professional background as a musical theatre performer includes the original Broadway productions of Sherry, Cabaret and Promises, Promises as well as the Lincoln Center revivals of West Side Story and Show Boat..  Her performing career also included numerous commercials, television, regional theater and voice overs. She has danced with such renowned artists as Gene Kelly, Chita Rivera, Joel Grey and Donna McKecknie, and played opposite Ann Miller in Mame. Fun facts:  She was on a bowling team with Sammy Davis, Jr., appeared on the same stage as Mr. Jiggs, the roller-skating chimpanzee on the Ed Sullivan Show and danced alongside Morgan Freeman at the World's Fair.

Following a successful career on the stage, Carol spent 5 years as a talent agent, representing new and established clients culminating in working for Writers and Artists Agency. Carol entered casting in 1984 when she was asked to join the prestigious advertising agency, Ogilvy and Mather, as an on-staff casting director where she worked until 1988, when she opened her own company. She continued her commercial casting and expanded her office to include casting for theatre, her first love, as well as television and film.

Wearing a number of different hats in diverse areas of the “business” has enabled Carol to possess a distinctive overview of the casting process, and a comprehensive knowledge of the many components that make for a successful finished product. Add to that Carol's passion for her work, love of collaboration and respect for the creative process and it adds up to make CHC a unique asset, guaranteed to make every project, no matter the size or the ambition, reach its ultimate goal.