In Person: NETFLIX TV Casting Director Event - Showcase to FIVE top TV Casting Professionals - AM Panel

Saturday, January 14, 2023, 11am ET / 8am PT

Don't miss our first LIVE SHOWCASE for 2023!

When it comes to streaming media, Netflix is the indisputable king.

With more original content than Amazon Prime Video, Hulu, and Disney Plus, Netflix series provide talent with incredible opportunities to grow both as actors and to build their credits.

We're excited to have FIVE top Casting pro's who have cast for a wide variety of NETFLIX TV series and features.

This panel includes:

- Eve Battaglia, Eve Battaglia Casting

- Erika DeMeza, Atomic Honey Casting - NEW TO OFFICE!

- Briana Dunlay, Gayle Keller Casting

- Leah Shapiro, Freelance Film/TV Casting Associate (offices include Shayna Markowitz Casting, Ellen Lewis Casting, Laura Rosenthal Casting, and Estrin/Bergstein Casting) - FIRST TIME GUEST!

- Adrienne Stern, Adrienne Stern Casting

*Please note that Guests are subject to change.

This will be an IN PERSON showcase at:

Open Jar Studios:
1601 Broadway 11th floor
New York, NY 10019
(between 48th and Broadway)

***No make-ups are allowed for this event.
 

EVENT OVERVIEW:

This LIVE event will be BY APPOINTMENT where you will be showcasing to our panel one at time.

You'll work with a reader and get immediate feedback on your performance so you can continue to make smarter and more powerful choices in this ever-changing career.

You'll also receive written feedback that you will get after the event to provide even more clarity on your work.

You’ll be given your appointment times in advance in EST.

Please show up at least 10-15 minutes before your scheduled time, and please be aware that timing issues can occur but your host will keep you updated while you are waiting.

We kindly ask that you do not request to alter your appointment time.

***Actors Connection provides readers for all events

PLEASE NOTE: if you wish to have a recording of your performance, please bring in your own camera phone and we will attach it to our ring light. - This way you can have your performance clip immediately! 
 

WHAT TO PREPARE:

For this event, please bring in your own scene of choice (no more than 2 minutes in length) that you feel best showcases your strengths as an actor. If you do not have your own scene, you can select a scene from the General Sides database (link located in your Actors Connection account upon registration). IN ADDITION: Please bring TWO HARD COPIES of your scene - one highlighted FOR THE READER

Please email jess@actorsconnection.com your scene choice AS AN ATTACHMENT (file should be labeled YourName_CHARACTER) by 5pm (EST) the THURSDAY (1/12) before the event.

Please follow the procedures listed below:

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

• The room will be open 30 minutes before the event is scheduled to start. Please arrive at least 10 MINUTES before your event begins as your host will give important information about the event at this time.

Additional Information:

Our online office hours are 9am-6pm Monday-Friday

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

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**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.**

Eve Battaglia

One of NY's top indie film casting directors, EVE BATTAGLIA is best known for casting the Oscar-nominated TRANSAMERICA and was the US Casting Director for the hit Netflix series LILYHAMMER which starred Steve Van Zandt (Sopranos, E Street Band). Currently, Eve is working on TWO indie features. One of her recent indie features SWAN SONG starring Udo Kier, Jennifer Coolidge and Michael Urie and directed by Todd Stephens is 92% certified fresh on Rotten Tomatoes and up for a variety of awards. Eve is nominated for an Artios Award for SWAN SONG and it's also up for two Indie Indie Spirit awards.
 

She's also known for bringing in tons of AC actors for her many projects! Eve's recent projects include: PROFESSOR MARSTON AND THE WONDER WOMEN which premiered at the Toronto Film fesitval 2017, THE TRANSFIGURATION which premiered at Cannes in the prestigious Un Certain Regard section and is nominated for an Indie Spirit award.

Past projects include: the indie feature MATCH starring Patrick Stewart, Matthew Lillard and Carla Gugino, the feature film LULLABY starring Richard Jenkins, Jennifer Hudson and Amy Adams, BLUE CAPRICE starring Isaiah Washington premiered at Sundance 2013, was opening night for New Directors/New films at MOMA and was nominated for an Indie Spirit award and two Gotham Awards.

Follow this link for all of Eve's credits

Testimonials

Organized, Helpful and encouraging.

Elliot Stevens

She is very honest and delivers all her criticisms constructively and kindly.

Shannon Morrall

Professional, fun and insightful.

Anthony Walters

She was great!

Ingrid Kullberg-Bendz

Adrienne Stern

With top agency and management relationships, Adrienne Stern is known for working closely with Directors and Producers to secure the types of casts that open doors to major film festivals and distribution packages. She is very DIRECT with her feedback in the room. Her films have premiered at Sundance, Toronto, Cannes, Tribeca, Berlin, South by Southwest, Seattle and many other prominent film festivals, many taking home prestigious awards.

Adrienne is actively auditioning and meeting talent for several 2019 projects. She just wrapped feature films Bars and Martin Eden, in addition to St. Clement's production of The Bigot now running Off-Broadway. She is currently casting five features, plus a new series entitled Coyote Runway (based on the film Stealing Chanel).

Recent projects include: Joseph Pulitzer: Voice of the People (PBS) starring Adam Driver, Liev Schreiber, Rachel Brosnahan, Hugh Dancy, Lauren Ambrose, Sebastian Stan, Tim Blake Nelson and Billy Magnussen, 16 Bars starring Jamie Hector, Vyse, Bre-Z, Stormi Maya, Bad Art starring Tania Raymonde, Sarah Wynter, Mark L. Young, Josh Stamberg, Geza Rohrig, and Vincent Pastore, About a Teacher starring Dov Tiefenbach and Tibor Feldman, Magic Hour starring Miriam Shor Austin Pendelton and Josh Stamberg, Aleppo starring Laëtitia Eïdo and Walles Hamonde, Ex-Disposer starring Jack DiFalco, Safe Inside starring Tom Ainsley, Andrea Tivadar and Steven Brand, Porno starring Robbie Tann, Katelyn Pierce, and Jillian Mueller, Silent Night: The Mormon Tabernacle Choir Christmas 2018 Music Video starring Kevin Sorbo. For The Church of Latter-Day Saints.

Past Projects include: Lifetime TV movie Amish Witches: The True Story of Holmes County (Lifetime), Dementia 13 (NBC Chiller Films), Village of the Damned (Investigation Discovery) and I Witness (ABC). Other films include Why Not Choose Love: A Mary Pickford Manifesto starring Sophie Kennedy Clark, Luke Arnold, Balthazar Getty and Cary Elwes, The Swerve Starring Azura Skye, Ashley Bell and Bryce Pinkham, Soul Sessions starring Brooke Langton and Adam Senn, Bully starring Danny Trejo, Ron Canada, Vincent Pastore and Tucker Albrizzi, 1 Angry Black Man, Rosie Rose, Public Speaking, and Thump.

Television credits include: the New York casting for That 70’s Show (responsible for casting Ashton Kutcher), Welcome to Greenpoint for FX and Cop Show (starring and written by Colin Quinn, running now on L/Studio (http://www.lstudio.com/cop-show).

Adrienne has also worked on various commercials, including the Dove Real Beauty Campaign, LaMer, Samsung, Philips Norelco, American Express, D'Angelo, Kool-aid Zola Wedding, Samsung, Lola, and many more.

Ms. Stern was the Casting Director of The New York Sundance Writers Lab Reading Series from 1996-2005, and has been on both the selection committee and jury for the Gen Art Film Festival. She is a member of BAFTA, IFP, CSA, New York Women in Film and Television and Ensemble Studio Theatre. She also sits on the Board of The Greenwich International Film Festival and The First Time Fest.

Erika Foss-DeMeza

Erika Foss-DeMeza is a casting assistant who has worked at Chrystie Street, for Allison Estrin, Erica Hart and Atomic Honey on Television and Film.

Erika just finished working on the Netflix/Amblin film called CARRY-ON.

Her most recent credits include LOVE LIFE S2 for HBO Max, Josephine Decker’s newest film for A24 and Apple TV called THE SKY IS EVERYWHERE, THREE MONTHS (MTV films),  RAMY (HULU), BOOGIE (Eddie Huang and Focus Features), LOVE 40 (Fred Wolf),  EMILY IN PARIS, SPREE, TOPSIDE, FALSE POSITIVE (Ilana Glazer and A24), OUT OF SERVICE and DREAMLAND.

Erika is a proud graduate of The University of Michigan musical theatre program.

Briana Dunlay

Leah Shapiro

Leah Shapiro is a NY-based freelance Casting Associate for TV and Film.  She’s been lucky enough to work for Shayna Markowitz Casting, Ellen Lewis Casting, Laura Rosenthal Casting, Estrin/Bergstein Casting, and Betsy Fippinger Casting. 

She most recently finished working under Ellen Lewis on Scarlett Johansson's directorial debut feature film ELEANOR THE GREAT. 

Other recent FILM/TV Associate/Assistant credits include: MAESTRO (NETFLIX/AMBLIN), THE GIRL FROM PLAINVILLE (HULU), INVENTING ANNA (NETFLIX), DASH & LILY (NETFLIX),  A JOURNAL FOR JORDAN (SONY),  GOODNIGHT MOMMY (AMAZON), LANDSCAPE WITH INVISIBLE HAND (PLAN B/MGM) 

While now working primarily in TV/Film, Leah got her start in casting for theater with an internship at Telsey + Company and subsequently working with Stephanie Klapper Casting for almost two years.  She loves being able to lift up NY theater actors in TV/Film.