In Person: FILM INTENSIVE with Ross Shenker, Casting Director

Tuesday, May 19, 2026, 7pm ET / 4pm PT

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In Person in NYC!

Ross is an Artios Award Nominated, NYC based Casting Director who is currently an Associate Casting Director at Kate Geller Casting (Shiva Baby, Nine Days, Don't Think Twice), where his primary focus is on independent film and narrative podcasts.

He has also worked with Taylor Williams and Billy Hopkins on theater and television series. On his own, he has cast short films and an independent pilot.

Selected film credits include: Bob Trevino Likes It (Roadside Attractions), The Front Room (A24), Omni Loop (Magnolia), Cora Bora (Brainstorm), The Good Half (Utopia), Drugstore June (Utopia), Idiotka (Utopia), Oh, Hi! (Sony), Molli & Max In The Future (Level 33), Barron’s Cove (Well Go), and Cold Wallet (Well Go).

TV: Too Romantic (Pilot),The Artist (The Network).

Theater: Prince Faggot (Playwright’s Horizons/SoHo Rep), The Art Tour (Theatre Row).

Intensive Overview:

The event will start off with an informative Q&A, followed by your presentation of the scene with a reader in a group. Be prepared to take feedback and adjustments.

This intensive is for adults and teens (13+).

***Actors Connection provides our readers for all events.

Please note that this in person intensive will be at:

Pearl Studios NYC
500 8th Avenue, 3rd, 4th and 12th floors
(between 35th and 36th)

You will be emailed your assigned studio the morning of your event.

WHAT TO PREPARE:

For this intensive, Ross will select sides for you to prepare based on your headshot and fully completed MY INFO section in your AC account.

Assignments will be emailed at least 24 hours in advance.

IN ADDITION: Please bring TWO HARD COPIES of your scene - one highlighted FOR THE READER

Payments:

Payment is due at the time of registration.
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Pay in 4, interest free payments. (free when you pay on-time)

Please follow the procedures listed below:

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

Ross Shenker is a 3-time Artios Award Nominated, NYC based Casting Director.

Selected film credits include: Oh, Hi! (Sony Pictures Classics), Idiotka (Utopia), Barron's Cove (Mandalay), The Front Room (A24), Omni Loop (Magnolia Pictures), Bob Trevino Likes It (Roadside Attractions), Cold Wallet (Vanishing Angle), Drugstore June (Utopia), The Good Half (Utopia/Universal), Cora Bora (Brainstorm Media), and Molli & Max In The Future (Level33).

TV: The Artist (The Network/MGM+), Too Romantic (Pilot).

Theater: Prince Faggot (Playwright’s Horizons/SoHo Rep/Studio Seaview), The Art Tour (Theatre Row).

Commercials: Canon Camera, H&R Block

BA in Theater/Jewish Studies from Wesleyan; MFA in Performance Studies from the University of Louisville. He has previously taught/directed at Rutgers, UNC-Chapel Hill, University of Louisville, University of Wisconsin-Madison, One on One NYC, Actors Connection, The Center for Theatre Research, Kimball Studios, Stonestreet Studios, SJP Voice Studio, and AdultFilmNYC. He is a Certified Teacher with the National Michael Chekhov Association. Films he has cast have appeared at Sundance, SXSW, Tribeca, Toronto, Miami, and many other festivals

Meets

Tuesday, May 19, 2026

7:00 pm

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.