NEW 4-Week On-Camera Class with David Vaccari, CD, Telsey + Co. - Casting 4 New Series !

Thursday, October 13, 2011, 7pm ET / 4pm PT

Casting for the Fall Television Season... Smash, A Gifted Man, Modern Love and The Big C ! From one of the busiest casting offices in town - we welcome David to teach this class covering all mediums of the industry which this POWERHOUSE office handles. Each week, you'll work on different material and explore the sometimes smallest nuances and different yet subtle techniques when auditioning for Theater, Film, Television and Commercials. Week #1 will focus on the monologue (please prepare 2 short contrasting contemporary pieces) where David will coach you on your current material and will also let you know if the material you are currently using is appropriate for YOU. Weeks 2 and 3 are on camera and will focus on Film and TV sides which David will "cast" in advance. The class will wrap on week 4 (also on camera) with various Commercial audition techniques including a round of commercial improv ! This office is renowned for the variety of projects they cast and David is ready to take you to the next level. David's current projects include casting for the SHOWTIME series THE BIG C starring Laura Linney, SMASH with co-producer Steven Spielberg (UMS/Dreamworks/NBC) and CBS's A GIFTED MAN starring Patrick Wilson. Recent projects include: Film (Sex and the City 2, Jonah Hex, A Kiss for Jed Wood, Howl, Rent, I Love You Philip Morris) TV (Hope Against Hope for HBO, Whoopi ON NBC, and many pilots including Ugly Betty) Commercials (both on-camera and voice-over) and Theater (Wicked, Spiderman, South Pacific, In the Heights, Race). ***Each week your scene will be recorded as a digital file. Within one week, you will receive an email with the file to watch and view your work.*** Please upload your headshot and create a resume in your online account upon registration.

David Vaccari

David Vaccari’s new venture is as an independent casting director working on commercials, film, and television. Having previously worked for 27 years with Telsey and Company he is excited to start his own company.

His film projects include casting for “ Respect” with Jennifer Hudson “The Intern” with Robert DeNiro, “Focus” with Will Smith, “The Kitchen" with Melissa McCarthy, “Friends With Kids”, “Howl”, “Jonah Hex” and in addition, three films with Gus Van Sant, including “Restless”, “Paranoid Park” and “Finding Forrester” with Sean Connery .Other films include “Rachel Getting Married”,“Then She Found Me”, “Across the Universe”, “Ira and Abby”,“Keane”, “The Bone Collector” with Denzel Washington, and “Pieces of April”, which boasts an Oscar nomination for Patricia Clarkson. Over the years he contributed to casting for many TV pilots including “This Is Us” for NBC and other TV projects include “I’m Dying Up Here,”,“Penny Dreadful”, “Nightcap”, “A Gifted Man”, "House of Cards” & NOS4A2.

He has cast over 1500 commercials including multiple projects for directors such as Martin Scorsese, Barry Levinson, Jonathan Dayton & Valerie Faris, Christopher Guest, Martin Granger, Roman Coppola, Steve Miller, Frank Todaro, Mark Pellington, Fred Savage ,Phil Morrison, Tom Noakes, Will Speck & Josh Gordon and The Perlorian Brothers to name a few.

His work in theater includes, the innovative original productions of “Rent”, “The Capeman” with Paul Simon, “Hedwig”,“Martin Short- Fame Becomes Me” and “Hairspray” .In terms of plays, he worked on casting with David Mamet for “GlenGarry GlenRoss” and “The Cryptogram” as well as Eric Bogosian for “Humpty Dumpty” and “Talk Radio”and with Woody Allen for “A Second Hand Memory” and “Writer’ s Block”.
 

David teaches audition technique and acting classes at Brown University/ Trinity Rep as well as at New York University’s film and television program. He is a member of the Casting Society of America and was nominated twice for their Artios award for excellence in casting.

Follow this link for all of David's credits