NEW 4-Week On-Camera Class with David Vaccari, CD, Telsey + Co. - Casting TV, Film, Theatre and Commercials!

Wednesday, July 31, 2013, 7pm ET / 4pm PT

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 Vaccari casts film, tv, commercials, plays and musicals at Telsey + Company.

Current film projects include "Song One" with Anne Hathaway and "Focus" with Will Smith. Recent film projects include "Breakup at a Wedding", produced by Zach Quinto, The Odd Life of Timothy Green", "Friends With Kids" with Kristen Wiig, "Howl", "Jonah Hex", Gus Van Sant's "Finding Forrester","Restless" & "Paranoid Park", "Rachel Getting Married", "Then She Found Me","Across the Universe","Ira and Abby", "Rent", "Keane", "Pieces of April" & "The Bone Collector"

TV projects this year include the CBS pilots "Tad Quill" with Matthew Broderick and "Ordained" with Sam Neill & Hope Davis, Michael Lannan's HBO pilot and a new Jonathan Demme pilot, "Line of Sight" Other recent TV includes "A Gifted Man" on CBS, "Smash" on NBC as well as "The Big C" on Showtime.

His work in theater includes the casting of "Rent", "Elf", "The Capeman", "Hedwig", "Martin Short- Fame Becomes Me" "Hairspray","Million Dollar Quartet","GlenGarry GlenRoss" and "The Cryptogram" with David Mamet and "A Second Hand Memory" and "Writer's Block" with Woody Allen.

***Scenes will be recorded on-camera. Within the week following your class, you will receive an email notification that video clips are available to view and download.***

Please upload your headshot and create a resume in your online account upon registration.

Testimonials:

"Working with David Vaccari was a great experience. As a prestigious casting director in the business, he truly cares about helping up and coming actors. He was encouraging and willing to push me to create even better choices within my scene work. Through very challenges scenes, he helped me find ways to make them easier and understand how to handle them in an audition situation. Our goals were to make them more detailed & specific which would be compelling enough for a callback. I know with the skills I learned, I will have much more success moving forward in my upcoming auditions. I look forward to using the tips and techniques he taught me." -Alyse Zwick

"Taking a class with David Vaccari has been superb as his attention to detail and inside perspective on the business makes actors more aware and gives actors' perspective on how "the business" works on the other side of the coin." -Chris Lazzaro

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