STEPHANIE YANKWITT, Casting Associate, MelCap Casting

Stephanie has been working as a Producer/Director/Casting Associate since arriving in New York in 2001. Current MelCap casting projects include: Hartford Stage, Second Stage, The Goodman Theatre, Atlantic Stage 2, Ars Nova and multiple commercials. Additionally, Stephanie has cast for the upcoming Untitled Stephen Daldry film as well as Ed Zwick's LOVE AND OTHER DRUGS, starring Jake Gyllenhaal. Previously a casting assistant at Telsey & Company, where projects included: Glengarry Glen Ross, Martin Short: Fame Becomes Me, and Three Days of Rain. Film casting includes Rent, Helen Hunt's Then She Found Me, Peter Hedges' Dan in Real Life, and Julie Taymor's Across the Universe. Recently, Stephanie worked with with Laura Rosenthal Casting on Sisterhood 2. Commercial casting favorites include the Peyton Manning (Professional fan) MasterCard campaign. As a Director and Assistant Director, her work includes November (Joe Mantello, dir.), The Receptionist (Joe Mantello, dir.), and Letters to the End of the World (Anton Dudley, writer) to name a few. After a Q & A she'll see Monologues ONE on ONE