NDG Studios - Casting 101

Dates: July 7 - 12, 2008
Ages: 16 - 20
Tuition: $1,400

Limited housing available, please call 1.888.497.3553 for details.

Details

Whether you're auditioning for roles on stage, in film or on television, the casting process can be mysterious and extremely overwhelming. From knowing what to prepare, what to wear, how to type yourself and how to make a lasting impression. During this week-long intensive program, students will see the audition process through a casting director's eye. Activities to include attending Broadway and Off-Broadway shows, meeting the very Broadway and television casting directors that make casting decisions, and learning why and how these decisions are made. Daily classes to include audition techniques, an overview of headshots and resumes, monologue and repertoire selection, and marketing yourself as a viable, for-hire product. Headshots will be taken and students will have the opportunity to purchase them from the photographer. Students will conclude the week participating in a professional mock-audition with feedback.

A letter of recommendation from a teacher is required prior to the beginning of camp. Enrollment for this program is limited.

* Additional Information


Students check-in 9am on the first day of camp,or 2pm the day befoe camp begins.
Flights should arrive into LaGuardia or JFK on the day before camp begins before 2pm.
Flights should depart from LaGuardia or JFK on the last day of camp after 630pm.
Airport transportation is available to and from LaGuardia for $30 each way,
or JFK for $50 each way,
or Port Authority bus station for $25 each way,
or Penn Station for $25 each way.

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Program Directors

Robert C. Pullen, Producing Director
Although Robert began his musical theater career in New York City as a musical theater performer he gravitated towards producing and general management. Broadway Credits include The Music Man, Footloose, Chicago, the Musical, Annie Get Your Gun, Titanic, Seussical the Musical, 42nd Street, Blast, and Broadway Salutes Hilary Clinton with Rosie O'Donnell. Currently Mr. Pullen is Director of Programming for The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, DC.

Kennedy Center producing highlights include Marc Blitzstein's Regina starring Patti LuPone, A Recital of French Song starring Renée Fleming, Voices of the Arts with John Lithgow, Susan Stroman, Harold Prince and Christine Baranski; Television specials include the 2005 Mark Twain Prize for American Humor honoring Steve Martin, 2006 Mark Twain Prize honoring Neil Simon, 2007 Mark Twain Prize honoring Billy Crystal and the 35th Anniversary of the Kennedy Center starring Angela Lansbury, Savion Glover, George Hearn and Marvin Hamlisch. Other credits include directing and producing Bravo Networks On With the Show.

Pullen recently produced Celebrate Broadway with Linda Eder and John Lithgow and is currently producing several engagements in Buenos Aires for the Kennedy Center International Committee on the Arts and will soon tackle the Kennedy Center Spring Gala Celebrating the Music of the Silver Screen in May.

Education: Graduated from The American Musical and Dramatic Academy in New York City, studying voice, dance and acting, as well as attended The Juilliard School for voice and piano.

Faculty

Ray Roderick, Program Director
Was associate director of Madison Square Garden's A Christmas Carol (director Mike Ockrent) and The Music Man Broadway revival (director Susan Stroman). He subsequently directed the North American tour. Off Broadway, director/choreographer: The Ark, co-writer/director: The Prince And The Pauper, I Love New York (Bistro Award, Best Musical Review 1999). Regionally: I Love A Piano (Carbonell nomination, Best Choreography), A Christmas Survival Guide, I Love You, You're Perfect Now Change (Denver's longest running show), Heaven Help Us! (Carbonell nomination, Best New Work) Are We There Yet?, Saturday Night At Grossinger's and Coming To America. Ray was the founding Artistic Director of Tri-State Center for the Arts. For the past six years, he has been creative director Tennis Association's US Open. He is the director of Believe, the all new Shamu show at SeaWorld in San Diego. With collaborator James Hindman, he has formed Miracle or 2 Productions, Inc. (Miracleor2.com) which is involved in developing new musicals. They are currently creating a new musical review for Busch Gardens in Tampa. He is married to actress Karyn Quackenbush and is the proud father of high school freshman Jamie Roderick.

Location Information

NDG logo NDG Studios is on the list for "great NYC rehearsal spaces". Located at 305 West 38th Street at Eighth Avenue, NDG is the space for the entire arts community including the casts of Chicago, The Producers, and Phantom of the Opera. Performing artists including Chita Rivera, Bebe Neuwirth and Susan Stroman rehearse their shows at NDG. These beautiful studios will be your week's workspace for your acting, singing and dancing. Not only will you feel inspired by your faculty and fellow students but you will have the added bonus of "rubbing elbows" with current Broadway stars as you all come and go in the elevators, lounges and studios.

Limited housing available, please call 1.888.497.3553 for details.


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