Pearl Studios - Casting 101
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July 5 - July 10, 2009 |
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| Ages: |
16 - 20 yrs
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| Tuition: |
$1400 |
| Room & Meals: |
$800 |
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. Candice Alustiza, Casting Associate, Geoffrey Soffer Casting
Casting credits include: ABC's Ugly Betty, SHOWTIME's Edie Falco Untitled Project, HBO's Last of the Ninth, PARADOX SMOKE FILMS' Welcome to Academia, UNIVERSAL PICTURES' Death Race, etc.
Faculty
Location Information
Pearl Studios with its beautiful floor to ceiling mirrors and sprung floors teems with Broadway rehearsal activity day and night. Students can expect to see current and pre-opening rehearsals in progress as they come and go from their classes. Located in a secure building at 500 8th Avenue between 35th and 36th Pearl Studios is an ideal location to house the training sessions for our students. Not only will you feel inspired by your faculty and classmates, but you will "rub elbows" with current Broadway stars as you all come and go in the elevators, lounges, and studios.
Dates, Directors, and Faculty subject to change without notice.
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