12 May 2004
SAG Cold Reading Workshop
This was my first time as a casting director at the free SAG Cold Reading Workshop. I really enjoyed the quality of work I saw. I brought material from each of the four most-recent films I cast and got to see a good range of performances and interesting choices. Also did Q&A for a couple of hours, which is always fun.
Best actors of the night included August Caimi (great "heavy" type who has wonderful follow-up skills), Patrick Finerty (who has a great sense of humor), Taji Coleman (whose work I recall from auditions for The Female Perspective back in 2000), Mike Moreau (who has that great ambiguous ethnicity that makes folks easy to cast), Patrice Barrie, Adam Schram, Edgar Small (who paid me one of the nicest compliments I've ever received from an actor), Paul Morgan Fredrix (great instincts), Dred King (amazing timing--and great follow-up skills as well), Shawn Richardz (pretty, with good comedic timing), Kadina DeElejalde (great type), and Vivian Patrick (organizer, and a well-timed cynic in her acting choices).
The thank you notes I've received from this group outnumber those from any other event I've done in LA (I seem to recall getting a bunch after the Atlanta, Athens, and New York book tour dates). The organizers must do a very good job of coaching participants in this free night on the importance of expressions of gratitude to the industry folks who come in for the night. I will certainly be back again. This was a really enjoyable experience and the actors were all very receptive and open. That's always nice!
Best actors of the night included August Caimi (great "heavy" type who has wonderful follow-up skills), Patrick Finerty (who has a great sense of humor), Taji Coleman (whose work I recall from auditions for The Female Perspective back in 2000), Mike Moreau (who has that great ambiguous ethnicity that makes folks easy to cast), Patrice Barrie, Adam Schram, Edgar Small (who paid me one of the nicest compliments I've ever received from an actor), Paul Morgan Fredrix (great instincts), Dred King (amazing timing--and great follow-up skills as well), Shawn Richardz (pretty, with good comedic timing), Kadina DeElejalde (great type), and Vivian Patrick (organizer, and a well-timed cynic in her acting choices).
The thank you notes I've received from this group outnumber those from any other event I've done in LA (I seem to recall getting a bunch after the Atlanta, Athens, and New York book tour dates). The organizers must do a very good job of coaching participants in this free night on the importance of expressions of gratitude to the industry folks who come in for the night. I will certainly be back again. This was a really enjoyable experience and the actors were all very receptive and open. That's always nice!
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