Table of Contents
Foreword by Rob Kendt 10
Introduction 13
Acknowledgments 17


Casting Director Overviews
The First Thing an Actor Should Do 19
How To Contact a Casting Director 26
Casting Director Statistics 31
Doing Theatre 34
Jingle Singing 41
Indie Film Casting 46


Casting Director Interviews
Sande Alessi 51
Julie Ashton 56
 Patrick Baca, CSA 61
Jeanie Bacharach 64
Deborah Barylski, CSA 70
Tammara Billik, CSA 76
Eugene Blythe, CSA 81
Kate Brinegar, CSA 87
Jackie Briskey, CSA 89
Mary V. Buck, CSA 94
Alice Cassidy, CSA 97
Fern Champion & Mark Paladini, CSA 99
Lori Cobe-Ross 108
Marki Costello 113
Billy DaMota, CSA 119
Shawn Dawson, CSA 124
Pam Dixon 127
Michael Donovan, CSA, CCDA 132
Donna Ekholdt, CSA 141
Mike Fenton, CSA & Allison Cowitt, CSA 146
Julia Flores 152
Laura Gleason, CSA 158
Peter Golden, CSA 164
Danny Goldman, CCDA 170
Michael Greer, CSA 173
Iris Grossman 178
Kimberly R. Hardin 183
Cathy Henderson, CSA 189
Marc Hirschfeld, CSA 195
Hal Hundley 200
Julie Hutchinson, CSA 204
Donna Isaacson, CSA 210
Jane Jenkins, CSA 215
Cathy Kalmenson & Harvey Kalmenson 220
Ellie Kanner, CSA 226
Lisa Miller Katz, CSA 230
Dino Ladki 236
Ruth Lambert, CSA 241
Carol Lefko 246
Michael Lien, CCDA & Dan Cowan 251
Amy Lippens, CSA 256
Beverly Long, CCDA 262
Ellyn Long Marshall & Maria E. Nelson 266
Melissa Martin, CCDA 273
Annie McCarthy, CSA 276
Robert McGee, CSA 281
Bob Morones, CSA 283
Jenny O'Haver, CCDA, Debbie Savitt-Salners, & Mimi Callard 288
Donald Paul Pemrick, CSA & Dean Fronk, CSA 295
Linda Phillips-Palo, CSA 303
Robi Reed-Humes 309
Marnie Saitta 314
Brien Scott 319
Kevin Scott, CSA 321
Francene Selkirk, CCDA 326
Julie Selzer, CSA 329
Margery Simkin, CSA 335
Mary Jo Slater, CSA 337
Stephen Snyder 342
Mark Teschner, CSA 345
Delicia Turner 351
Katy Wallin, CSA 356
April Webster, CSA 362
Debra Zane, CSA 368
Gary Zuckerbrod, CSA 373


Being a Casting Director
There is No Oscar for Best Casting 379
How To Become a Casting Director 384
A Note about Casting Director Workshops 393


About the Author 395
Index of Names 396
Online Resources 403