Saturday, February 21, 2009

Auditions! Feb.10, 2009 cont.



Perry Lang and Gretchen Rennell Court end the Class with
their insights on auditioning.
Gretchen Rennell Court has over 30 years of experience in Casting.
A few of the films that Gretchen has cast are: Children of A Lesser God, Stardust Memories, The Cotton Club, Reds ,Flash Dance, The Horse Whisperer, Agnes of God, & French Postcards. As head of casting at Disney Studios she oversaw the casting of such films as , Color of Money, Pretty Woman and Runaway Bride.
Writer, Director Perry Lang, brings experience from both sides of the audition trail . Starting his career 30 years ago as an actor he successfully auditioned and subsequently worked extensively on stage at the Ensemble Theater Company in New York, At the Public Theater performing Shakespeare in the Park as well as landing numerous roles in television and in Films such as The Big Red One, Jacobs Ladder, John Sayles Eight Men Out and Steven Speilberg's 1941 to name a few. He has also Written ,Directed ( and helped cast) over 200 hours of Episodic Television. As well as Writing, Producing & Directing several Features. He is currently in post production with an original Webisode of his own creation titled ; BLU BELLE.
The generous gift of their time, experience & knowledge of auditions was greatly appreciated!