Casting Directors
Expert casting services in the world's premier performing arts capital, with unrivaled access to Broadway, Off-Broadway, and screen talent.
A casting director identifies and selects the actors who will bring a script's characters to life. New York City is one of the world's two great entertainment capitals, with a talent pool unmatched in depth and diversity. NYC actors trained at Juilliard, the Actors Studio, Tisch School of the Arts, and Stella Adler bring a range spanning Broadway musicals to gritty independent film, shaped by the city's legendary Method acting tradition and its thriving theater ecosystem of over 40 Broadway houses and hundreds of Off-Broadway venues.
We connect you with casting directors who navigate New York's vast and competitive talent landscape. Our network covers agencies across Manhattan, Brooklyn, and Queens, with access to SAG-AFTRA and AEA-registered performers, Steiner Studios and Kaufman Astoria Studios contacts, and the full range of NYC's extraordinarily diverse acting community.
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Capabilities
Complete Casting Services
From principal roles to background artists, our casting directors have the relationships and expertise to build your perfect cast in New York.
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Principal Casting
- Lead role sourcing
- Talent submissions
- Chemistry reads
- Callback coordination
- Deal negotiations
Star Talent
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Supporting Roles
- Day player casting
- Featured roles
- Recurring characters
- Guest stars
- Co-star roles
Complete Cast
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Background Casting
- Extras coordination
- Specialty extras
- Stand-ins & doubles
- Crowd scenes
- Period-specific looks
Background Artists
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Casting Services
- Self-tape management
- Audition facilities
- Session recording
- Talent databases
- Agency liaison
Full Support
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Why Us
Why Choose Our Casting Directors
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Local Talent Expertise
Our casting directors have established relationships with Juilliard, Tisch, and Stella Adler graduates, as well as NYC's leading talent agencies and Broadway casting networks. We access performers from the city's unparalleled theater tradition, including Tony winners and Off-Broadway standouts.
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International Production Experience
With extensive experience on major features, streaming series, and commercials shot across New York's five boroughs, our casting directors understand the fast-paced demands of NYC production and can source talent on tight timelines.
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Local Knowledge
Deep connections to casting communities across Manhattan, Brooklyn, and Queens. We coordinate auditions at Steiner Studios, Kaufman Astoria Studios, and professional casting facilities throughout the city, with relationships spanning the Mayor's Office of Media and Entertainment production network.
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Bilingual Casting Capability
New York's extraordinary diversity provides access to performers in virtually every language and ethnic background. We cast bilingual actors across English-Spanish, English-Mandarin, English-Russian, English-Korean, and dozens of other language pairs from the city's immigrant communities.
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Casting directors with Broadway-to-screen reach across NYC's deepest talent pool
Here is how the work lines up. New York is one of the two great talent capitals on earth — Juilliard, Tisch School of the Arts, the Actors Studio, Stella Adler, and HB Studio feed forty-plus Broadway houses, hundreds of Off-Broadway and Off-Off-Broadway venues, and the SAG-AFTRA Local 1 and Actors' Equity rosters — and our casting directors work that ecosystem at the level Avy Kaufman (Lincoln, Spotlight, Brokeback Mountain), Ellen Lewis (Scorsese's career-long collaborator), Sheila Jaffe (The Sopranos, The Marvelous Mrs.
Maisel), Cindy Tolan, Bernard Telsey (theater-and-film crossover through Telsey + Company), Douglas Aibel (the Wes Anderson roster), and Henry Russell Bergstein have set as the NYC standard. Our network reads principal, day-player, recurring, and background as one pipeline — submissions flow from CAA, WME, UTA, Paradigm, Gersh, Innovative Artists, and the boutiques in Soho and Midtown; auditions hold at Ripley-Grier, Pearl Studios, and casting suites in Manhattan, Brooklyn, and Long Island City; chemistry reads and callbacks slot in around Broadway eight-show weeks and prestige-series shoot days at Steiner, Silvercup, Kaufman Astoria, and Wildflower. NYC's diversity is the asset other markets cannot match — Spanish, Mandarin, Korean, Russian, Yiddish, Haitian Creole, Arabic, and dozens more bilingual actor lists are live, not theoretical.
Process-wise, we run a clean briefing-to-booking flow: character notes and tone refs in week one, agency picks and self-tapes against the schedule the showrunner or director needs, callbacks lined up with EST overlap so London and LA producers can join live, and SAG-AFTRA and AEA deals agreed to fair terms with full New York State Film Tax Credit (up to 30%, with the Empire State Production Credit and post-prod add-on) compliance on principal and background spend.
Background and crowd casting runs through Grant Wilfley Casting, Sylvia Fay, and Central Casting NY against AD-team weekly counts, with specialty picks — period authenticity for Gilded Age and Mrs. Maisel-style work, dancers from Alvin Ailey, Paul Taylor, and Broadway, stunts via UPM-cleared coordinators, musicians and Yiddish-theater specialists — already in our database. We hold MOME permit and Local 1 lineup tight on shoot days, route deals through the production legal team for SAG-AFTRA contract finalization, and surface theater stars and emerging Broadway talent the LA-only casting pools never see.
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FAQ
Casting Expertise
What types of casting do you handle?
We provide complete casting services including principal roles (leads, supporting), day players, background artists, and specialty casting (stunts, dancers, musicians). Our casting directors have experience across features, television, commercials, and branded content.
Can you find multilingual actors in New York?
Yes, New York's extraordinary diversity means our database includes actors fluent in virtually every language spoken worldwide. We regularly cast bilingual performers in English-Spanish, English-Mandarin, English-Russian, English-Arabic, English-Korean, and many other combinations.
How do you handle auditions?
We offer flexible audition options including in-person sessions at professional casting facilities across Manhattan, Brooklyn, and Queens, self-tape coordination with quality control, and live video auditions for remote directors. All sessions can be recorded for review.
What about background and extras casting?
We maintain databases of background artists across New York and can source specific types, looks, and skills as needed. For large crowd scenes, we coordinate casting calls and manage extras on shoot days through our AD network.
How far in advance should we start casting?
For principal roles on features, start 8-12 weeks before shooting to allow time for submissions, auditions, callbacks, and deal-making. Supporting roles need 4-6 weeks. Background casting can be arranged more quickly, typically 2-3 weeks.
Do you handle talent contracts and negotiations?
Yes, our casting directors work with agents and managers on deal negotiations, ensuring terms work for your budget while meeting SAG-AFTRA and AEA standards. We coordinate with your production legal team on contract finalization.
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