Industry Pros

Amy Lord is the theatrical agent at LB Talent. Prior to that Amy worked at SALT Talent and YPS management. Amy comes from a theatrical background and her career began as an actress in Tony n Tina’s Wedding. She has had two of her own shows produced off Broadway which afforded her the opportunity to be involved in the casting and producing end of the business. Amy represents actors in NY as well as LA. 

Chris is Head of his own casting office, Chris Game Casting, has over 20 years of casting experience, and is a founding member of The Elephant Theatre. He has been awarded won of the Best Casting Directors and Acting Teachers in Backstage West’s readers poll multiple times. He cast a number of films, music videos and scripted shows. He has also cast hundreds of Commercials.  Some of the major campaigns he’s done are Swiffer, Wendy’s, Pizza Hut, Taco Bell, Dodge, Chrysler, Jeep, Mercedes Benz, Pepsi and so many more. He cast Kelsey Grammer, Jason Segel and Jorge Garcia in the film The Good Humor Man and Corbin Bleu in the film Scary or Die.  He has cast music videos for Placebo and St. Vincent and was hired to be on set acting coach.  Chris had the divine pleasure to work with Oscar winning actor Phillip Seymour Hoffman casting for the Goodman Theatre in Chicago.  Game learned a lifetime of lessons assistant directing for legendary film director Paul Mazursky. He is one of the most sought after acting coaches in Los Angeles.  He has also taught in New York, Seattle and San Francisco.  He also teaches internationally via Skype.

Lain is a Casting Associate with Julie Schubert Casting where she has worked on Marvel's Luke Cage, Iron Fist, The Defenders, The Punisher and numerous other upcoming Netflix series. Prior to that, she was at Mackey/Sandrich Casting where she worked on Season 1 of NBC's Shades of Blue and at the Roundabout Theatre Company/Jim Carnahan Casting where she worked on a variety of Broadway, film, and television projects including the Oscar nominated film, Brooklyn and television series, Glee.

Doreen Frumkin Casting is an independent casting company in New York, primarily focused on commercials and voice overs. Our clients span top advertising and production companies, and cover a wide array of talent types, both union and non union. The diversity of projects keeps us in constant touch with the evolving talent pool, and always on the look out for new faces. Some recent projects/clients include: IHOP, Kettle Chips, Nutella, Mercedes, TD Bank, Dell, Office Depot, White Castle, as well as promos for NBC, and promos for MTV.

The House that Casting Built is a boutique development/casting house that provides a space for diverse, authentic casting in all forms of media. For ten years now, founders Anthony Lucente and Risa Tanania have been casting real people that pair beautifully with a brand’s intention while also developing concepts alongside industry influencers as well as projects of their own. They’ve demonstrated this skill across all platforms – TV networks, brands seeking hosts/experts/ambassadors, as well as commercial production companies and agency producers creating digital content.  Anthony Lucente began his career in the scripted world working for All My Children, one of his favorite childhood daytime dramas. His love for the story was what caused him to make the shift from production and writing to unscripted casting, where the talent IS the story, and finding them is the fun. Over the years, Anthony has cast close to 200 projects, some of which include the popular series: Bravo's The Real Housewives of Dallas, truTV's Paid Off w/Michael Torpey, AMC's Comic Book Men, various TLC Say Yes to the Dress spinoffs as well as an upcoming Netflix dating documentary series.

John Shea is owner of Frontier Booking International, a top agency for young performers. FBI is known for establishing the careers of some of today's top stars, beginning with its first client, Courtney Cox.  The ever-growing talent division of FBI specializes in performers of all ethnicities, ranging from children to young adults. Their clients have been recognized in various mediums of entertainment (especially film, television and theatre). Clients have been in:  Are We There Yet ?, Amazon's premiere comedy Alpha House, Feed The Beast, the Michael J Fox series,  Orange Is The New Black, Mozart in the Jungle,The Blacklist, Gotham, Blue Bloods, Daredevil, Shades of Blue (and many more) or in the theatrical sensations Waitress, The Book of Mormon, Chicago, The Bodyguard, War Paint, A Bronx Tale and Disney's The Lion King. FBI has managed a vast roster of talent including such names as Sting, Snoop Dogg, Modern English, Jane's Addiction and R.E.M.

Barry has been with Herman & Lipson for over 34 years casting over 8000 commercials both voiceover and on camera for such products as Loreal, ESPN, Advil, Verizon, Toy R Us and many other top accounts. He casts for commercials all around the world and also casts for film, television and theatre. Recently he cast for the play Facespace which was performed at the Midtown International Theatre Festival. Prior to being a casting director, Barry managed a rehearsal studio for Broadway shows and also was a producer for a top fashion commercial director working with every top model in the industry. Barry also keeps busy on the weekends, traveling around the country conducting acting workshops at several universities. In New York, Barry teaches commercial technique classes, improv classes, and also directs comedy showcases for children and adults.

Jodie is a producer, teacher, actor and speaker. A graduate of NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts with a BFA in Acting, she has been educating actors for the past 10 years on branding, marketing and sales fundamentals by co-founding two bicoastal businesses, The Savvy Actor and Accelerated Artist. Jodie is an adjunct faculty member at Studio School in LA and built their one-year business of acting program for their first graduating class. She was also an adjunct professor teaching the business of acting at Pace University in NYC for 3 years, as well as, New York Film Academy and the New York Conservatory of Dramatic Arts. She wrote a book called The Savvy Actor Career Manual, which was the first ever business plan for an actor and was sold internationally. She has a 2nd book coming out in 2019. She has also created a best selling program called Reinventing Crowdfunding to teach other filmmakers how to raise money for their projects. She's also created a best selling program called Dare to Be Unstoppable which is a proven system to finally accomplish what you know you're capable. She has taught workshops on all the above at SAG-AFTRA, Actors Equity, Comicon, Comikaze and over 50+ universities and training programs. She has taught workshops on all the above at SAG-AFTRA, Actors Equity, Comicon, Comikaze and over 50+ universities and training programs.