Industry Pros

Joey just completed the movie MIGHTY OAK staring Alexa PenaVega, Janel Parrish, Carlos PenaVega, and Raven Simone. The movie she recently cast entitled ONE NATION UNDER GOD has won many awards and will soon premiere. Most notably, Joey co-produced and cast, the award winning SONY release of “Soul Surfer”.  It is the famous story about how Bethany Hamilton overcame the struggle of losing her arm to a great white shark. Joey received the prestigious Artios Award for Casting Disney Channel’s “That’s So Raven” along with 12 other nominations which also includes the movie “Soul Surfer”. JP Casting is a casting company with over 70 feature film credits and more than 16 television series.

Since 1994, Joey has cast live action and animated movies and series for Disney Channel, Nickelodeon, Cartoon Network, Discovery Kids, Hallmark, Fox, CBS, ABC, PBS, Lifetime, Syfy, Universal, and Sony. 

Joey is an award winning Casting Director, Movie Producer, Acting Coach, Motivational Speaker, and Peak Performance coach. She has been a driving force working with talent in Hollywood for over 20 years. 

Joey has appeared as a speaker on Dr. Phil, E Entertainment, TLC Network, Access Hollywood, and The Biography Channel as an expert on self image, acting and pursuing show business.

Joey is an American entrepreneur. She is president of Omnia Entertainment, part of Omnia Global with offices in Switzerland and Los Angeles. She is also the president of JP Casting, a movie and television casting company in Hollywood for over 20 years.

Jordan Bass is a partner in bass/casting -- a bi-coastal casting & production company -- comprised of the brother-sister team of Lauren & Jordan who specialize in curating strong ensemble casts in film, television, & new media projects. 

Current Features: CHEMICAL HEARTS (Amazon), AFTERWARDS (Dir: Dito Montiel), THE ORPHAN DIALOGUES.  Recent Features: THE PRETENDERS, THE WAY YOU LOOK TONIGHT, BURNING KENTUCKY, AN AFFAIR TO DIE FOR. 

Past features include WIND RIVER starring Jeremy Renner & Elizabeth Olsen (premiering at Sundance 2017), IZZY GETS THE F&^% ACROSS TOWN starring Mackenzie Davis, Carrie Coon, Alex Russell & Alia Shawkat, SUMMER OF 8 starring Shelley Hennig, Bailey Noble, Carter Jenkins & Matt Shively, HOUSE CAT starring Rhys Wakefield & Danielle Campbell,  CUT TO THE CHASE starring Lance Henriksen & Lyndie Greenwood, HARD SELL starring Kristen Chenoweth & Skyler Gisondo,  and the Armie Hammer thriller MINE (US Casting). Upcoming new media series include CW Seed's BEERFEST and YouTube Originals' IT GIRLS.  Other film credits include New Line's ANNABELLE,  Blumhouse's MARTYRS directed by the Goetz Bros, HBO/Project Greenlight's THE LEISURE CLASS directed by Jason Mann, Chris Sparling's THE ATTICUS INSTITUTE,  LOUDER THAN BOMBS directed by Joachim Trier (LA casting), THE LAST EXORCISM produced by Eli Roth and the Slamdance hit WEATHER GIRL.  Television credits include Ed Burns' TNT series "PUBLIC MORALS" (LA casting/pilot), the Starz drama "SPARTACUS: BLOOD & SAND", Nickelodeon's “DANCE ON SUNSET” and “BIG TIME RUSH”, DirectTV's "SUIT UP", HDNet's "SVETLANA",  Vin Diesel's "THE ROPES", and Vuguru's "THE TEMP AGENCY".

Abby Johnson is a talent manager of a bi-coastal talent management firm in Los Angeles, California. She specializes in building the careers of young adult actors, placing them on jobs in TV, film, commercial and voiceover. With over 8 years of experience in the entertainment industry combined with her passion for the arts, Johnson has had the privilege of building the careers of several successful young artists. 

Anna does all casting  at LATW (Los Angeles Theatre Works), and is its artistic director, producer, and theatre artist.  She endeavors to create engaging and challenging work which interweaves many forms of dramatic expression. Anna manages literary programming and rights, and serves as point producer for over 15 live audio recorded theatre productions, in-studio audio theatre productions, and national tours each year. She was a founder and Artistic Director of VAGABOND, Director of Development.for the Morgan-Wixson Theatre, Director of Outreach and Development for Independent Actors Theatre, and an independent writer, casting director, and producing consultant for many entities.

Laura Willoughby, nickname Kira,  grew up in San Diego, California, the daughter of Claytor (US Navy) and Sandra (Super Mom). At an early age her mother entered her into modeling contests and a budding career began. Working on local and national children's shows her acting career stretched into her 20's where she toured Europe as Ophelia. It was in Germany she met her husband, and settled down to the crew side of life. While auditioning for a role in Stephen King's PET SEMETARY, she met Sue Swan and was hired into the casting department by Fern Champion. Fast forward years later, Kira is still casting on films, as well as producing in both Los Angeles, California and Dublin,Ireland where her production company has been located since 2014.

I trained as an actor and worked as an actor for 15 years before doing the job I love which is a Talent Agent. I have been an Agent for 12 years and we also produce and cast. We are producing 4 features in the next year and a TV Show. We represent international actors including Eric Roberts, Orlando Jones, Keith David, Natasha Henstridge, Yancy Butler, Sean Brosnan and Alison Eastwood.

Tanya joined HRI talent agency in early 2008 and has been a theatrical tv/film agent for over 25 years. Currently, she has series regulars on The Walking Dead, NCIS New Orleans, Filthy Rich and All American.  She has supporting leads on the feature film Shazam, with many recurring guest star roles on all major networks, cable and streaming.