{"id":176878,"date":"2024-08-28T11:12:08","date_gmt":"2024-08-28T18:12:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dailyactor.com\/?p=176878"},"modified":"2024-08-28T11:14:25","modified_gmt":"2024-08-28T18:14:25","slug":"casting-director-geoff-josselson-discovering-new-talent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dailyactor.com\/actor-tips\/casting-director-geoff-josselson-discovering-new-talent\/","title":{"rendered":"Inside the Casting Process: Geoff Josselson on Discovering and Supporting New Talent"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-image alignwide uagb-block-bae97be4 wp-block-uagb-image--layout-default wp-block-uagb-image--effect-static wp-block-uagb-image--align-wide\"><figure class=\"wp-block-uagb-image__figure\"><img decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dailyactor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/casting-director-audition-tips.jpg ,https:\/\/www.dailyactor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/casting-director-audition-tips.jpg 780w, https:\/\/www.dailyactor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/casting-director-audition-tips.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 150px\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dailyactor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/casting-director-audition-tips.jpg\" alt=\"Casting Director Audition Tips\" class=\"uag-image-187148\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" title=\"casting-director-audition-tips\" loading=\"lazy\" role=\"img\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Casting director <strong>Geoff Josselson<\/strong> of JZ Casting has had a two-decade career in casting, mostly for theaters throughout the country, including Broadway. In an interview with <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2023\/artisans\/features\/casting-director-geoff-josselson-1235563154\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Variety<\/em><\/a>, Josselson explains his casting process and how his team seeks actors and how they support their careers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Regarding how he finds new talent, Josselson says:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>&#8220;We see lots of theater, and we go to showcases and teach a lot. So we get to know students that are graduating school or have come through other sort of training programs or master classes. We also are constantly digging and doing outreach to different communities, depending on what we\u2019re looking for. Whether we\u2019re looking for kids of a certain age, reaching out to teachers, or academies in certain areas. Or if we\u2019re looking for actors of certain backgrounds, reaching out to organizations and individuals that we may know of, that may be connected with those pools. We also do open calls and meet a lot of actors that come to an EPA [eligible performer audition] or just a general open call. And then we also just get lots of recommendations from trusted colleagues and friends. Being a casting director is like being a sponge; we\u2019re constantly taking in all the information around actors and our performers that are out there, and trying to make mental notes of what they may be right for or where they may fit in a general sense.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>With that said, once his team has expressed interest in an actor, Josselson says that there is no secret formula to getting cast in a production:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>&#8220;I tend to shy away from ever feeling like there is a hard and fast truth to any of this or any real rules, because every rule that\u2019s out there in books is made to be broken. And I\u2019ve seen people do all the opposite things that have been espoused and book the job or be wonderful. I think the biggest detriment is when an actor comes in trying to do what they think we\u2019re looking for, or trying to emulate somebody else\u2019s performance, or trying to please the people behind the table. Because it\u2019s really not about us. Ultimately, we are there \u2014 and the director and producer are there \u2014 to find the actor that can tell the story and represent the production on stage. And that comes from an actor sharing themselves authentically and being vulnerable and making choices and sharing their version of the role, whether it\u2019s right or wrong for that given production. I always tell people that the baseline of what we see in auditions very talented people \u2014 everybody that comes in typically is very talented. 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