NANCY IS TEACHING AT THE FAMED AQUILA MORONG STUDIOS WITH DONNA MORONG.
Actors are increasingly asked to tape their own auditions and send them in to casting directors. Actors who master the skills of self-audition have a crucial advantage in booking the role. In this workshop, participants will be assigned material in advance, prepare a self-taped casting and bring it to class on a flash drive. On the day, Nancy Bishop and Donna Morong will give a critique of the material as well as new sides that will be performed in class and critiqued. All enrolled students will received a signed copy of Nancy’s latest book, “Auditioning for Film and TV”.
Donna Morong is a respected casting director with over 25 years in the business. She spent 15 years at The Walt Disney Company ultimately becoming Senior Vice President of Motion Picture Casting in the feature film division, where she cast films such as “PRINCESS DIARIES”, “SHANGHAI KNIGHTS”, “10 THINGS I HATE ABOUT YOU”, “DEUCE BIGOLO”, “ANNAPOLIS”, “CONFESSIONS OF A TEENAGE DRAMA QUEEN”. In 2008, she won an Artios Award for casting Ben Affleck’s “GONE BABY GONE” for Miramax which garnered an Academy Award Nomination for Amy Ryan. Her ability to spot talent helped launch many successful careers including Heath Ledger, Jennifer Garner, Chris Pine, Rachel McAdams, Anne Hathaway, and Joseph Gordon Levitt.
Ms. Morong began her career in casting in New York City working on some of the most prestigious, original Broadway productions including “HURLY BURLY”, “BILOXI BLUES” and “BRIGHTON BEACH MEMOIRS”. She cast for Yale Repertory and Second Stage while concurrently running a successful studio for young actors on Theatre Row. Prior to casting Ms. Morong trained with Bill Esper in the Meisner Technique and taught acting at Rutgers University.
After a career as a top executive at the Walt Disney Company film division, Ms. Morong decided to launch her own casting company where she has been working on independent and studio films in Europe and the U.S. More importantly, she has returned to her first love: teaching. Her dream as a teenager of building a studio of like-minded artists is being realized with the opening of the Aquila Morong Studio in Hollywood. She is passionate about nurturing actors’ talent and uses her years as a casting director, as well as her training, to aid the actor in realizing their talents through technique and training.
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 13TH, 1 day
11:00am – 2:00pm
COST: $200 (limited to 20 students)
**New students are accepted by a headshot, resume, and online reel submission (if reel is available). Materials can be sent to inquiries@aquilamorong.com.
**Returning students can register here.
