In Conversation with US Casting Director Bernie Telsey

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  • 25 June 2020
    10:00 am - 11:00 am
Online
Applications Open 18 June 2020 10:00 am
Applications Close 24 June 2020 8:00 pm
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Synopsis

Leading US casting director Bernie Telsey whose projects include Hamilton, This Is Us, Rent, Wicked and Hairspray will talk to actress, singer, director and writer Helen Dallimore about the US casting process, his past and current projects, the challenges and highlights of his career, his advice for actors and what he has learnt along the way. Since opening Telsey + Company in 1988, BERNARD TELSEY, along with his staff have cast such Broadway shows as Rent, Wicked, Hairspray, In the Heights, Kinky Boots, Hamilton, and more, as well as national tours, Off-Broadway, and regional theatre productions across the country. Some of Telsey + Company’s film projects include Mary Poppins Returns, Ben is Back, The Greatest Showman, and Into the Woods, as well as the upcoming Respect and In the Heights. Television projects include “Fosse/Verdon” (FX), “Little America” (Apple TV+), “Murphy Brown” (CBS), and “This Is Us” (NBC). Telsey + Company won an Emmy for casting the pilot of “Ugly Betty” and was nominated for “Fosse/Verdon,” “This Is Us,” “Grease! Live,” “Jesus Christ Superstar: Live in Concert” and “The Big C.” Bernard Telsey was the 2016 recipient of the Casting Society of America’s Hoyt Bowers Award for his contributions to the profession. Telsey serves as the New York Vice President of the Casting Society of America and on the Board of Governors for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. He is one of the co-Artistic Directors of MCC Theater in New York. PLEASE NOTE: 10am is Australian Eastern Standard Time. Selection is by ballot and successful participants will be sent details about how to tune in.        

Host(s)

  • Helen Dallimore

    Helen Dallimore is an actress, singer, director and writer. A NIDA graduate, she has enjoyed a successful career in theatre, musical theatre, film and television both in Australia and in the UK. She created the role of ‘Glinda’ in the West End production of Wicked opposite Idina Menzel and played ‘Cinderella’ in the Olivier Award Winning Regent’s Park production of Into the Woods. She won the Helpmann Award for her performance in Legally Blonde the Musical. Her recent stage roles include Girl From the North Country for GWB Entertainment, The Wharf Revue, Muriel’s Wedding: The Musical for the Sydney Theatre Company, as well as ‘Judy Garland’ in End of the Rainbow for State Theatre Company South Australia, garnering critical acclaim. Her many screen credits include Mr Accident, Russian Doll, Secret Bridesmaid’s Business, Midsomer Murders, Postcard Bandit, The Day of the Roses, Two Heads Creek, North Shore, The Moodys, House Husbands, and the Emmy Award winning Hardball. Helen played ‘Olivia O’Neill’ in Jungle/Channel Nine’s Here Come the Habibs, for which she was also a writer. Other writing credits include the ABC comedy, Sando. She has been directing theatre for over twenty years, most recent credits including A Life in the Theatre for Darlinghurst Theatre and High Society, The Fantasticks, and Everybody Loves Lucy at Hayes Theatre Company.

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