Jordan Beswick, CSA
Acting Coach
"It's got to do with putting yourself in other people's shoes and seeing how far you can come to truly understand them. I like the empathy that comes from acting."
- Christian Bale
CASTING
FEATURE FILMS
CASTING DIRECTOR:
SEASIDE
Writer/Director: Sam Zalutsky, Producers: Kevin Corstange, Alyssa Roehrenbeck, Sam Zalutsky, Cast: Ariana DeBose, Sharon Washington, Steffanie Leigh, Matt Shingledecker
YOU BELONG TO ME
Writer/Director: Sam Zalutsky, Producers: Sam Zalutsky, Chip Hourihan, Cast: Patti D’Arbanville, Daniel Sauli, Julien Lucas, Sherman Howard, Heather Simms, Duane Boutte, George Loros, Yvette Mercedes, Kevin Corstange, Rafael Sardina, Linda Larkin, Alex Cendese, Laith Nakli
FORTY SHADES OF BLUE (Memphis)
Writer/Director: Ira Sachs, Producers: Margot Bridger, Ira Sachs, Mary Bing, Jawal Nga, Donald Rosenfeld, Executive Producers: Sidney Pollack, Geoff Stier, Diane Von Furstenberg, NY casting: Avy Kaufman, Cast: Rip Torn, Darren Burrows, Dina Kurzon, Andrew Henderson, Red West, John Boyd West, Joanne Pankow, D’Army Bailey, Jerry Chipman, Amanda Blackburn, Charly Kayle, Mary Jean McAdams, Jennifer LaCapra, Mimmye Goode, Devere Jehl, Monette McLin, Arielle Kight
THE STORYTELLER
Writer/Director: Andrew Getty, Producer: Sam Powers, Executive Producer: Alex Ayres, Cast: Fred Koehler, Alison Eastwood, Jeffrey Donovan, Kim Darby, Rob Schneider, Francis Guinan, Michael Berryman, Lindsay Parker
BRIAR PATCH (aka PLAIN DIRTY)
Director: Zev Berman, Producers: Lauren Moews, Sam Froelich, Andrea Magder, Cast: Henry Thomas, Dominique Swain, Karen Allen, Arie Verveen, Debra Monk, James Urbaniak
URBANIA
Writers: Daniel Reitz, Jon Shear, Director: Jon Shear, Producers: J. Todd Harris, Doug Lindeman, Exec. Producers: John Davis, Tim Daly, Cast: Dan Futterman, Gabriel Olds, Matt Keeslar, Josh Hamilton, Lothaire Bluteau, Alan Cumming, Samuel Ball, Barbara Sukowa, Paige Turco, David Wheir, Scott Denny, Marylouise Burke, Gerry Bamman, Bill Sage, Megan Dodds, Christopher Bradley, Pamela Shaw
GETTING TO KNOW YOU
Writers: Lisanne & Tristine Skyler, Director: Lisanne Skyler, Producers: George LaVoo, Laura Gabbert, Cast: Bebe Neuwirth, Heather Matarazzo, Tristine Skyler, Michael Weston, Chris Noth, Mary McCormack, Mark Blum, Sonja Sohn, Celia Weston, Jacob Reynolds, Bo Hopkins, David Aaron Baker, Jonathan Hogan
DEAD DOG
Writer: Grant Morris, Director: Chris Goode, Producers: Kerry Orent, Roger Davies, Cast: Jeremy Sisto, Paige Turco, Julianne Nicholson, Adrienne Shelly, Jay O. Sanders, Isaac Hayes, David Thornton, Emily Cline, David Little
MORNING
Writer: Michael Hagler, Director: Ami Canaan Mann, Producers: Sam Froelich, Andrea Magder, Cast: Annabeth Gish, Pat Hingle, Tess Harper, Kieran Mulroney, JR Richards, Steven Schub, Darren Burrows
ABOVE SUSPICION
Writer/Director: Steve LaRocque, Producer: Bill Greenblatt, Cast: Scott Bakula, Annabella Sciorra, Ed Asner, George Dzundza, Erin Cressida Wilson, Cait Gentile, Jack Blessing, Red West, Tom Mustin
UNINVITED
Writer/Director: Carlo Gabriel Nero, Producers: Franco Nero, Francesco Papa, Cast: Vanessa Redgrave, Franco Nero, Eli Wallach, Adam Hann-Byrd, Kevin Isola, Jennifer Wiltsie, Olivia Birkeland, Barton Tinapp, Liam Sculley-Wolfe, Nick Sandow, Alix Elias, Russell Harper, Jessie Munch, Patricia Dunnock, Stephen Mendillo
MINOR DETAILS
Writer/Director: Kief Davidson, Cast: Peter Sarsgaard, Larry Pine, Barbara eda Young, Kristina Lear, Raven-O, Tania Grier, Charlotta Nutley, Jose Soto, Jennifer Wiltsie, Yvette Mercedes, Kate McBride
SAX & VIOLINS
Writers: Nye Heron, Ronan Carr, Director: Nye Heron, Cast: Brian D’Arcy James, Neal Jones, Tania Grier, Paul Ronan, Joe Quintero, Amanda Peet, E.T. Harum, Barry McEvoy
THE DAY
Writer/Director: Joshua Melville, Cast: Al Lewis, Owen Camasky, Kimberly Weiant, Andrea Grano, Jesse Sparks III, Joe Passaro
CASTING ASSOCIATE:
SIGNS
Writer/Director: M. Night Shyamalan, Producers: Frank Marshall, Kathleen Kennedy, Sam Mercer, Cast: Mel Gibson, Joaquin Phoenix, Cherry Jones, Rory Culkin, Abigail Breslin, Merrit Weaver, Patricia Kalember, Michael Showalter, Ted Sutton
THE YARDS
Writers: James Gray, Matt Reeves, Director: James Gray, Producers: Paul Webster, Kerry Orent, Executive Producer: Harvey Weinstein, Miramax, Cast: James Caan, Mark Wahlberg, Joaquin Phoenix, Ellen Burstyn, Faye Dunaway, Charlize Theron, Steve Lawrence, Tony Musante, Victor Argo, Tomas Milian, Andrew Davoli, Domenick Lombardozzi, Chad Aaron, Andi Shrem, Jose Soto
CRADLE WILL ROCK
Writer/Director: Tim Robbins, Producers: Tim Robbins, John Kilik, Cast: Angus MacFadyen, Hank Azaria, Cary Elwes, John Cusack, Joan Cusack, Ruben Blades, Susan Sarandon, Vanessa Redgrave, Emily Watson, Bill Murray, Barbara Sukowa, John Turturro, Gretchen Mol, Greg Edelman, Audra McDonald, Daniel Jenkins, Victoria Clark, Bob Balaban
A PRICE ABOVE RUBIES
Writer/Director: Boaz Yakin, Producer: Lawrence Bender, Miramax, Cast: Rene Zellweger, Christopher Eccleston, Juliana Margulies, Glenn Fitzgerald, John Randolph, Kim Hunter, Allen Payne, Phyllis Newman, Peter Jacobson, Shelton Dane, Joyce Reehling, Jackie Ryan, Kathleen Chalfant, Edie Falco, Glenn Fleshler, Tim Jerome, David Deblinger, Allen Swift, Lauren Klein, Peter Slutsker, Daryl Edwards, Tonye Patano, Tim Blake Nelson, Asia Minor, Martin Shakar, Michael Stuhlbarg
THE MYTH OF FINGERPRINTS
Writer/Director: Bartholomew Freundlich, Cast: Roy Scheider, Blythe Danner, Julianne Moore, James LeGros, Noah Wyle, Michael Vartan, Hope Davis, Laurel Holliman, Brian Kerwin, Michael Rupert, Chris Bauer, Christopher Duva, Arija Bareikas
CASTING ASSISTANT:
DEAD MAN WALKING
Director/Writer: Tim Robbins, Cast: Susan Sarandon, Sean Penn, R. Lee Ermey, Robert Prosky, Raymond J. Barry, Margo Martindale, Lois Smith, Roberta Maxwell, Celia Weston, Barton Heyman, Peter Sarsgaard, Missy Yager
LITTLE ODESSA
Director/Writer: James Gray, Cast: Tim Roth, Edward Furlong, Moira Kelly, Vanessa Redgrave, Maximillion Schell, Paul Guilfoyle, Mina Bern
DENICE CALLS UP
Writer/Director: Hal Salwen, Producer: J. Todd Harris, Cast: Tim Daly, Liev Schreiber, Dana Wheeler-Nicholson, Aida Turturro, Sylvia Miles, Alannah Ubach, Caroline Feeney, Jean Claude LaMarr
DAYTRIPPERS
Writer/Director: Greg Mottola, Cast: Anne Meara, Pat McCormick, Hope Davis, Liev Schrieber, Parker Posey, Campbell Scott, Marcia Gay Harden
CRAZY FOR A KISS (BBC)
Director: Chris Bould, Cast: Mike McShane, Grace Zabriskie, Matt Clark, Bud Cort, Harley Cross, Huckleberry Fox, Robert John Burke, Renee Props
CROCODILE SHOES (BBC)
Cast: Jimmy Nail, James Wilby, Amy Madigan, Burt Young
CASTING CONSULTANT:
FACTOTUM
Director: Bent Hamer, Producer: Jim Stark, Cast: Matt Dillon, Lili Taylor
TALK
Director: Romuald Boulanger, Cast: William Baldwin, Vanessa Guide, Tom Hudson, Paul Spera, Avant Strangel, Anna Maryan, Jade Wheeler
ANIMATION
CASTING DIRECTOR:
AL ROACH: PRIVATE INSECTIGATOR (Turner Classics Movie Channel)
Writer/Director: Obie Scott Wade, Producer: Tim Rummel, Cast: James Garner, Michelle Forbes, Kathy Kinney, Freddy Rodriguez, Greg Berger
SHORT FILMS
CASTING DIRECTOR:
LOVE GETS YOU TWISTED
Writer/Director: Jeff Stanzler, Cast: Bobby Moat, Jolie Peters, Jordan Burt,Lindsay Andretta
THE CLEARING
Writer/Director: Kat Smith, Cast: Titus Welliver, Laurel Holloman
ODE
Director: Kelly Reichardt, Producer: Susan A. Stover, Cast: Heather Gottlieb, Kevin Poole, Bonnie Johnson, Jim Wiley, Michele Moore
THE MOUNTAIN KING
Writer/Director: Duncan Tucker, Cast: Paul Dawson, John Sloane
STEFAN’S SILVER BELL
Writer/Director: Sam Zalutsky, Cast: Jason Winther, Kevin Corstange
JIMMY WALKS AWAY
Writer/Director: Eric Weinrib, Cast: Richard S. Oliver, Rob Renz, Michele Colt, Jacqueline Barish
THEATRE
CASTING DIRECTOR:
TAKE MY BREATH AWAY (BAM Next Wave Festival)
Writer: Carson Kreitzer, Director/Producer: Beth B, Cast: Martin Shakar, Adrian Grenier, Nick Sandow, Cheryl Gaysunas, Lauren Klein
SPLASH HATCH ON THE E GOING DOWN (New York Stage & Film)
Writer: Kia Corthron, Director: Derek Anson Jones, Producer: Peter Manning, Cast: Ray Anthony Thomas, Myra Lucretia Taylor, Heather Simms, Antonio Lyons, Cherita Armstrong
SERVICEMEN (New York Stage & Film)
Writer: Evan Smith, Director: Michael Wilson, Producer: Peter Manning, Cast: Derek Smith, Annalee Jeffries, Angela Goethels, David Drake, Eric Williams, Sal Mistretta, Ninon Rogers, Mark Devine
THE CLEARING (New York Stage & Film)
Writer: Helen Edmundson, Director: Tracy Brigden, Producer: Peter Manning, Cast: David Conrad, Alyssa Bresnahan, Francie Swift, Neal Huff, Chris McHale, Jack Davidson
JUNE MOON (The Drama Department)
Writers: George S. Kaufman, Ring Lardner, Director: Mark Neslon, Cast: Geoffrey Nauffts, Cynthia Nixon, Becky Ann Baker, Albert Macklin, Peter Jacobson, Stacey Highsmith, Robert Ari, Robert Joy, Amy Hohn
HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH (Westbeth)
Writer: John Cameron Mitchell, Director: Peter Askin, Cast: John Cameron Mitchell, Miriam Shor
LOVERS (Irish Arts Center)
Writer: Brian Friel, “WINNERS” – Director/Producer: Nye Heron, Cast: Malcom Adams, Tania Grier, Mickey Kelly; “LOSERS” – Director: Brian Leahy Doyle, Cast: Mickey Kelly, Trish McGettrick, Fidelma Murphy, Jan Owen
TRANSLATIONS (Irish Arts Center)
Writer: Brian Friel, Director: Brian Leahy Doyle, Producer: Nye Heron
A LOSS OF ROSES (Irish Arts Center)
Writer: William Inge, Director: Gerald Cosgrove, Cast: Eric Williams, Sean Dougherty, Ricard Gustafson, Larimore Hampton, Dan Johnson, Ruth Kelerman, Joan Wooters
CASTING ASSOCIATE:
HOW I LEARNED TO DRIVE (Vineyard Theatre)
Writer: Paula Vogel, Director: Mark Brokaw, Cast: Mary-Louise Parker, David Morse, Johanna Day, Kerry O’Malley, Michael Showalter
THE WAITING ROOM (Vineyard Theatre)
Writer: Lisa Loomer, Director: David Schweizer, Cast: Chloe Webb, Veanne Cox, Michele Shay, Byron Jennings, Lou Liberatore, Damien Young, William Langan, June Lu, James Saito
MY MARRIAGE TO ERNEST BORGNINE (Vineyard Theatre)
Writer: Nicky Silver, Director: David Warren, Cast: Mark Blum, Mary McCormick, James Van Der Beek, Adam LeFevre
THE POR’KNOCKERS (Vineyard Theatre)
Writer: Lynn Nottage, Director: Michael Rogers, Cast: Sanaa Lathan, Earl Nash, Afemo Omilami, Daniel Zelman, Ramon Melindez Moses, Ray Ford
BED AND SOFA (Vineyard Theatre)
Music: Polly Pen, Lyricist: Laurence Klavan, Director: Andre Ernotte, Cast: Terri Klausner, Jason Workman, Michael X. Martin
ANTIGONE IN NEW YORK (Vineyard Theatre)
Writer: Janusz Glowacki, Director: Michael Mayer, Cast: Priscilla Lopez, Ned Eisenberg, Monti Sharp, Steven Skybell
THE NIGHT OF THE HUNTER (Vineyard Theatre)
Book/Lyrics: Stephen Cole, Music: Claibe Richardson, Director: Lonny Price, Cast: Martin Vidnovic, Carolee Carmello, Susan Mansur, George Riddle, Chuck Bradley, Rachel Levinson, Sean McCourt, Ken Parks, Barbara Tirrell
1994 NEW YORK STAGE & FILM (Powerhouse Theatre Season)
New Plays:
Revelers by Beth Henley
A Fool And Her Fortune by John Patrick Shanley
Snakebit by David Marshall Grant
WASP by Steve Martin
Hand To Hand by Michael Mayer
Partial NEW YORK STAGE & FILM Cast List: John Heard, Amelia Campbell, Joel Grey, Jon Tenney, John Benjamin Hickey, Dierdre O’Connell, Michael Warren Powell, Peter Gallagher, Rob Campbell, Catherine Kellner, Jane Kaszmareck, Peter Frechette, Talia Balsam, Dana Ivey, Matt McGrath, John Ortiz, Welker White, Alma Cuervo
CASTING CONSULTANT:
THE MOONLIGHT ROOM (Worth Street Theatre Company)
Writer: Tristine Skyler, Director: Jeff Cohen, Cast: Brendan Sexton III, Laura Breckenridge, Mark Rosenthal, Kathryn Layng, Lawrence James
REHEARSED READINGS
CASTING DIRECTOR:
YOUTH IN ASIA (Vineyard Theatre)
Writer/Director: Jordan Beswick, Cast: Martin Moran, Brendan Sexton III, Marylouise Burke, Amelia Campbell, John Speredakos. Ron Riley, Joe Jamrog; Stage Directions: Cheri Magid
YOUTH IN ASIA (National Theatre – London)
Writer/Director: Jordan Beswick, Cast: Marcus D’Amico, Alison Steadman, Eamonn Owens, Nigel Lindsay, Jennifer Wiltsie, Malcolm Tierney
YOUTH IN ASIA (Diverse City Theatre Company – Green Room Series)
Writer: Jordan Beswick, Director: Victor Maog, Cast: T. Scott Cunningham, Laila Robins, Thomas Guiry, Lois Markle, John Speredakos, Ron Cohen
URBAN FOLK TALES (Screenplay – Primary Stages)
Writer/Director: Jon Matthews (adapted from the play by Daniel Reitz), Producer: J. Todd Harris, Cast: Dan Futterman, Eric Thal, Barbara Sukowa, Arija Bareikas, David Aaron Baker, James Villemaire, Victor Argo, Craig Chester, Paul Dawson, Merrill Holtzman
HURRICANE (Vineyard Theatre)
Writer: Erin Cressida Wilson, Director: Barry Edelstein, Cast: Nadia Dajani, Mark Blum, Marissa Chibas, John Cameron Mitchell, Gretchen Cleevely, Lynn Cohen, Adina Porter
RAISED IN CAPTIVITY (Screenplay – The Drama Dept.)
Writer: Nicky Silver, Director: David Warren, Cast: Peter Frechette, Patricia Clarkson, Tony Goldwyn, Eric Thal, Margaret Colin, Dana Ivey, Matt McGrath, Matt Keeslar, Kathy Hiler
BEWITCHED (Screenplay – Columbia Studios)
Writer: Douglas Carter Beane, Director: Ted Bessel, Cast: Rob Morrow, Cynthia Nixon, Nancy Marchand, George Martin, John Cameron Mitchell, Carol Channing, Oni Faida Lampley, Peter Gallagher, Peter Frechette, David Margulies, Jerry Stiller, Dina Spybey, Jim Fyfe, Marge Redmond, Kelly Bishop
THE CLOSET (Screenplay – Innerscope Pictures)
Writer: Douglas Carter Beane, Cast: Peter Gallagher, Justin Kirk, John Cameron Mitchell, Becky Ann Baker, Kim Raver, Dion Graham, Billy Crudup, Nicky Silver, Patricia Clarkson, Robert Ari, Patrick Breen, David Pittu, Stacey Highsmith, Albert Macklin, Amy Hohn, Marge Redmond, David Margulies
GROWN UPS (Screenplay – Playwrights Horizons)
Writers: Christopher Bram, Draper Shreeve, Cast: Debra Monk, Madeleine Potter, Maxwell Caulfield, Lou Liberatore, John Benjamin Hickey, Oni Faida Lampley, Kim Raver, Sam Coppola, James Saito, Steve Boles, Adam Rose, Jackie Ryan, Mark Bateman
TO GOOD TO BE TRUE (The Drama Department)
Writer: Goerge Bernard Shaw, Director: Randolph Curtis Rand, Cast: Billy Crudup, Charles Busch, Goerge N. Martin, Steven Rattanzi, Mary Beth Peil, Sandra Daly, James Urbaniak, Scott Lawrence
THE ELDER WITCH (Screenplay – Playwrights Horizons)
Director/Writer: Draper Shreeve, Cast: Beeson Carroll, Kathleen Chalfant, David Aaron Baker, Celia Weston, Margo Martindale, Augusta Dabney, Michael Cullen, Welker White, Bill Cwikowski
CLUB HELL (Riverside Studios – London)
Director: Marcus D’Amico, Cast: Emily Lloyd, John Hannah, Jonathan Morris, Ben Walden, Daniel Craig
CLUB HELL (New Dramatists)
Cast: John Cameron Mitchell, Peter Frechette, Madeleine Potter, Jonathan Sagalle, Jennifer Wiltsie
SPLITTING THE ATOM (Vineyard, New Dramatists, Playwrights Horizons)
Cast: Anthony Rapp, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Roberta Maxwell, Edie Falco, Clayton Barclay Jones, Bill Cwikowski, Jon Abrahams, John Cameron Mitchell, Matt Mulhern, Allison Janney, Kathleen Chalfant, Larry Pine, Sean Nelson, Tyler Andrews, Myra Lucretia Taylor, Evan Handler, Chris Noth, Jennifer Wiltsie, Maylouise Burke, Robert Hogan, Adrian Grenier, Ndheru Roberts, Paul Dawson, LaTonya Borsay
THE F WORD (Dixon Place at Vineyard 26)
Cast: Josh Hamilton, Oni Faida Lampley, Jeffrey Donovan, Tristine Skyler
CASTING ASSOCIATE:
HOW I LEARNED TO DRIVE (Vineyard)
Writer: Paula Vogel, Cast: Cherry Jones, David Morse, Celia Weston, Kevin Geer, Kali Rocha
TRUE HISTORY AND REAL ADVENTURES (Vineyard)
Writer: Sybille Pearson, Director: Michael Mayer, Cast: Kathleen Chalfant, Kevin Isola, Jeffrey Donovan, Kerry O’Malley, Mark Smaltz, Nicole Parker, Emit Celebi, Akili Prince, Peter Sarsgaard, Myra Taylor, Peter Smith, Matt Aibel
WAS (Vineyard)
Writer: Paul Edwards (adapted from the novel by Geoff Ryman), Director: Michael Mayer, Cast: Beth Dixon, James Lecesne, Gil Rogers, Chris Bauer, Patricia Dunnock, Kevin Chamberlin, Susan Blommaert, Anne O’Sullivan, Adam Dannheisser, Victor Williams
BASQUIAT (Screenplay)
Writer/Director: Julian Schnabel, Cast: Jeffrey Wright, Ned Eisenberg, Steve Buscemi, Marcia Gay Hardin
BED AND SOFA (Musical/Vineyard Theatre )
Book: Lawrence Klavan, Composer: Polly Pen, Director: Andre Ernotte, Cast: Terri Klausner, Philip Lehl, Michael X. Martin
IT ONLY HAPPENS WITH YOU (Screenplay)
Cast: Taina Elg, Paul Sorvino, Barbara Garrick, Thomas Gibson, Bruce McCarty, Calista Flockhart, Nick Rogers