CALLERI STUDIO
The studio of acclaimed casting director
and acting teacher James Calleri
UPCOMING CLASSES & COACHING
SUMMER IS IN SESSION! DAY & EVENING SCENE STUDY
SOLD OUT
IN-PERSON SCENE STUDY CLASS
NEW & UPCOMING!
9 sessions in the summer 2024!
WEDNESDAYS THIS SUMMER
Days 1pm - 4pm Evening 7pm-10pm SOLD OUT
May 22nd Intro and assignments
June 12th, 19th, 26th First Round
July 17th, 24th, 31st Second Round
August 14th, 21st Final work
Contemporary Scene work assigned by instructor-
Location: Alchemical Studios, 50 West 17th Street, (between 5th and 6th Ave.) 12th Floor
PRIVATE COACHING —
AUDITION PREP & CAREER ADVISEMENT
AVAILABLE ANYTIME— with notice
Keep developing your acting skills and career remotely with an online- coaching session. Private 1-on-1 sessions for audition prep, audition tech or career advisement.
15. min co-star/ 30. minute/ 1 hour sessions
3 -Sessions Packages for auditions, coaching, consult at a discount.
Please contact the studio to check Zoom availability and pricing at james@calleristudio.com or click on link below. Thanks!
ON-CAMERA
EXERCISE CLASS — LEVEL 1
In this five-week class, James will help actors hone their skills through a series of on-camera film exercises using taped assignments through Zoom. This is NOT a scene study class, but rather an on-camera exploration of the actor's inner life on film. This is visual storytelling through pictures. Join James as he takes you through a journey of the different states on film: Private in Public and the Public in Public actor’s work.
ON ZOOM. PLEASE EMAIL FOR INFO.
ON-CAMERA EXERCISE CLASS — LEVEL 2*
Delve deeper into enriching the life of your on-camera work with these film exercises. Under James’ guidance, students will continue to explore acting on-camera film work through Zoom and taped assignments. More visual storytelling through pictures… with the actor’s exercising the Private moment in Private and moving from Private to Public in film.
*pre-requisite: Private work or On-Camera Exercise Class — Level 1
ON ZOOM
Please email info@calleristudio.com for sign up. Thank you!
SYSTEMS TRAINING GROUP for ACTORS & ARTISTS
Learn a practical approach to growth and change for actors and performers. An open and safe space for compassionate artists, members are committed to regularly attending each session, which will provide a container and support for the group to build upon the work they do together. Actors have called it, “a giant exhale.”
Systems provides the artist with a sense of community. The group holds space and provides the opportunity to be guided in finding the “who and what you are”. We provide the tools for exploration and growth to find your authentic self.
Led by David Schwing, LCSW and facilitator, James Calleri ON ZOOM Find out more at: https://www.davidschwing.com/arts
To register to become a member or for more info, please contact James at info@calleristudio.com
// New enrollment open for waiting list Contact us for more details, rolling enrollment - info@calleristudio.com.
ZOOM & LIVE CLASSES
Reinventing how to do the work.
ABOUT
photography by Revon Yousif
JAMES CALLERI
James has worked as a casting director for over 25 years, casting for Broadway, Off-Broadway and Film & Television. He founded and co-owns the award-winning Calleri Jensen Davis, a New York-based creative casting partnership with Erica Jensen and Paul Davis. The winner of 17 Artios awards with an additional 30 nominations, James also served on the board of Casting Society of America (CSA).
Broadway casting credits include the revivals The Piano Lesson, Topdog/Underdog, in addition to Thoughts of a Colored Man, Burn This, Venus in Fur, Hedwig & the Angry Inch, The Elephant Man (also West End), Of Mice and Men, The Visit, 33 Variations, A Raisin in the Sun, Chicago, and James Joyce’s The Dead.
Television casting credits include Love Life (HBO Max), Queens (ABC), Dickinson (Apple +), The Path (Hulu) as well as Monk, Lipstick Jungle, Hope & Faith, Army Wives and Ed.
James is the Co-Head of Acting for the Columbia University’s MFA graduate acting program. He is the author of Acting Professionally: An Essential Career Guide for the Actor published by Methuen now in its 9th edition. He has taught at many acting programs, including NYU Grad, Syracuse Tepper Program, North Carolina School of the Arts, Howard University, UC Irvine and as far as the Shanghai Theater Institute in China. The new and revised Acting Professionally: An Essential Career Guide for the Actor is out. LINK: https://a.co/d/0IpgJbd
JAMES’ BOOK
ACTING PROFESSIONALLY
An Essential Career Guide for the Actor
Filled with essential advice and highlighting pitfalls to avoid, Acting Professionally gives a clear understanding of how acting careers are built and sustained. Now in its 9th edition, it has become the leading book in its field since the first edition published in 1972.
Critically, this new edition reflects the vital changes in the industry as a result of the Black Lives Matter, Times’ Up and MeToo Movements, and the Covid-19 pandemic. It acknowleges and seeks to address the challenges of the industry often faced by actors when it comes to race, ethnicity, gender, diversity and sexuality.
It includes an extensive new section on the industry to reflect the 21st century, including signposting new resources and insights for the actor starting out, and considers the shifting landscape and opportunities offered by TV streaming, films, voiceover, internet, audiobooks, and podcasts.
This 9th edition speaks to the changed world of unions, representation, self-taping auditioning and other best and up-to-date practices in the industry, ensuring that it remains a book that’s useful, relevant and accessible to every actor starting out.
Purchase https://a.co/d/0IpgJbd
Published by Bloomsbury Methuen Drama
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