Online FILM/TV Intensive with RIKKI GIMELSTOB, Casting Director, Jonathan Strauss Casting

Thursday, September 29, 2022, 7pm ET / 4pm PT

New at Jonathan Strauss Casting, here's your chance to work with this CD whose credits include MERRY KISS CAM (HULU/MARVISTA), KEVIN CAN F**K HIMSELF (AMC), HELPSTERS (APPLETV+), THE LAST OG (TBS), Sarah Cooper and Cindy Chupack's Untitled Pilot (CBS), NOS4A2 (AMC), and numerous pilots for NBC, AMC and FOX. 

Currently, she's working on TWO TV series.

You'll start off with a virtual Q&A, and then Rikki will begin working with you opposite a reader, in a group format. Be prepared for feedback and adjustments.

This intensive is for adults and teens (17+).

What to Prepare:

For this intensive, please prepare a scene of choice that you feel best showcases your strengths as an actor. You can select a scene from the General Sides database (link located in your Actors Connection account upon registration), OR bring in your own 2-3 page scene. 

Please email jess@actorsconnection.com your scene choice AS AN ATTACHMENT (file should be labeled YourName_CHARACTER) by 5pm (EST) the DAY BEFORE the event.

 

Please follow the procedures listed below:

• Please update your headshot and fill out the MY INFO section of your AC account upon registration.

• Arrive at least 10 MINUTES before your event is slated to start. Your host will give important information about the event at this time.

• Instructions and the ZOOM link for access to this online event will be emailed to you in advance. If you have not received the link by 12pm (EST) the day-of the event, please reach out to registration@actorsconnection.com at least one hour PRIOR to the start of class.

**Actors Connection classes and programming are for ADULTS (18+). With permission, some teens (14+) are allowed to take adult programming. To inquire about getting permission, please send an email to: info@actorsconnection.com**

**No recording of any kind is permitted by participants during class.**

**Please keep in mind that all programs at Actors Connection are for educational and professional development purposes. Participating in any class or event is not a promise of employment.**

Rikki Gimelstob

Rikki is a New York based Casting Director currently casting three network television shows at Jonathan Strauss Casting. She has previously worked as a staff member at Telsey + Company in addition to Donna Grossman Casting and NBCUniversal.  

Select credits include: MERRY KISS CAM (HULU/MARVISTA), KEVIN CAN F**K HIMSELF (AMC), HELPSTERS (APPLETV+), THE LAST OG (TBS), Sarah Cooper and Cindy Chupack's Untitled Pilot (CBS), NOS4A2 (AMC), and numerous pilots for NBC, AMC and FOX. 

Rikki has also cast Spike Jonze’s “Changers: A Dance Story” and has contributed to the casting of St. Ann’s Warehouse’s productions “People, Places & Things” and the West-End transfer of “The Jungle.”  She also has experience casting union and non-union commercials, as well as print and voice-overs. Her favorite part of her job is coaching actors during their auditions to help them find their own unique take on the role.

A member of both the Casting Society of America and the Television Academy, Rikki is a graduate of the University of Michigan. She is also very involved with Cycle For Survival, a charity that raises money for rare cancer research at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center.

www.rikkigimelstob.com