Zoom: FEATURE FILM/TV Online Intensive with Meghan Rafferty, Casting Director, M&M Casting

Monday, November 18, 2024, 6:30pm ET / 3:30pm PT

Here's your opportunity to work with this TOP NY Casting Director who is one of the most actor friendly CD's in the biz!

Meghan has been casting films and television and teaching on-camera classes in New York City for 15 years. Her casting credits include HBO's THE LEFTOVERS, USA's FALLING WATER, HBO's BOARDWALK EMPIRE and the features THE WOLF OF WALL STREET, HUGO and SHUTTER ISLAND.

She's working on the new AMAZON TV series THE BETTER SISTER starring Jessica Beil and Elizabeth Bank with casting partner Mia Cusumano.

Please click this link to view Meghan's current and recent projects!

EVENT OVERVIEW:

You'll work with Meghan online in a group as she coaches you through your scene in a format that replicates her office's casting process. She'll provide you with constructive feedback along with on-camera audition tips that she feels are imperative to booking roles on a professional level.

For this intensive, Meghan will select sides for you to prepare based on your headshot and fully completed MY INFO section in your AC account. The event will start off with an informative Q&A, followed by your presentation of the scene with a reader on-camera in a group. Be prepared to take feedback and adjustments.

What to Prepare:

Based on your HS/resume, Meghan will select sides for you which will be emailed to you to prepare in 1-3 days in advance. PLEASE NOTE: Once scenes have been distributed, if you late cancel you will not be replaced!

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.

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**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.**

Meghan Rafferty

Meghan is a casting director and actor who, over the past 18 years has worked with some of the most respected directors, writers and producers in the television and film industry.

She's working on a series for Amazon titled THE BETTER SISTER with Jessica Beil and Elizabeth Bank, shooting in New York.

Some past projects include: I Feel Pretty, The Scrapper, Paint, Antarctica, Team
Marco, Centigrade, Lez Bomb (winner of the Bentonville Film Festival), American..ish, season 1 of Falling Water for NBC/Universal, the Cannes Film Festival GoldenLion award winner for web-series Lily -vs- Margo and Saving Grace starring Ann Dowd.

Past casting director projects include: Paterson directed by Jim Jarmusch, and the
pilot episode and season 1 of the HBO series The Leftovers. Some associate
casting director credits include: Woody Allen’s Café Society, The Wolf of Wall
Street, Hugo, Shutter Island, the pilot episode of Boardwalk Empire and Extremely
Loud & Incredibly Close. Meghan also has a passion for teaching, and has taught
hundreds of on-camera classes in and around New York City and at numerous
universities and colleges across the county. Meghan received her BFA in acting
from Adelphi University and an MFA degree from the FSU/Asolo Theatre
Conservatory.

When she is not casting or teaching, Meghan continues to pursue her first love,
acting. Being an actor has enriched her career as a casting director and visa
versa. She knows first hand the challenges and frustrations that come with
pursuing a career in this very competitive business. This career combination
allows her to share personal experiences with her students from both
perspectives. Meghan’s combination of assertiveness, warmth and humor enables
her to get the best out of actors. When an actor is relaxed, comfortable and having
fun, the audition results are inevitably more positive.