Confessions of a Casting Director

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Episode 4 - MADDIE CORMAN Dec 17, 2019

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In this inspiring episode, Jen chats with actress and writer Maddie Corman about their lives as child actors, Maddie's performance as Lady Aberlin in A BEAUTIFUL DAY IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, and Maddie's one-woman show ACCIDENTALLY BRAVE.

To download Maddie's Audible recording of ACCIDENTALLY BRAVE, visit www.audible.com and check out her full list of credits clicking her IMDB profile here.

Episode 3 - BRITTANY PORTMAN Dec 04, 2019

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Join Jen Rudin with her first podcast guest, writer/producer Brittany Portman.

Jen and Brittany met when Brittany was a child actor and Jen was a casting executive at The Walt Disney Company. Years later they reconnected when Brittany hired Jen to cast her TV pilot HOOKED. In this episode, Jen and Brittany chat about their lives as professional child actors, shifting into life behind the camera and their shared love of ANNIE.

Episode 2 - I WAS THE CAT IN THE HAT Nov 26, 2019

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In 1995, Jen Rudin spent Christmas season at Macy's dressed up as The Cat in the Hat! She first appeared as the Cat in the 1995 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade.

Jen shares funny stories about her time as the Cat and offers advice for great supporting jobs for actors in this episode.

Episode 1 - INTRODUCTION Nov 19, 2019

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Based on Jen Rudin's popular book Confessions of a Casting Director, this podcast takes listeners inside the audition room. Episodes feature Jen sharing her own audition stories from when she was a professional child actor mixed with current audition stories and interviews with some of her current favorites actors, child actors, stage moms, and more!

Jen Rudin is an award-winning casting director who began her over thirty-year career in show business as a child actor at age eight. As a casting executive at The Walt Disney Company, Rudin conducted talent searches across the United States, identifying and hiring actors who went on to star on Broadway in The Lion King, Mary Poppins, and The Little Mermaid and in beloved Disney movies like The Incredibles, The Princess and the Frog, Chicken Little and Brother Bear. Her company, Jen Rudin Casting, casts animation, commercials, live-action and TV projects in New York and Los Angeles. She is a proud member of the Casting Society of America.

For more info, visit www.jenrudin.com, Facebook.com/JenRudinCasting and follow @rudinj on Instagram

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