TheatreFest is just around the corner, and the College/University section has some exciting things lined up. First, our C/U Special Guest - Mr. Mark Paladini!
Mark Paladini has been casting in New York and Los Angeles since 1987. His casting credits include the feature film Closing the Ring for director Richard Attenborough (Shirley MacLaine, Christopher Plummer, Pete Postlethwaite, Brenda Fricker, Mischa Barton, Neve Campbell) which enjoyed a gala premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival. Additional feature film credits: New Line Cinema’s The Mask, Mortal Kombat, Mr. Nanny, and Disney's Spy Hard. Representative television credits:Beverly Hills, 90210, Babylon 5 and The New WKRP in Cincinnati Off-Broadway:The Property Known as Garland. Mark is the co-executive producer of three motion pictures: Most recently, If I Were You premiered at the Palm Springs International Film Festival on January 10, 2012 starring Marcia Gay Harden, Leonor Watling and Aidan Quinn. My First Wedding (Rachael Leigh Cook) was released theatrically and quickly snapped up by Lifetime Television and A Previous Engagement (Juliet Stevenson, Tcheky Karyo, Daniel Stern) which opened in New York and Los Angeles on May 9, 2008. Mark studied with Uta Hagen in New York for three years after receiving his BA in Drama from the University of Washington in Seattle. Mark performed professionally in film, television, Equity summer stock, dinner theatre and Shakespeare in the Park prior to his casting career. Before leaving New York, Mark directed commercial auditions for two years at Three of Us Studios where he studied commercial acting with Joan See. For the past four summers, Mark has sat on a blue ribbon panel for the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences to decide upon Emmy winners in several categories.Mark’s professional memberships include Actors' Equity Association, the Screen Actors Guild/American Federation of Television and Radio Artists, the Casting Society of American, the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, and the Southeastern Theatre Conference (SETC). Mark was keynote speaker for the SETC convention in Arlington, 2003.
Mark will be giving several workshops during TheatreFest, as well as being available to chat with C/U folks! Please welcome him.
In addition to Mark, C/U will also be presenting the second year of the TETA Academic Symposium. This is where selected academic papers will be read and discussed. Also, as part of the Symposium, the Debut Scholar/Papers winners will be reading their submission.
So, if you haven't yet, sign up for TheatreFest and make your hotel reservations! These are exciting events, just for C/U! You don't want to miss out!
Mike Burnett
C/U Chair
Mark will be giving several workshops during TheatreFest, as well as being available to chat with C/U folks! Please welcome him.
In addition to Mark, C/U will also be presenting the second year of the TETA Academic Symposium. This is where selected academic papers will be read and discussed. Also, as part of the Symposium, the Debut Scholar/Papers winners will be reading their submission.
So, if you haven't yet, sign up for TheatreFest and make your hotel reservations! These are exciting events, just for C/U! You don't want to miss out!
Mike Burnett
C/U Chair
TETA Board of Directors
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