March, 2009
A little Night Musicstarring Penny Fuller and Mark Jacoby
Michael Cassara Casting recently became the resident casting office for the White Plains Performing Arts Center, an exciting new regional theatre just 35 minutes north of New York City in Westchester County. Following up on the success of this season's Camelot and Oliver!, the WPPAC is extremely pleased to be presenting A Little Night Music with a star-studded cast led by Penny Fuller and Mark Jacoby.
March 5th through 22nd, 2009
February, 2009
Kingdomwinner of the 2008 Richard Rodgers Award
Starting with a workshop at the Public Theatre and Queens Theatre in the Park this Fall, Kingdom recently opened to rave reviews at The Old Globe in San Diego, CA.
August, 2008 and Spring, 2009
Love, Incoporated
a new musical by Marc Castle, directed by Igor Goldin
Following its critically acclaimed run in the 2008 Midtown International Theatre Festival, a commercial production of Love, Inc. went on to a out-of-town engagement in Norfolk, Virginia in February, 2009 - and will premiere off-Broadway in June, 2009. Details to come!
SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2008
CAMELOTstarring Robert Cuccioli
Michael Cassara Casting has recently become the resident casting office for the White Plains Performing Arts Center, an exciting new regional theatre just 35 minutes north of New York City in Westchester County. Kicking off the 2008-2009 season will be a production of Camelot starring Robert Cuccioli as Arthur.
September 26th through October 5th 2008
SEptember/oCTOBER, 2008
The New YORK MUSICAL THEATRE FESTIVAL - 2008
Michael Cassara Casting is once again the resident casting office for the New York Musical Theatre Festival and also cast the following individual NYMF shows:
- Cyclone (and the Pig-Faced Lady)
- The Hatpin
- Jason & Ben
- Love Jerry
- That Other Woman's Child
- Twilight In Manchego
- Wood
January 2008
A FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO THE FORUM
starring Richard Kind
The inaugural season of the Stephen Sondheim Center for the Performing Arts in Fairfield, IA, will kick off with the award-winning musical A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum. Directed by Randal K. West, the Sondheim Center's founding artistic director, the musical comedy will play the Iowa venue Jan. 11-27. The cast will feature Richard Kind as Pseudolus, Joel Blum as Senex, Stephen DeRosa as Marcus Lycus, Sean McCall as Hysterium and Steve Wilson as Miles Gloriosus.
April, 2007
The Molly Maguires
starring Leah Hocking, Thom Sesma, Ciaran Sheehan and more.
Pre-Broadway workshop of The Molly Maguires, directed by Sheryl Kaller with musical direction by John McDaniel.
December 2007
Opening Gala for Sondheim Center
starring Liz Callaway, Len Cariou, Donna Lynne Champlin, Kristin Huffman, Richard Kind, David Malis and Pamela Myers
Original cast members from the musicals of Stephen Sondheim celebrated the gala opening of the Stephen Sondheim Center for the Performing Arts in Fairfield, Iowa Dec. 7-9.
September 2007
THE YELLOW WOOD
directed by BD Wong
The Yellow Wood is a musical kaleidoscope where not-so-normal 17-year old Adam takes a fantastic, unpredictable journey as he struggles to accept all the parts of himself: his ADD, his Korean heritage and his complex relationships with friends and family. The Yellow Wood explores the angst, joy and highly imaginative state of one teen's amazing brain.
For release, Summer, 2009
Clear Blue Tuesday
feature film - directed by Elizabeth Lucas
Eleven New Yorkers change course after 9/11 forces them to examine why they moved to New York and to decide whether they'll stay. CLEAR BLUE TUESDAY follows their lives over the course of six years, each year on a Tuesday in September, as they try to achieve the dreams that drew them to the city. A montage of songs, collage and unconventional narrative style, CLEAR BLUE TUESDAY is a visceral journey of self-discovery in the face of adversity.