In this Advanced Casting Class, casting director Shayna Markowitz ('Is This On?') will be working with selected actors in a live and observed work session. This will be preceded by a brief conversation on her career, moderated by Rochelle Rose, SAG-AFTRA Foundation and will be followed by an audience Q&A.
These reservations are for Q&A participation and observation only.
Bio:
Shayna Markowitz is an award-winning Casting Director best known for her work on Bradley Cooper's Maestro and Todd Phillips' Joker. She began her casting career over 18 years ago, working with Casting Director Debra Zane with whom she co-cast Ocean's 8, Bloodline and The Best of Enemies as well as her work on films including The Hunger Games and The Planet of the Apes franchises.
In 2018, she created Shayna Markowitz Casting. Shayna received the inaugural BAFTA for Best Casting for Joker in 2019. She also cast the television series' Dash & Lily and others. Most recently, Shayna reunited with Bradley Cooper for his upcoming film Is This Thing On? which premieres later this year. She just completed casting The Devil Wears Prada 2 (with co-Casting Director Ellen Lewis), currently in production.
Shayna is a member of the Casting Society of America and has been nominated for four Artios Awards (winning one for her work on Bloodline). She also received a Daytime Emmy nomination for her work on Dash & Lily.
Shayna is a graduate of The University of Michigan.
Performance seats at Masterclasses are not guaranteed. Please do not email or call us. We will not respond to queries regarding performing at our Masterclass series. Our team will reach out if a performance space becomes available.
SAG-AFTRA ID AND PHOTO ID are required for entry. You MUST bring your paid-up, valid SAG-AFTRA card or your receipt of current payment AND a photo ID for admittance. No admittance will be granted without your current card or receipt.
A confirmation does not GUARANTEE a seat. Seats are filled on a first come, first served basis. Programs are overbooked to ensure a full house. Please arrive early.
Check-in opens 30-minutes prior to the program. Entry or lining up outside the Meryl Streep Center for Performing Artists is not permitted before check-in begins.
No photography or audio/video recording permitted.
No soliciting (including giving out headshots, reels, business cards, scripts) or autograph seeking from guest speakers
When you register for a program you are expected to stay for the entire Q&A as a courtesy to our guest speaker(s).
There is no food or drink allowed in the SAG-AFTRA Foundation Screening Room. Only bottled water.
This program may include explicit, sexual, disturbing or offensive content and is intended for mature audiences only.
The SAG-AFTRA Foundation reserves the right to refuse admission or service to anyone.
For those have accessibility requirements, including Sign Language Interpretation, please email rsvp@sagaftra.foundation ( AND nyrsvp@sagaftra.foundation if you're attending a NY program) with a minimum of three business days' notice and you will be contacted.
Cancellations must be made by midnight prior to the day of the program.
Failure to fulfill a RSVPed reservation or arrival after check-in is completed will be recorded as a no-show.
Three no shows within a year will result in restriction from attending SAG-AFTRA Foundation Conversations or The Business programs for 90 days. The year is calculated from the date of the first no-show.
The no-show policy does not apply to WAITLISTED reservations – UNLESS you are moved to the RSVP list. If you have been moved to the RSVP list and will not be attending you must cancel by midnight to avoid being recorded as a no-show. Your status will be changed no later than midnight prior to the day of the program – to give you time to cancel.
Waiting List –
If you are on the waiting list and a spot opens up you will be moved to the RSVP list and notified via email (by midnight prior to the day of the program). You may also check your status at any time by logging into our website. By signing up for the waiting list you are telling us that you are want to attend the program so if that changes please cancel your waitlist reservation. If you are still on the waiting list the day of a program you are welcome to show up to see if space is available. You WILL NOT be recorded as a no-show if you are still on the waiting list and do not attend or if you show up and do not get in.
The SAG-AFTRA Foundation reserves the right to refuse admission or service to anyone.
The SAG AFTRA Foundation reserves the right to refuse entrance to any guests.
SAG-AFTRA members and guests invited to events will behave in a professional and courteous manner. Any violation of the rules or transgression of decorum will be subject to review by the programming team, which has sole authority to remove the member from present and future SAG-AFTRA Foundation programs for unprofessional, discourteous, threatening or similarly inappropriate behavior.
By booking this program I acknowledge I understand and will abide by these rules.
SAG-AFTRA ID and PHOTO ID are required for entry. You MUST bring your paid-up, valid SAG-AFTRA card or your receipt of current payment AND a photo ID for admittance. No admittance will be granted without your current card or receipt.
A confirmation does not guarantee a seat. Seats are NOT guaranteed. Programs are overbooked to ensure a full house.
Late arrivals will not be admitted.
No photography or audio/video recording permitted.
No soliciting (including giving out headshots, reels, business cards, scripts) or autograph seeking from guest speakers
When you register for a program you are expected to stay for the entire Q&A as a courtesy to our guest speaker(s).
There is no food or drink allowed in the SAG-AFTRA Foundation Screening Room. Only bottled water.
This program may include explicit, sexual, disturbing or offensive content and is intended for mature audiences only.
The SAG-AFTRA Foundation reserves the right to refuse admission or service to anyone.
For those have accessibility requirements, including Sign Language Interpretation, please email rsvp@sagaftra.foundation ( AND nyrsvp@sagaftra.foundation if you're attending a NY program) with a minimum of three business days' notice and you will be contacted.
Cancellations must be made by midnight prior to the day of the program.
Failure to fulfill a RSVPed reservation or arrival after check-in is completed will be recorded as a no-show.
Three no shows within a year will result in restriction from attending SAG-AFTRA Foundation Conversations or The Business programs for 90 days. The year is calculated from the date of the first no-show.
The no-show policy does not apply to WAITLISTED reservations – UNLESS you are moved to the RSVP list. If you have been moved to the RSVP list and will not be attending you must cancel by midnight to avoid being recorded as a no-show. Your status will be changed no later than midnight prior to the day of the program – to give you time to cancel.
Waiting List –
If you are on the waiting list and a spot opens up you will be moved to the RSVP list and notified via email (by midnight prior to the day of the program). You may also check your status at any time by logging into our website. By signing up for the waiting list you are telling us that you are want to attend the program so if that changes please cancel your waitlist reservation. If you are still on the waiting list the day of a program you are welcome to show up to see if space is available. You WILL NOT be recorded as a no-show if you are still on the waiting list and do not attend or if you show up and do not get in.
The SAG-AFTRA Foundation reserves the right to refuse admission or service to anyone.
The SAG AFTRA Foundation reserves the right to refuse entrance to any guests.
SAG-AFTRA members and guests invited to events will behave in a professional and courteous manner. Any violation of the rules or transgression of decorum will be subject to review by the programming team, which has sole authority to remove the member from present and future SAG-AFTRA Foundation programs for unprofessional, discourteous, threatening or similarly inappropriate behavior.
By booking this program I acknowledge I understand and will abide by these rules.
