Intern - Casting

This is a Full Time Paid Internship

MelCap Casting is seeking a full time casting intern for the summer. Current Broadway credits include: Theresa Rebeck's Seminar and Death of a Salesman. Other Broadway credits include: Lydia Diamond's Stick Fly, The House of Blue Leaves, Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo, Lend Me a Tenor, Everyday Rapture, and the Tony award winning revival of Fences. In addition to these commercial projects, MelCap also casts for such NYC theaters as Second Stage, Atlantic, Ars Nova, and MTC, and such regional theaters as The Goodman, ACT, and Arena Stage. Recent TV/film credits include: work on The Newsroom for HBO, The Corrections for HBO, Steel Magnolias for Lifetime, the AMC series Rubicon, work on the feature films Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close; That's My Boy; Love and Other Drugs; and the indie HairBrained.

Duties include heavy phone work, calling out and confirming appointments, putting together casting sessions, filing, tracking and documenting avails, data entry, Starbucks runs, etc. Terrific phone manner a must. We are seeking candidates with some level of casting/talent agency experience but will consider candidates with strong office skills, a good attitude, and a genuine interest in casting. Candidates with good senses of humor and an ability to roll with the punches strongly favored. Responsibilities are high, stipend is low. We love actors, but are not seeking intern applicants who are pursuing acting as a career. Commitment is 5 days a week from 10 - 6. Ideal candidates will be available from May 15th through Labor Day.