BY BELINDA BREMNER
Okay, time to take out the address books again and enter a change or two. First off, the lovely Jennifer Rudnicke and Jaz Casting team can now be found at 20 West Hubbard. Yes, indeed, that is a familiar address. It is the home of Tenner Paskal and the Audition Studio. NO, we’re not talking about a merger/marriage here. It’s more of a roommate/office space sharing kind of deal. That said, please be sure to mark all correspondence to Jaz Casting as such so that it will not go astray. The number remains the same at 312/343-8111.
And we say "salve atque vale" to the lovely Larissa Borkowski of Claire Simon Casting. She’s getting married to Vladimir Nazarenko and moving to the Pacific Northwest. We hope the marriage lasts forever but that her absence from Chicago is brief. As if a girl getting herself hitched and relocated hadn’t enough to do, Miss Clever Boots has also just recently published a book, Lala’s 50 Tips on How to Live Like a Princess Every Single Day. God! I need that one! Check your local bookstore or order directly at 312/504-2713. It is selling like hotcakes (or, in this, case blinnies) in Washington! The crew at Claire Simon Casting will miss her terribly, as will we all. Best wishes!
Seguewaying into politics: Do you know where your elected representative is? And how he or she is voting? Isn’t it time (AGAIN) that you contacted him or her about stemming the tide of runaway production. Just a thought. Hey, school’s out. I have to nag someone.
So, what are the above mentioned casting directors and others up to?
Well, Jane Alderman Casting is busy with Normal. Booked so far are Richard Bull, the ever lovely Mary Seibel, Danny Goldring, Mary Ernster, Jane Galloway Heitz, Gene Janson and David Darlow. More to follow.
Claire Simon Casting is casting a SAG independent entitled Legwork as well as industrials for Shoppers’ Hotline Elite and Jones Lang LaSalle. The Fed Ex bookings will be coming soon.
Chicago Casting Company booked the recently returned Whitney Sneed, along with Pamela Sue Fox, and Lucia Spina in Marvelous Wonderettes for Madison Rep. For the same company, they also cast that renaissance fella John Lordan in Proof.
And Jaz Casting–when not packing and unpacking–had recent bookings for Deb Dwyer, April Baker, Jessica Charapata, Tiffany Liveris, KC Gleason, Nancy Jane Nelson and Vern Cutler. Projects for Chicago Tribune and LaSalle Bank are on the books.
Tune in next issue for the first episode of Uncle Nino bookings from Tenner Paskal and for news of the commercial bookings as well.
The Illinois Film Office, speaking of Uncle Nino and Normal, reports that Til Death Do Us Part, the Michael Douglas project, is one of those legendary definite maybe’s for October. And Fox has been scouting for a film called Spikes. They will be more than happy to help you contact your elected representative. Had I mentioned that we need to do that?
And finally, word from Lily’s. Commercials were booked by Evelyn Hubbell and Emma Jean Hosteller while Anita Chandwaney, Mark Stephen, Ken Southern, David Shanks, Nigel Williams, Kiersten Kingsley, Cardi Fleck, that cute Christine Rosencrans, recent Roosevelt University grad JJ Pido, Betsey Blake, Norissa Pearson, and Lily Johnson booked industrials.
Peace.