From Actorfest to 'Pan Am' in 2 Days

Ready for career takeoff? Ebrima N'Dure sure is. Like a lot of the 2010 Actorfest NY participants, N'Dure turned up towards the Metropolitan Pavilion vibrant and in early stages the morning of Sunday, March. 23 to make use of the annual event's open call auditions and myriad skill-strengthening sections and participants. Little did he realize that following a brief trip to the Grant Wilfley Casting open call, he'd land a featured background role on "Pan Am," the lately released ABC dramatic series having a delicious sixties aesthetic certain to boost the reel associated with a artist lucky enough to end up aboard its friendly skies.The Grant Wilfley Casting open call is a staple of Back Stage's Actorfest NY going back many years, and it is rapport which has demonstrated advantageous to both event participants and casting personnel alike. "Many people who're a new comer to the town the ones we do not see constantly at our other open calls [attend Actorfest]. New faces towards the city will always be great for us," describes GWC senior casting connect Allison Hall, whose current TV projects include Boardwalk Empire, Royal Pains, and Smash, additionally to many high-profile movies featuring NY models."We are forever in another place for 'Pan Am,'" Hall continues, mentioning towards the show's globe-trotting weekly itinerary. "We needed a more youthful Haitian boy, however i was getting a difficult time finding somebody that looked youthful but was still being over 18."Fortunately, Hall and her on-site team found their guy in Actorfest attendee N'Dure. Not 2 days after meeting him at their open call, these were delivering the youthful actor to some wardrobe fitting, preparing him for his first trip to the fabled "Jet Age." "We sent him to obtain fit, and he's working in a few days,Inch Hall verifies.N'Dure wasn't the only person who obtained a ticket aboard Pan Am via the 2010 Actorfest NY casting event. Hall states that her team found several new faces to portray stewardesses and aircraft pilots. They'll join the ranks of 2010 Actorfest NY attendee Colin Buckingham, who arrived focus on Males in Black 3 because of Grant Wilfley's on-site open call this past year, additionally to some part on 30 Rock after an Actorfest "park and flyInch session with casting director Barbara McNamara the identical day.Make sure to look out for N'Dure with an approaching episode of "Pan Am." And when you are a West Coast readers, don't miss Actorfest LA, which is held November. 5 in the California Market Center in downtown La. Open call auditions include NBC, Telemundo, mun2, and Disney Parks Talent Casting. For more information and also to sign up for the big event, visit world wide web.actorfest.com.Find Out More ON BLOG STAGE