Episode 19 - Sara Isaacson
Today we chat with Sara Isaacson. Sara is enthusiastic, energetic, assertive, and earnest-- and talking with her was such a treat. She offers a great look into the world of getting a job in casting, moving up the ranks of assistant to associate to casting director, and what actors need to do to be ready for auditions. Sara’s projects include Fringe, Bates Motel, Law and Order True Crime: The Menendez Murders, Midnight Texas, Scream the series, the Mentalist, and more.
Show Notes:
Sara Isaacson
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0410591
Charlie Chappell
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3584890
The Baker and the Beauty
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9164986/
Jeff Greenberg
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0338528
Frasier
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0106004
Gilmore Girls
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0238784
Jami Rudofsky
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0748897
Mara Cacey
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0143478
Jared Padalecki
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0655585
Milo Ventimiglia
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0893257
Melissa Mccarthy
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0565250
John Levey
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0505411
Early Edition
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0115163
Kyle Chandler
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0151419
Cupid
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0168326
Jeremy Piven
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005315
ER
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0108757
Debra Zane
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0952918
Traffic
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0181865
Backstage Article from 2014
https://www.backstage.com/magazine/article/cd-sara-isaacson-aspects-casting-primetime-tv-12519/
Steppenwolf Theater
Terry Kenny
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0455767
Jeff Perry
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0675114
Gary Sinise
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000641
John Malkovich
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000518
Laurie Metcalf
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0582418
Phyllis Schuringa
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3154132
Rondi Reed
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0715671
Martha Plimpton
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000588
Tim Hopper
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0394434
John Mahoney
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001498
Sally Murphy
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0614684
K. Todd Freeman
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0293461
The Saints Volunteer Ushers
https://www.saintschicago.org/
Amy Sherman-Palladino
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0792371
Fringe
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1119644
JJ Abrams
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0009190/
Alex Kurtzman
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0476064
Robertp Orci
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0649460
Anna Torv
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1396022
Joshua Jackson
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005045
Jasika Nicole
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1896248
John Noble
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0633604
Lance Reddick
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0714698
Kirk Acevido
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0009716
April Webster
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0916825
Green & Associates Talent Agencies
https://www.imdb.com/search/title/?companies=co0079462
Bad Robot
https://www.imdb.com/search/title/?companies=co0021593
Chadwick Boseman
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1569276/
Stephen Root
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0740535/
Romy Rosemont
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0741891
Omid Abtahi
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1859475/
Eric Lange
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1441925/
Jennifer Page
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0656206
Corrinne Clark
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0163790
Jaye Riske
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2373186
Meghan Markle
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1620783
Almost Human
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2654580
Alcatraz
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1728102
Bates Motel
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2188671
Star Wars
https://www.imdb.com/star-wars/?ref_=nv_sr_1?ref_=nv_sr_1
Super 8
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1650062
Erica S. Breem
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2083259
Karl Urban
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0881631
Michael Ealy
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1013003
Joel Wyman
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0437249
Jeff Pinkner
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0684374
Jessica Sherman
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3880894
Freddie Highmore
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0383603
Carlton Cuse
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0193681
Max Theiriot
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1302735
Psycho
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0054215
Anthony Perkins
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000578
Chris Pine
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1517976
Carlos Gomez
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0326988
David Frankle
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0291205
Manifest
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8421350
Midnight, Texas
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5464086
Beth Klein
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0458669
Veronica Collins Rooney
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1666044
Scream
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3921180
Eric Souliere
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1394982
John Karna
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4735495
Amadeus Serafini
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2957696
Wes Craven
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000127
Robert J. Ulrich
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0880697
Eric Dawson
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0003896
Carol Kritzer
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0471740
Helen Geier
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1212779
Dexter
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0773262
American Horror Story
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1844624
Legends
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2402137
Midnight, Texas
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5464086
Monica Breen
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1044428
Jo Edna Bouldin
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0092790
Francois Arnould
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2957696
Marci Liroff
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0513924
Adam Goodell
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4221590
Kathryn Kalucki
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm7853899
Law & Order: The Menendez Murders
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6110318
Rene Balcer
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0049569
Edie Falco
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0004908
Gus Halper
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5871038
Miles Gaston Villanueva
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2740432
Regina King
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005093
Peter Jankowski
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0417778
Dick Wolf
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0937725
Nurse Jackie
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1190689
Kimberly Hope
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1661736
Chicago Fire
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2261391
Josh Charles
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001038/
Anthony Edwards
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000381/
Arthur Forney
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0286517
Leslie Linka Glatter
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0322128
https://twitter.com/saraisaacson
Intro and Outro Music
"Backbay Lounge" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
