Jenny Ravitz is a NYC-based casting director at Jonathan Strauss Casting. She is currently casting shows including NBC's hit shows Chicago Fire, Chicago PD, Chicago Med. She has years of knowledge of the casting industry after working at some of the top casting offices in New York City. Jenny is here to share her journey and provide an inside look at what it is like to help create a Chicago universe that reaches over 8 million home viewers per episode.

In this episode, we talk about:

•  Finding her passion as a Casting Director through working as an Assistant Director

•  Working 80 hours a week while interning at Telsey + Company and Cindy Tolan casting offices and bartending at a local sports bar

•  The movie that connected Jenny and Michelle for the first time

•  The important role of identity, visibility, and authentic representation in casting

•  An inside look at how Jenny reviews auditions, makes selects, and presents an offer

•  How agent pitches can help or hurt an actor (and if she reads all of them!)

•  The benefit of self tapes over actor reels

•  Whether she likes slate shots

•  The national reach of the shows she casts

IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5989503/

Instagram: www.instagram.com/jennyravitzcasting

If you like this episode, check out Episode 2.2 to hear about Emmy winning Casting Director Julie Schubert (The Departed, Marvel shows on Netflix, Devil Wears Prada, etc)

Host:

Instagram: @MentorsontheMic @MichelleSimoneMiller

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Website: www.michellesimonemiller.com

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