BRETTE GOLDSTEIN

BRETTE GOLDSTEIN -  is independent casting director for film and theatre and  the former Casting Associate at Elissa Myers Casting and Michele Ortlip  Casting. Currently she casts for such theatres as Folger Elizabethan Theatre, Dorset Theatre Festival, Muhlenberg Theatre, Colonial Theatre, and Stage Door Acting Ensemble of New York. She recently cast two independent feature films, "The Egoists" and "Everyone‚s Depressed". She worked with casting director Michele Ortlip on Noon Blue Apples, a film that was featured at Sundance in January. At Elissa Myers Casting Brette worked on seasons and productions for Alabama Shakespeare Festival, Denver Center, Cleveland Play House, Berkeley Rep, Geva Theatre, Arizona Theatre Co., Theatreworks, Great Lakes Theatre Festival, Studio Arena, Seattle Rep and the McCarter, as well as a PBS mini-series. Brette was the former co-producing director of Washington  Jewish Theatre, production manager at Washington Shakespeare Co., and  associate producer of the 17th annual Washington Theatre Festival. She was the casting director for Five Lines; an independent film featured at the NY  International Film Festival, and assisted on the extras casting of Wag the  Dog. She teaches workshops/classes at Catholic University of America,  Montclair State, Muhlenberg College, and NYU.

Personal Philosophy: Choosing the perfect monologue is a challenge but it doesn't have to be a  mystery. The very best pieces resonate deeply within you in order to successfully serve as both a calling card and a true representation of an your talent, skill and sense of humor. Brette has a library of knowledge and 
will help students choose at least two fresh, compelling contemporary monologues and two lesser-known classical pieces. If your primary focus is film and television, we may choose two to four contemporary pieces.