2023 Artios Awards

2023 CSA Artios Award

Recipients & Nominees
for
Outstanding Achievement in Casting

Los Angeles & New York

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The following is the list of nominees for the Casting Society of America’s 38th annual Artios Awards
for Outstanding Achievement in Casting for TELEVISION, FILM and THEATER.

~ Award recipients in GOLD ~

TELEVISION PILOT AND FIRST SEASON – COMEDY
Abbott Elementary – Wendy O’Brien
Ghosts – Elizabeth Barnes, Tannis Vallely, Andrea Kenyon (Location Casting), Randi Wells (Location Casting)
Julia – Sharon Bialy, Gohar Gazazyan, Lisa Lobel (Location Casting), Angela Peri (Location Casting), Stacia Kimler (Associate Casting Director), Melissa Morris (Associate Casting Director)
Only Murders in the Building– Bernard Telsey, Tiffany Little Canfield, Destiny Lilly (Associate Casting Director)
Reservation Dogs– Angelique Midthunder, Jennifer Schwalenberg, Chris Freihofer (Location Casting), Stacey Rice (Associate Casting Director), Lisa Zambetti (Associate Casting Director)
The Sex Lives of College Girls – Elizabeth Barnes, Jennifer Euston

TELEVISION PILOT AND FIRST SEASON – DRAMA
Kevin Can F**k Himself – Felicia Fasano, Rikki Gimelstob, Angela Peri (Location Casting), Lisa Lobel (Location Casting), Katie Lantz (Associate Casting Director)
Pachinko – Mary Vernieu, Michelle Wade Byrd, Ko Iwagami (Location Casting), Corinne Clark (Location Casting), Jennifer Page (Location Casting)
The Gilded Age – Bernard Telsey, Adam Caldwell, Kristian Charbonier (Associate Casting Director)
Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty – Francine Maisler, Kathy Driscoll-Mohler, Melissa Kostenbauder, Molly Rose (Associate Casting Director)
Severance – Rachel Tenner, Bess Fifer (Location Casting), Rick Messina (Associate Casting Director)
Yellowjackets – Junie Lowry Johnson, Libby Goldstein, Corinne Clark (Location Casting), Jennifer Page (Location Casting), Josh Ropiequet (Associate Casting Director)

TELEVISION SERIES COMEDY
Barry – Sherry Thomas, Sharon Bialy, Stacia Kimler (Associate Casting Director)
Hacks – Jeanne McCarthy, Nicole Abellera Hallman, Anna Mayworm (Associate Casting Director)
Ted Lasso – Theo Park
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel – Cindy Tolan, Anne Davison (Associate Casting Director)
The Other Two – Allison Estrin, Henry Russell Bergstein, Jenn Gaw (Associate Casting Director), Dayna Katz (Associate Casting Director)

TELEVISION SERIES DRAMA
Better Call Saul – Sharon Bialy, Sherry Thomas, Russell Scott, Marie K. McMaster (Location Casting), Alyssa Morris (Associate Casting Director)
Euphoria – Jessica Kelly, Mary Vernieu, Bret Howe, Jennifer Venditti (Location Casting)
Ozark – Alexa L. Fogel, Chase Paris (Location Casting), Tara Feldstein Bennett (Location Casting), Kathryn Zamora-Benson (Associate Casting Director)
Succession – Avy Kaufman, Lilia Trapani (Location Casting), Harrison Nesbit (Associate Casting Director)
The Morning Show – Victoria Thomas

LIMITED SERIES
Dopesick – Avy Kaufman, Erica Arvold (Location Casting), Scotty Anderson (Associate Casting Director), Dustin Presley (Associate Casting Director)
Inventing Anna – Linda Lowy, Henry Russell Bergstein, Allison Estrin, Jamie Castro, Simone Bär (Location Casting), Juliette Menager (Location Casting), Dayna Katz (Associate Casting Director)
Maid – Rachel Tenner, Corinne Clark (Location Casting), Jennifer Page (Location Casting), Rick Messina (Associate Casting Director)
The Dropout – Jeanie Bacharach, Alison Goodman, Mark Rutman
The Staircase – Douglas Aibel, Tracy Kilpatrick (Location Casting), Matthew Glasner (Associate Casting Director), Blair Foster (Associate Casting Director)

FILM – NON THEATRICAL RELEASE
The Adam Project — Carmen Cuba, Tiffany Mak (Location Casting), Judith Sunga (Associate Casting Director)
Better Nate Than Never — Bernard Telsey, Bethany Knox, Pat Goodwin
Deep Water — Ellen Chenoweth, Tracy Kilpatrick (Location Casting), Susanne Scheel (Associate Casting Director)
The Harder They Fall — Victoria Thomas, Jo Edna Boldin (Location Casting)
The Survivor — Ellen Chenoweth, Susanne Scheel (Associate Casting Director)

SHORT FORM SERIES
Breakwater – Jeffrey Gafner
Love, Death + Robots – Ivy Isenberg, Natasha Vincent (Location Casting)
State of the Union – Kathleen Chopin, John Ort

CHILDREN’S PILOT AND SERIES (LIVE ACTION)
Bunk’d – Howard Meltzer, Biz Urban (Associate Casting Director)
Noggin Knows – Danielle Pretsfelder Demchick
The Babysitters Club – Danielle Aufiero, Amber Horn, Tiffany Mak (Location Casting), Leigh Ann Smith (Associate Casting Director)
Young Dylan – Kim Coleman, Rhavynn Drummer (Associate Casting Director)
Warped! – Nickole Doro, Shayna Sherwood, Devon Brady (Associate Casting Director), Jeremy Gordon (Associate Casting Director)

ANIMATED SERIES
Big Mouth – Julie Ashton
Bob’s Burgers – Julie Ashton
Central Park – Julie Ashton
Family Guy – Christine Terry, Jackie Sollitto
Rick and Morty – Ruth Lambert, Robert McGee

REALITY SERIES
Nailed It! – Ron Mare, Anna Sturgeon
Queer Eye – Jessica Jorgensen, Danielle Gervais, Quinn Fegan, Natalie Pino, Pamela Vallarelli
RuPaul’s Drag Race – Goloka Bolte, Ethan Petersen
Shark Tank – Mindy Zemrak
Top Chef – Ron Mare, Heather Allyn

SHORT FILM
El Carrito – Emily Fleischer
The F Word – Rachel Reiss
Milk – Shakyra Dowling
North Star – Jeffrey Gafner
We’re Too Good For This – Shakyra Dowling

FILM ANIMATION
The Bad Guys — Christi Soper Hilt
Lightyear — Natalie Lyon, Kevin Reher, Kate Hansen-Birnbaum (Associate Casting Director)
Marcel the Shell With Shoes On — Jessica Kelly, Kate Geller (Associate Casting Director)
Puss in Boots: The Last Wish — Christi Soper Hilt
Turning Red — Natalie Lyon, Kevin Reher, Kate Hansen-Birnbaum (Associate Casting Director)

BIG BUDGET FILM — COMEDY
Bros — Gayle Keller, Allison Kirschner (Associate Casting Director)
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery — Mary Vernieu, Bret Howe
The Menu — Mary Vernieu, Bret Howe, Lisa Mae Fincannon (Location Casting), Kimberly Wistedt (Location Casting), Becca Burgess (Associate Casting Director)
Roald Dahl’s Matilda the Musical — Lucy Bevan, Emily Brockmann
White Noise — Douglas Aibel, D. Lynn Meyers, (Location Casting), Matthew Glasner (Associate Casting Director)

BIG BUDGET FILM – DRAMA
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever — Sarah Halley Finn, Carla Hool (Location Casting), Tara Feldstein Bennett (Location Casting), Chase Paris (Location Casting), Molly Doyle (Associate Casting Director)
Elvis — Denise Chamian, Nikki Barrett, Beth Day (Associate Casting Director) Liz Ludwitzke (Associate Casting Director)
The Fabelmans — Cindy Tolan, Nicholas Petrovich (Associate Casting Director)
Tár — Avy Kaufman, Simone Bär (Location Casting), Jeremy Zimmerman (Location Casting)
Till — Kim Coleman, Tara Feldstein Bennett (Location Casting), Chase Paris (Location Casting), Stefni Colle (Associate Casting Director)

STUDIO OR INDEPENDENT FILM – COMEDY
The Bubble — Victor Jenkins, Gayle Keller, Allison Kirschner (Associate Casting Director)
Catherine Called Birdy — Nina Gold, Catriona Dickie
Emergency — Kim Coleman, Tara Feldstein Bennett (Location Casting), Chase Paris (Location Casting)
I Love My Dad — Eyde Belasco
Spoiler Alert — Avy Kaufman

STUDIO OR INDEPENDENT FILM – DRAMA
Armageddon Time — Douglas Aibel, Matthew Glasner (Associate Casting Director)
The Banshees of Inisherin — Louise Kiely
Causeway — Ellen Chenoweth, Tracy Kilpatrick (Location Casting), Susanne Scheel (Associate Casting Director), Blair Foster (Associate Casting Director)
Cha Cha Real Smooth — Angela Demo, Nancy Mosser Bailey (Location Casting)
The Whale — Mary Vernieu, Lindsay Graham Ahanonu, Bret Howe (Associate Casting Director)

LOW BUDGET FILM – COMEDY OR DRAMA
Emily the Criminal — Chelsea Ellis Bloch, Marisol Roncali
Family Squares — Sharon Bialy, Sherry Thomas
Montana Story — Avy Kaufman, Harrison Nesbit (Associate Casting Director)
Please Baby Please — Eyde Belasco
The Swearing Jar — Nicole Hilliard-Forde, Matthew Lessall

MICRO BUDGET FILM – COMEDY OR DRAMA
The Cathedral — Ally Beans, Daryl Eisenberg
Down With the King — Scotty Anderson, Harrison Nesbit
Four Samosas — Emily Schweber
They/Them/Us — Joey Montenarello, Duncan Stewart, Benton Whitley, D. Lynn Meyers (Location Casting)
The Same Storm — Bernard Telsey, Tiffany Little Canfield, Adam Caldwell, Karyn Casl (Associate Casting Director)

THE ZEITGEIST AWARD
Avatar: The Way of Water — Margery Simkin, Katrina Wandel George (Associate Casting Director), Jasmine Gutierrez (Associate Casting Director), Sydney Shircliff (Associate Casting Director)
The Batman — Cindy Tolan, Lucy Bevan, Nicholas Petrovich (Associate Casting Director), Olivia Grant (Associate Casting Director)
Everything Everywhere All at Once — Sarah Halley Finn, Djinous Rowling (Associate Casting Director)
Scream — Rich Delia, Lisa Mae Fincannon (Location Casting), Craig Fincannon (Location Casting), Adam Richards (Associate Casting Director), Meredith Petty Hughes (Associate Casting Director)
Top Gun: Maverick — Denise Chamain, Jordana Sapiurka (Associate Casting Director)

NEW YORK BROADWAY THEATER – COMEDY OR DRAMA
Chicken & Biscuits — Erica A. Hart
Clyde’s — Will Cantler, Karyn Casl, Destiny Lilly, Charlie Hano (Associate Casting Director)
For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf — Erica Jensen, Heidi Griffiths, Kate Murray
POTUS: Or, Behind Every Great Dumbass are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him Alive — Taylor Williams
Take Me Out — Jim Carnahan, Jason Thinger (Associate Casting Director)

NEW YORK BROADWAY THEATER – MUSICAL
Caroline or Change — Jim Carnahan, Jilian Cimini, Carrie Gardner, Stephen Kopel
Company — Cindy Tolan, Nicholas Petrovich
Girl From the North Country — Jordan Thaler, Heidi Griffiths
MJ The Musical — Rachel Hoffman
The Music Man — Craig Burns, Bernard Telsey, Rebecca Scholl 

NEW YORK THEATER – COMEDY OR DRAMA (Tie)
A Case for the Existence of God — David Caparelliotis     
Fairycakes — Adam Caldwell, Destiny Lilly, Charlie Hano (Associate Casting Director)
Letters of Suresh Karyn Casl,  Destiny Lilly, Charlie Hano (Associate Casting Director)
Prayer for the French Republic — Kelly Gillespie
The Daughter in Law — Stephanie Klapper
Which Way to the Stage — Will Cantler
Wish You Were Here — Karyn Casl

NEW YORK THEATER – MUSICAL
Americano! A New Musical — Michael Cassara
Black No More — Kristian Charbonier, Rebecca Scholl
Oratorio for Living Things — Henry Russell Bergstein
The Bedwetter — Rachel Hoffman, Charlie Hano (Associate Casting Director)
Trevor — Tara Rubin, Merri Sugarman
Whisper House — Tara Rubin, Peter Van Dam 

REGIONAL THEATER
A Christmas Carol — Jim Carnahan, Jason Thinger (Associate Casting Director)
Bhangin’ It A Bhangin’ New Musical — Erica Jensen, Paul Davis
Bob Fosse’s Dancin’ — Tara Rubin, Xavier Rubiano (Associate Casting Director)
Bug — JC Clementz
School Girls: Or the African Mean Girls Play — Lauren Port, Rachael Jimenez (Associate Casting Director)

LOS ANGELES THEATER
A Christmas Carol — Jim Carnahan, Jilian Cimini, Jason Thinger (Associate Casting Director)
God of Carnage — Michael Donovan, Richie Ferris
Head Over Heels — Ryan Bernard Tymensky
Man of God — Phyllis Schuringa
Power of Sail — Phyllis Schuringa

SPECIAL THEATRICAL PERFORMANCE
Candide — Stephanie Klapper
The Life — Destiny Lilly, Charlie Hano (Associate Casting Director)
Kismet — Peter Van Dam
The Tap Dance Kid — Craig Burns

THEATER TOURS
Hadestown — Duncan Stewart, Benton Whitley
Moulin Rouge — Jim Carnahan, Stephen Kopel, Alexandre Bleau (Associate Casting Director)
Oklahoma! — Taylor Williams
Six the Musical — Tara Rubin, Peter Van Dam, Kevin Metzger-Timson (Associate Casting Director)
To Kill a Mockingbird — Adam Caldwell, Destiny Lilly, Amelia McCarthy (Associate Casting Director)