Several recent guest lecturers, casting experts, and instructors in acting, dance, choreography, and vocal performance…
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Tony Award two-time winner Sutton Foster, star of Broadway's Thoroughly Modern Millie, Broadway’s Little Women, Broadway’s Anything Goes, Broadway’s The Drowsy Chaperone, Broadway’s Shrek. |
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Courtney Young, Broadway’s The Producers (Dance Captain), Broadway’s Young Frankenstein (Dance Captain), Broadway’s The Full Monty, Broadway’s Little Me. | ![]() |
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Ben Cameron, original casts of Broadway’s Wicked, Broadway’s Footloose, Broadway’s Aida. | ![]() |
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Former Executive Director of Casting, Disney Theatricals and current Director, Mungioli Theatricals, Arnold Mungioli, casting for Broadway and worldwide productions of Beauty & the Beast, Broadway and worldwide productions of Lion King, Broadway’s Ragtime, Broadway’s Fela! | ![]() |
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Marnie Cooper, on-set TV/film coach, Miley Cyrus, Leelee Sobieski, Mila Kunis, Ron Howard films incl. The Grinch Who Stole Christmas | ![]() |
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Richard Kline, “Larry”, NBC TV’s Three’s Company, Host, To Tell the Truth, Broadway’s City of Angels | ![]() |
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Laura Maxwell-Scott, freelance casting, Nickelodeon, casting director, Kidzhouse Entertainment | ![]() |
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Sheila Allen, Royal Shakespeare Company, Stratford-upon-Avon, England; (twelve year company member), representative roles: “Lady Macbeth”, Macbeth, “Katherine”, The Taming of the Shrew, “Portia”, Merchant of Venice, “Lady Capulet, Romeo and Juliet, BBC TV’s Bouquet Of Barbed Wire, (“Cassie Manson”), Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire | ![]() |
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Joshua LeBar, “Josh”, HBO’s Entourage (nominated “Best Guest Actor in a Comedy Series”), WB’s Seventh Heaven, ABC TV’s Pushing Daisies | ![]() |
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Beginnings workshop alumnus Tracy Edwards, star of Broadway’s Hairspray, featured in original cast of Broadway’s Legally Blonde. | ![]() |
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Beginnings workshop alumnus Laura Osnes, national competition winner, NBC TV's Grease: You're The One That I Want!, star of Broadway’s Grease, star of Broadway’s Anything Goes, star of Broadway’s South Pacific, star of Broadway’s Bonnie & Clyde. | ![]() |
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Beginnings workshop alumnus Tessa Netting, featured in original cast of Broadway’s Billy Elliot. | ![]() |
…and many others.
The following is a modest representation of the hundreds of workshop alumni and Peter Sklar protégés who have achieved significant success in this industry over the past thirty years…
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Reese Witherspoon, Legally Blonde, Vanity Fair, Cruel Intentions, Walk the Line, Sweet Home Alabama, This Means War, etc. | ![]() |
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Sara Jessica Parker, HBO’s Sex and the City, Footloose, Girls Just Wanna Have Fun, Flight of the Navigator | ![]() |
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Holly Marie Combs, “Piper”, TNT TV’s Charmed | ![]() |
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Tracy Edwards, “Amber von Tussle”, Broadway’s Hairspray, original cast of Broadway’s Legally Blonde. | ![]() |
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Laura Osnes, winner, NBC TV's Grease: You're The One That I Want!, star of Broadway’s Grease, star of Broadway’s Anything Goes, star of Broadway’s South Pacific, star of Broadway’s Bonnie & Clyde. | ![]() |
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Tessa Netting, featured in original cast of Broadway’s Billy Elliot. | ![]() |
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Kalyn Hemphill, Season 6 Winner, Project Runway/Models of the Runway | ![]() |
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Ashley Bashioum, “Mackenzie Browning”, CBS TV’s The Young and the Restless | ![]() |
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Mischa Barton, “Marissa Cooper”, Fox TV’s The O.C. | ![]() |
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Ashley Palmer, “Diane”, Paramount’s Paranormal Activity, “Kelly”, NBC TV’s Love Bites | ![]() |
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Zachery Ty Bryan, “Brad”, ABC TV’s Home Improvement | ![]() |
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Tanner Rich, “Young Ed”, NBC TV’s Ed | ![]() |
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Jeffrey Landman, “Gavroche”, Broadway’s Les Miserables | ![]() |
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Tom Gallasi, eight-year company member, Blue Man Group | ![]() |
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Alisan Porter, Curly Sue, (winner, Best Young Actress Starring in a Motion Picture), Parenthood, Teen Titans | ![]() |
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Zachary Cope, Stir of Echoes, (co-starring w. Kevin Bacon) | ![]() |
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Alex Winter, “Bill”, Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure, (co-starring with Keanu Reeves), “Marko”, Lost Boys | ![]() |
…and hundreds of others.