Bernard Telsey

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BERNARD TELSEY graduated from New York University in 1981 with a degree in Theater Administration and Acting. While at NYU he interned with many not-for-profits theaters, acted, and soon after co-founded MCC Theater with Robert LuPone. During the early years MCC Theater became a place for artists of all kinds to develop their craft, and in 1986 the company received its not-for-profit status and began producing the plays it was developing. During this time, Telsey began working at Simon & Kumin Casting as an assistant, and then as a casting director at Risa Bramon & Billy Hopkins Casting. He opened his own casting office in 1988. Since then, he, along with his staff of casting directors and associates, have cast such Broadway shows as Rent, Wicked, In the Heights, South Pacific, Hairspray, Equus, Legally Blonde, A Catered Affair, The Homecoming, Talk Radio, November, Grey Gardens, The Color Purple, The Rocky Horror Show, All Shook Up, Tarzan, and Sweeney Todd and many more. Off-Broadway credits include reasons to be pretty, 50 Words, Almost an Evening, De La Guarda and several theatre companies including the Atlantic Theatre Company, Signature Theatre, Westport Playhouse, New York Theater Workshop, Drama Dept, ACT in San Francisco, La Jolla Playhouse, McCarter Theatre, Long Wharf Theatre, The Hartford Stage Company, and The Goodman Theatre. Film credits include Rachel Getting Married, Sex and the City: The Movie, Across the Universe, Dan in Real Life, Pieces of April, Rent, and many more. Bernie has also served for seven years as the New York Vice-President of the Casting Society of America.

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