Robin Carus
Robin Carus has been casting for seventeen years. She was Head of Casting for Theatreworks USA for nine years. While there, she auditioned thousands of actors and cast over 200 national tours and countless Off-Broadway shows created by emerging playwrights and directors. Since then, Robin has cast for major theatre festivals, including the 2009 Marathon Festival at EST, the Eugene O'Neill Theatre Conference, Lincoln Center's American Living Room Festival, NAMT, NYMF, Fringe, Midtown International Theatre Festival, and the Emmy-winning Family Life Theatre. In addition to her casting experience, Robin is the Founding Producing Director for BIMA-NY, a groundbreaking Jewish theatre company that cultivated Jewish playwrights, and exposed audiences to modern Jewish themes. She is also on the Young Leadership Board of the America-Israel Cultural Foundation. Robin lectures and teaches audition workshops in New York and at colleges around the country.
Select Credits Include: Polkadots: The Cool Kids Musical, Mad Libs Live!, Octonauts and the Deep Sea Volcano Adventure, Dr. Seuss' The Cat In The Hat, Miss Nelson Is Missing (National Tours), Pip's Island, Chicken & Biscuits (Queens Theatre - Off-Broadway), Sycorax, Cyber Queen of Qamara (HERE - Off-Broadway), I Know What Boys Want (Lion Theatre - Off-Broadway), The Chekhov Dreams (Beckett Theatre - Off-Broadway), Romance of the Western Chamber (TaDa! - Off-Broadway), Evensong (Astoria PAC - Off-Broadway), Hamlet (Hudson Guild Theatre - Off-Broadway), Like You Like It (Gallery Players - Off-Broadway), Closing The Distance Podcast, Little Did I Know Podcast, The Thursday Night Club Podcast, The Tempest Podcast, Richard II Podcast, “Broadway United: We Are The World” Video, Mashable, Inc. (Branded Entertainment), Project Sing Out! Concert (Hermes & Davey Award winner), West Side Stories: A Benefit For Hudson Guild, Broadway Fights Back (NYC Town Hall - w/ March for Our Lives), From Broadway With Love: A Benefit For Parkland, USA (BB&T Center), Heart of Stone, Devices, Wanda's World, Session Girls, Tonya and Nancy: The Rock Opera, Broadway United: We Are The World, With A Little Help From My Friends, Like You Like It (Broadway Records). Film & TV Credits Include: Don't Let the Night End, Killing the Fiddler, Weathering, Realizing Recovery, Running With Sharks, The King's Pawn, Disgrace, Deep Red Dandelions, Elvis, Breaking The Chain, Underwear, James McNeill Whistler and the Case For Beauty (PBS).