To follow up...Lieberman-Hirschfeld was so influential in the late 90's early 2000's (thanks to Seinfeld and many other shows) that Casting Director workshops took advantage. "Do a workshop w. the assistant to the assistant of the assistant who works w. Marc Hirschfeld, for just 35 dollars!!" One must question the influence of this guy in getting actors to pay to meet CD's (along w. for example, the Frasier CD, Jeff Greenberg, who was kind enough to just charge about 100 dollars or so, back before the law cracked down.) These CD's and the workshops get a cut of all everything. These CD's from hit shows are the pioneers of this slimy practice, and should be ashamed. I would prefer one of these CD's said "you'll never make it in this biz, get out of my office" to "you seem like you have potential, just give me 30 or 40 dollars ." I continue to be overwhelmed that the Screen Actors Guild, in addition to actors, whether established or up and coming, accept, ignore, or "let slide" this illegal stupid practice.

So i get it, its a toss up. But you have to find the breakdown for a role so that you can put the name of the role on your envelope when you drop it off.... Any others ways to get seen????

hello I live in las vegas nevada now. but when I was in nyc an agency named actors rep. had offered me rolls on law and order.

I recently went to an Off-Off-Broadway play and at the end of an actress's program bio she wrote: "So-and-so has never appeared on Law & Order".
and I thought of this thread, LOL.

[QUOTE]Originally posted by SSamson:
In an article I read today this was stated...
"If a New York actor has never done a Law & Order episode or [doesn't have] some real theatre credits, I have to wonder," admits Marc Hirschfeld, executive vice president of casting for NBC Universal Television."

He probably meant background on Law and Order

hi i just wanna make sure that the adress given is correct and what train or bus can i take

so...you CANT send in your headshot/resume and want it to be considered if you don't put a specific role??

In a nutshell, MOST casting offices will just throw away your headshot unless you write down a specific role. A lot of times it is an intern or Casting Assistant who opens the mail and goes through the drop boxes, then that person will sort all the headshots by the specific role! If no role is identified, they don't make that decision for you. In other words, they don't sit there and go, "Oh, this person looks like he can play the part of Jimmy...."

Because Law & Order literally gets thousands of headshots for each episode they are casting, they need a role specified. This is exactly what agents & managers do when they submit their clients.

So, unless you know the Casting Director personally, this is usually how it's done in all casting offices. I've also taken the "Law & Order" class at One on One studios.....ans that's exactly what they told us as well.

So is there any way of obtaining the breakdowns for the show?

When an agent submits you, is that all he or she does: write the name of the role you are interesed in on a post it, or is the submission more professionally done?

thanks,
Tom

Hey there,

Do they still have the drop off box for Law & Order?

Jeremiah

The Cheslea Piers offices will be moving if they haven't already.