http://www.mccaskillstudio.com
Robert McCaskill has been teaching and coaching in New York City since 1993. His clients include: Bernadette Peters, Montel Williams, Michelle Rodriguez and hundreds of other talented actors. His students are currently performing on Broadway, on tour, on television and in feature films. He is the writer of the feature film, “Mona“, which won the Best Picture award at the Malibu Film Festival. He is the writer/director of the feature film “Heterosexuals”, starring Natasha Lyonne, Ashley Williams and Tovah Feldshuh. All the actors playing major roles in “Mona” were current or former students. And nine of the roles in “Heterosexuals” were played by current or former students.
As artistic director of the New Avenue Theatre Project he directed the stage version of “Heterosexuals“, along with other original plays by actors turned playwright. He directed , and co-wrote with Alex Lyras, the solo show “Unequalibrium” which was published in Best New Plays of 2002 and was nominated for a Dramalogue Award. A piece from the play was also published in Best Male Monologues for the 21st Century. The McCaskill-Lyras team also wrote “The Common Air” which was nominated, in Los Angeles, for an Ovation Award (in playwriting) and a Dramalogue Award (in direction). McCaskill-Lyras have been commissioned to develop new television shows three times: by NBC, by Fox Broadcasting and by 20th Century Fox. They have also had deals with Bruckheimer Productions and Joel Silver Productions.
He directed the world premiere “The Bohemians” by Bryan Delaney at Carnegie Hall.
Mr. McCaskill was a writer / performer in the In-House sketch comedy group at the West Bank Downstairs Theater Bar, where he performed with comedian Lewis Black and writer Lisa Loomer (“Girl Interrupted”). He was an actor and director with the professional improv company Chicago City Limits.
He studied with Stella Adler, Wynn Handman, Bob McAndrew and Tim Phillips.
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Season 4 Episode 49: Managing post-audition doubt + uncertainty
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Season 4 Episode 47: Redefining success in auditions + as a working actor
Season 4 Episode 46: J.J. Caruncho: Beliefs, Broadway + Batman
Season 4 Episode 45: Analisa lets her freak flag fly
Season 4 Episode 44: Jessie Hooker-Bailey + the inner work that led to Broadway
Season 4 Episode 43: I'm only truly fulfilled when onstage
Season 4 Episode 42: Jillian Paige: Meisner in Music + Life
Season 4 Episode 41: You never know where that audition will lead you
Season 4 Episode 40:Elizabeth Porter: Licensed Mental Health Therapist and Entertainment Industry Life Coach
Season 4 Episode 39: Analisa Leaming - one foot in the Biz + the other foot in Soul
Season 4 Episode 38: Sex Ed for You w/ Lauren Elise Rogers
Season 4 Episode 37: Saying "No, Thank You" to a Broadway show + leaving NYC
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