Don't miss our Online Casting Director Masterclass with Top CD Rikki Gimelstob! This class is for actors 16 years old and up and will be held online via Zoom. This will be a live, interactive class with a Q&A and the opportunity to perform for and get feedback from Rikki. You will be able to download the recordings of your performances for educational purposes only. You will also be able to send us your headshot, resume, acting reel, and anything else you want Rikki to see.
Rikki is a New York based casting director, originally from Annapolis, Maryland. She is currently casting CHICAGO PD (NBC), FBI: MOST WANTED (CBS) and FBI: INTERNATIONAL (CBS).
She has been a staff casting director at Telsey + Company and Donna Grossman Casting, and has also cast projects with Beke/White Casting, Hirschfeld/Flood Casting and NBCUniversal.
Select casting projects include: KEVIN CAN F*CK HIMSELF (AMC), MERRY KISSCAM (HULU/MARVISTA), HELPSTERS (APPLETV+), THE LAST OG (TBS), Sarah Cooper and Cindy Chupack's Pilot HOW TO BE SUCCESSFUL WITHOUT HURTING MEN'S FEELINGS (CBS), NOS4A2 (AMC), and numerous pilots for NBCUniversal, AMC and FOX. She was nominated for an Artios Award for her work on KEVIN CAN F*CK HIMSELF.
Rikki is an active teaching artist, regularly holding workshops at NYU and AMDA as well as working with private students. She loves working with actors of all ages to help them feel their most confident when they walk into the audition room. Whether it's preparing for a first audition or a big callback, coaching for college auditions, or getting ready for the big high school musical, Rikki loves to make actors feel their best by being prepared.
