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There is a member of the casting
team at each audition or casting call who will walk you through
the audition process. At any casting call or audition, you can anticipate
meeting our Casting Director, Casting Associates or Casting Assistant,
as well as a variety of performers. Here are some thoughts from
the casting team to help you through the audition process:
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Deborah Burton Casting Director “We look for the magical spark in a person that could grow to become a Blue Man. The way we train the character is from the inside out. That special something inside a person, as hard as it is to describe; we identify and develop upon that.” ^back to top |
Born
in the south of England and raised in north central New Jersey,
Deb (as she’s know to one and all) went to Hartford Art School.
She moved to Manhattan in 1990 where her first big city gig was
painting designs on tee shirts for a children’s clothing company.
While working on getting in the door of the art world as a ceramicist,
she was hired by Blue Man Group and began her tenure working at
the Astor Place Theatre running wardrobe and props. Deb was hired
into the casting department a year later by Blue Man Group’s
original in-house Casting Director, Carrie Hanson. “I developed
my relationship with the Blue Man character from the ground up,”
she says, “because I worked at the theatre and lived with
the character - watched and participated in six shows a week for
a year.” Deb has a keen sense of what it takes to be a Blue
Man, having spent much of past ten years traveling the country and
the world to look for them at casting sessions.
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Katie Naka Casting/Training Coordinator “Give me your drummers, your 6-ish foot tall, your artistic masses yearning to breathe free, the wretched refuse that might not belong in mainstream entertainment. Send these, the tricksters, potentially-blue to me, I lift my lamp besides the golden door!” ^back to top |
Katie Naka hails from Chicagoland, IL. She earned her BFA in Acting from Emerson College in Boston, MA before moving to New York. She has never lived in a city without a Blue Man show. Katie started her journey as an Assistant House Manager with Blue Man Boston at the Charles Playhouse while she was in college. After moving to NY Katie bummed around the scene performing/writing/directing/bartending/and doing general odd jobs until she was hired by Blue Man Productions to assist in the Training Department. Since coming on board in 2006, Katie has worked intensely in all aspects of training- from making props to giving notes and direction to new performers. She has worked closely with all the Performer Directors as well as Tim Aumiller, Director of Training and Performer Development.
Katie is excited to be coming on board with the Casting Department and is honored to join the ranks of fine casting people who came before her. She has been working callbacks and evaluating new trainees for her entire tenure at BMP and has gained a good eye for young Blue Men on the rise. Katie says, "Everyone else has a quote so I guess I should have one too." |
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