Elsie Stark(I)
- Casting Director
- Casting Department
- Producer
Elsie C. Stark
Casting Director, Elsie Stark has always believed in diversity. Diversity in the type of projects that she cast for, as well as diversity in the kind of actors that she works with. Diversity is what makes SNP one of the most experienced, creative, cutting edge casting offices in New York. It has been her mission and manifesto since she began casting.
With many years of experience in casting she has attained extensive knowledge of the unlimited talent pool in New York, as well as other areas of the country. She also works with many international clients from the UK, South Africa, Germany, Spain, Dubai and others. In addition, Ms. Stark's expertise, background and language skills has made SNP the premiere casting office for the rapid growing Spanish commercial market and other projects in many other languages.
Film credits include the soon to be released in "Adrift" with Loren Luna Velez,". In 2015 multi- festival award winner "Cassanova Was A Woman", 2014 film short, "Dollar Night", NY International Latino Film Festival and 2002 ALMA Award winner, "Blue Diner" directed by Jan Egleson. "All Night Bodega", directed by Felix Olivier which won Special Jury prizes at the LA Latino Film Festival as well as the NY International Latino Film Festival. "Dance With Me", written & directed by Ryu Murakami and "The Final Patient", starring Bill Cobbs and the timely independent film "Ilegales" directed by Ric Dupont that deals with illegal immigration in the U.S. For many years SNP cast for The Nuyorican Poets Cafe's Fifth Night series as well as the NYWIFT Screenplay Reading Series.
Theatrically she has cast Broadway's Latinologues at the Helen Hayes Theater. In 2016 NYMF musical "Children Of Salt" and in 2015 NYMF musical "Manuel vs. The Statue of Liberty". "4 Guys Named Jose...and a mujer named Maria", which ran off-Broadway at the Blue Angel to glowing reviews and at the Actor's Playhouse in Coral Gables, Florida, as well as the musical revue "Latin Heat" at the Hudson Guild Theatre. Other theatre projects include the critically acclaimed drama "Trophies" which ran at the Cherry Lane Theater as well as the musical "Theda Bara and the Frontier Rabbi" (Jewish Rep.), "A Perfect Diamond" starring Josh Mostel, and "A Silent Thunder" starring Nestor Carbonell written by Eduardo Ivan Lopez for the Apple Corp. Theatre. They cast the American debut of "Ourselves Alone" by award winning Irish playwright Anne Devlin.
From the dramatic to dry or over the top comedy, she has worked for MTV, VH-1, Comedy Central, Spike TV and Nickelodeon. Some of her television assignments have been "An Elf's Story: The Elf on the Shelf", NBC's "Missing Reward", PAX TV's "it's a Miracle", Lifetime's "Unsolved Mysteries", the History Channel's "Breaking Vegas" and Discovery's "Sensing Murder". Throughout the years she has cast over 7000 commercials of every conceivable type from on-camera to voice-over; from children to models to dancers to "Real" people on location. One of the most satisfying projects was the short film "UnSafe" for the non-profit organization Safe Horizon, which deals with domestic violence.
Elsie Stark is a members of NEW YORK WOMEN IN FILM & TELEVISION. She worked on the N.Y. ADDY AWARDS from 1991-1996 and was co-chairperson for the 1995 ADDY'S. Ms. Stark has been on the Board of Directors and on the Advisory Board of (H.O.L.A.) the Hispanic Organization of Latin Actors.
Ms. Stark can be reached at Stark Naked Production, Inc.