Make career-launching connections with the SCAD Casting Office
The SCAD Casting Office — the only on-site, professionally run casting office in higher education — connects SCAD students to film and television productions in Georgia, New York, Los Angeles, and beyond. Located in both Savannah and Atlanta, the SCAD Casting Office offers a gateway to career-defining opportunities for students in front of and behind the camera, as well as year-round mentorship for students with studio executive aspirations.
A network of experienced leaders
SCAD School of Film and Acting dean Andra Reeve-Rabb is the visionary behind the SCAD Casting Office, opening the first casting office in Savannah in 2009 soon after arriving at SCAD. Reeve-Rabb, who Variety named one of the top entertainment educators in the world, leverages her experience as the former director of primetime casting for CBS, including on hit shows like The Big Bang Theory, How I Met Your Mother, CSI, and more. In Savannah, the casting office is assisted by SCAD professor of acting Mikie Heilbrun, who joined SCAD in 2019 after an extensive career in film and TV casting, including as an executive for The CW/UPN and on such TV shows as Riverdale, Gossip Girl, Jane the Virgin, Carnivale, NYPD Blue, and Spin City. In Atlanta, the casting office is assisted by SCAD professor of acting Alpha Tyler, who brings nearly three decades of experience as a film, TV, and commercial casting director. Tyler began her casting career in Los Angeles, working as an intern on James Cameron's epic Titanic, and has also worked on productions in New York with Spike Lee and in Atlanta with Tyler Perry.
"A casting office at the university level is a game changer. It is the connecting point between our talented students and industry professionals, and between actors and filmmakers."
Andra Reeve-Rabb, SCAD School of Film and Acting dean
Stars in the making
Over the past decade, top networks, studios, and streaming platforms have connected with the SCAD Casting Office to add SCAD students and alumni to their projects, including Netflix, Disney, Apple+, NBC, Amazon Prime, Hulu, and more.
More than 1,000 SCAD students and alumni have booked roles in films and TV series through the SCAD Casting Office, earning their Screen Actors Guild cards while completing their degrees.
Recent films and TV shows SCAD students have booked roles on include:
- May December
- Origin
- The Color Purple
- Manhunt
- The Underground Railroad
- Fear the Walking Dead
- Clean Slate
- The Menu
- The Girl from Plainville
- The Glorias
- Juror #2
- The Politician
- Halloween Ends
- The Summer I Turned Pretty
- Panhandle
Connect with the SCAD Casting Office
The SCAD Casting Office, the only on-site, professionally run casting office in higher education, provides unique, career-launching opportunities for SCAD students in professional film and television shows.
Hours: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Thursday, Friday by appointment
SCAD Atlanta
SCAD Digital Media Center, Room 103
1611 W. Peachtree St.
Atlanta, Ga.
scadcastingatl@scad.edu
SCAD Savannah
Crites Hall, Room 308
217 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.
Savannah, Ga.
scadcastingsav@scad.edu
"Georgia's growing importance in the film and television industry made opening a second casting office an easy decision. It is a vital resource for our students, alumni, and faculty — as well as the entertainment industry."
John Buckovich, vice president for SCAD AtlantaDirect your professional pursuits
The preeminent authority in film and television education, SCAD has been recognized as one of the top U.S. film schools by The Hollywood Reporter and MovieMaker magazine. With resources that rival Hollywood studios — including two next-generation LED volume stages — award-winning professors, stunning locations, professionally run casting offices, stellar film and television festivals, and an 11-acre backlot and production space, students in the SCAD School of Film and Acting are prepared to command roles on stage, screen, and behind the scenes in live performances, sitcoms, dramatic series, music videos, commercials, and more.
Explore School of Film and Acting programs
Acting
B.F.A. M.F.A.
Star in animated shorts, multicamera sitcoms, TV pilots, films, VR experiences, and more at the only university with on-site, professionally run casting offices.
Film and television
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Develop your signature style and technical mastery in futuristic production spaces in the heart of Georgia's $10 billion per year entertainment industry.
Learn more about film and television
Production design
B.F.A. M.A. M.F.A.
Steal the show on set with expertise in art direction, costume design, lighting design, and more.
Sound design
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Boost your career credentials in a collection of cutting-edge workspaces and join the ranks of award-winning audio professionals from SCAD.
Complement your degree with a casting minor
In addition to its casting offices, SCAD is also the only university that offers a casting minor. Students in this minor receive hands-on training that prepares them to step into the world of professional casting, with opportunities to intern at major networks and help cast more than 600 student films and counting.