Bethany Caputo, acting teacher, coach, and Artistic Director of Chekhov Studio NYC, and Jessica Daniels, casting director for film and television, join The Actors Center for teaching residencies exploring Michael Chekhov and on-camera audition technique.
Bethany Caputo studied at the Moscow Art Theatre in 1997 where she was introduced to the Chekhov Technique. She is the Artistic Director of Chekhov Studio NYC. She has taught for the Graduate Acting and Directing programs at the David Geffen School of Drama at Yale, NYU Grad Acting, Michael Chekhov Association (MICHA), the Michael Chekhov School of Acting, Terry Knickerbocker Studios, The New York Drama Center, and The New School. Bethany has also taught internationally at the University of the Arts in Zurich, Shanghai Theatre Academy in China, Victoria College of the Arts in Australia, and the National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA) in Sydney. Bethany was an actor in the Master Classes DVD series produced by MICHA and funded by the National Endowment for the Arts.
Jessica Daniels, CSA is an independent casting director working across film and television, with a focus on character-driven storytelling. She has a longstanding track record of discovering and elevating emerging talent alongside established actors. Credits include 30 Rock, The Miseducation of Cameron Post, Roxanne Roxanne, Selah and the Spades, The 40 Year Old Version, Deadbeat, Dying for Sex and Will Trent.
