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 JANE ALDERMAN has been casting theatre, feature films and television for 25 years with over 56 films, 70 television shows and 35
plays to her credit. British-born and New York raised, she has made
Chicago her home for many years. Prior to casting, Ms. Alderman was an
actress – her most notable performance with John Malkovich and Glenne
Headly in the Goodman Theatre’s groundbreaking production of Sam
Shepard’s CURSE OF THE STARVING CLASS. In her recent return to acting
she has appeared in Marriott Lincolnshire’s FUNNY GIRL and the long
running hit, VAGINA MONOLOGUES. A few films to her credit – her most
recent is THE BREAK UP, playing Vince Vaughn’s Mom. Jane also appears
in the films DUST CLOUDS and THE MAN IN THE SILO co-starring with Ernie
Hudson.
Some of her casting credits include the National Tour of
EVITA for Hal Prince; the films RUDY; THE STRAIGHT STORY; NOTHING IN
COMMON and BACKDRAFT. For television: NORMAL; WHAT ABOUT JOAN; EZ
STREETS; TURKS; EARLY EDITION and THE UNTOUCHABLES. Her latest project
for Broadway was the new Mark Medoff play, PRYMATE. She recently
worked with Jane Anderson on her feature film THE PRIZE WINNER OF
DEFIANCE, OHIO, Angelo Pizzo’s THE GAME OF THEIR LIVES, and THE FLAGS
OF OUR FATHERS for Clint Eastwood. She has been with the television
show, ER, for all of its seasons doing the Chicago casting.
Along
the musical theatre front Jane has also been involved with Hal Prince
in his MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG; HARRY CHAPIN: LIES & LEGENDS; ONE
SHINING MOMENT; TIN TYPES; GETTING MY ACT TOGETHER…; FOREVER PLAID; and
AND THE WORLD GOES ‘ROUND for Scott Ellis.
Jane taught at
DePaul’s Theatre School for 20 years and is currently teaching at
Roosevelt University’s Chicago Center For The Performing Arts, as well
as at Act One Studios. Recently she was part of the judging and
offered a master class for the National Society of Arts and Letters for
American Musical Theatre. She produced a television pilot SAM HILL and
for theatre she founded and produced the Jeff Award-winning ensemble
THE DOGS in XENOGENESIS and DOGTOWN.
The winner of Casting
Society of America’s Artios Award for Excellence in Casting for both
Dramatic Pilot (EZ STREETS) and Movie of The Week (NORMAL) she has also
been nominated for UNTOUCHABLES, TURKS and ER.
Jane has been
involved with many Chicago theatres - directing and writing. She has
been very active with many showcases and workshops. She recently
produced a workshop for the new John Pielmeier/Matty Selman musical
STEEPLECHASE THE FUNNY PLACE, and she produced the workshop of Mr.
Selman’s new play HARLEM SPOKES.
A member of SAG, AFTRA, Equity,
NATAS, and CSA, she is very proud of her involvement with a new program
she co-created for the Chicago branch of SAG/AFTRA – CASTING ACCESS –
making casting directors accessible to professional actors. She
shares her talent at workshops throughout the country including,
Stateville Correctional Institute, Duke University, U. of Wisconsin at
Milwaukee, Purdue, Western Michigan U., Kent State, Illinois State U.,
University of Minnesota/Guthrie Theatre, and Indiana U. This summer
Jane will continue as a Visiting Lecturer at Northwestern University.
She is currently writing a short novel.
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