STAFF
Angela Peri, C.S.A.
Founder/Co-Owner/Casting Director
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With 40+ years of casting experience in the Boston area, Angela Peri, C.S.A. is the founder and co-owner of Boston Casting, Inc. Known as the hardest working woman in show business, Angela is a member of the Casting Society of America and an original member of the Massachusetts Production Coalition. Angela founded Boston Casting in 1991, Rhode Island Casting in 2018, and the acting school in 1996 alongside co-owner, Lisa Lobel. Angela has cast thousands of national, regional, and local productions from feature films and television series to commercials, web videos, and reality television.
Her most recent projects include the three-time Oscar winner, CODA, the AMC series KEVIN CAN F*** HIMSELF and the Whitney Houston Biopic I WANNA DANCE WITH SOMEBODY. Other recent film and TV credits include: Academy Award nominated film KNIVES OUT starring Daniel Craig, DEFENDING JACOB starring Chris Evans, SPENSER CONFIDENTIAL starring Mark Wahlberg, PROUD MARY starring Taraji P. Henson, I FEEL PRETTY starring Amy Schumer, EQUALIZER 1 & 2 starring Denzel Washington, CITY ON A HILL starring Kevin Bacon, STRONGER with Jake Gyllenhaal, Mark Wahlberg’s PATRIOTS DAY, David O. Russell’s Academy Award® nominated films JOY and AMERICAN HUSTLE, TED & TED 2, THE FIGHTER & THE PROPOSAL.
Angela is the winner of two Artios Awards for Best Casting for CODA (2022) and KNIVES OUT (2020), and has five Artios Award nominations for JOY, TED, AMERICAN HUSTLE, THE FIGHTER & THE PROPOSAL.
See Angela’s IMDb page HERE.
ARTIOS AWARD, CASTING SOCIETY OF AMERICA2024 – THE HOLDOVERS (Best Casting, Studio or Independent – Comedy)
2022 – CODA (Best Casting, Studio or Independent – Drama)
2020 – KNIVES OUT (Best Casting in a Feature Film, Big Budget Comedy – Location Casting)
ITALIAN AMERICAN OF THE YEAR2015 – MADONNA DILLA SACOROSO SOCIETY
I MIGLIORI IN MENS ET GESTA AWARD2014 – PIRANDELLO LYCEUM
PRESIDENTS AWARD2013 – FEDERATION OF CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS
IMAGINNAIRE AWARD2009
MARGARET BOWMAN AWARD2008 – OUTSTANDING PARENT IN THE AUTISM COMMUNITY
Lisa Lobel, C.S.A.
Co-Owner/Casting Director
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Lisa Schwartz Lobel was born and raised outside of Boston and earned a BA from The University of Hartford. She joined Boston Casting in 1995 and is a proud member of CSA (The Casting Society of America) as well as ICDN (International Casting Directors Network).
In 2021, Lisa was nominated for an Artios Award by the Casting Society of America for Best Local Casting and a Semiramis Award for Excellence in Casting worldwide for SOUND OF METAL, a film that features an almost entirely deaf cast. Recently, Lisa was the local casting director on the Netflix thriller I CARE A LOT, the feature film FREE GUY, Newline’s 2022 take on Steven King’s SALEM’S LOT, and Alexander Payne’s latest film THE HOLDOVERS. Some of her most recent TV casting work includes HBOMax’s JULIA, Showtime’s DEXTER: NEW BLOOD, and the Netflix teen series THE SOCIETY.
Lisa enjoys speaking to students around the country about careers in acting & casting and was selected by her Alma Mater for their Arts and Sciences Alumni Award 2023. In her free time, you can find her on the ski slopes or traveling with her husband and three young-adult kids.
See Lisa’s IMDb page HERE.
ARTIOS AWARD, CASTING SOCIETY OF AMERICA2022 – CODA (Best Casting, Studio or Independent – Drama)
2020 – KNIVES OUT (Best Casting in a Feature Film, Big Budget Comedy – Location Casting)
IMAGINNAIRE AWARD, “WOMAN OF THE YEAR”2018
Brittany Shapiro
School Director
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Brittany has been teaching acting classes to kids, teens and young adults for more than 15 years in Boston, Los Angeles and Washington, D.C. Given her experience in casting, her expertise lies in audition technique and some of her students can be seen on Disney Channel, Disney XD, Nickelodeon, NBC, ABC, Discovery Channel, as well as local/national commercials, print ads and even on Broadway!
Brittany relocated to Boston in 2012 after spending time in Los Angeles casting both feature films and television. She began as a casting assistant for casting director Joseph Middleton and worked closely with casting directors Brandi Brice and Dana Gergely on Disney Channel’s hit television series A.N.T. FARM and the Disney XD pilot SHMAGREGGIE SAVES THE WORLD ! Since joining Boston Casting in 2012, Brittany routinely runs casting sessions for television/film, commercials, and print ads.
Brittany has a Bachelor’s Degree in Drama from Syracuse University’s School of Visual and Performing Arts, she holds a Massachusetts Provisional Teaching License in Theater (all levels K-12), and currently serves as the Director of the School of Screen Acting at Boston Casting.
Brittany enjoys spending time with family and friends, and can often be found on the lacrosse and soccer fields cheering for her two young daughters.
Melissa Morris, C.S.A.
Associate Casting Director
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Melissa grew up on Long Island and moved to Massachusetts after graduating from Fitchburg State University with her Bachelor’s Degree in Communications. Her casting career began the summer of 2016 with an internship at Boston Casting. Melissa returned as Office Manager and Commercial Casting Assistant in 2017 and has since cast for films and television series, earning her a C.S.A. Associate title.
Some of her notable credits include THE HOLDOVERS, AMERICAN FICTION, CODA, and JULIA.
If you’re looking for Melissa, you can find her at a local distillery with her dog or grooving to house and techno at a music festival.
See Melissa’s IMDb page HERE.
ARTIOS AWARD, CASTING SOCIETY OF AMERICA2024 — THE HOLDOVERS (Best Casting Studio Or Independent – Comedy – Associate Casting Director)
2022 – CODA (Best Casting Studio Or Independent – Drama – Casting Associate)
2024 — AMERICAN FICTION (Best Casting Studio Or Independent — Drama — Casting Associate) – NOMINEE
2023 — JULIA (Television Pilot & First Season — Associate Casting Director) – NOMINEE
Brett Duffy
Principals Casting Associate/
Extras Casting Director
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Brett began her career at Boston Casting in 2016 as an intern and after graduating college she moved to Los Angeles where she worked on several films, television shows, and commercial. She has since rejoined the Boston Casting team where she splits her time between Los Angeles and Boston.
She has recently worked as the principal casting associate on the highly anticipated film GOOD BURGER 2, as well as films such as AFTERMATH, THE COLLABORATION, I WANNA DANCE WITH SOMEBODY, I CARE A LOT and more. She has been the extras casting director on over 15+ films & television series such as DEXTER: NEW BLOOD, BLACK PANTHER WAKANDA FORVER, THE PERFECT COUPLE, THE PARENTING, SALEM’S LOT, GODMOTHERED, and THE EXPECTING.
Brett is a ride or die Swiftie (as everyone should be) and a horror movie buff. You can probably find her at any trivia night in the city, but if she’s not there she’s most likely at home watching a Wes Craven film for the 100th time.
See Brett’s IMDb page HERE.
Owen Guinessy
Extras Casting Associate
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Owen attended Northeastern University and graduated with a degree in Media and Screen Studies. He interned at Boston Casting in 2020 and came back to work in the extras department starting in 2021. He now works as an extras casting associate. His recent credits include AFTERMATH, THE HOLDOVERS, and SPIRITED.
See Owen’s IMDb page HERE.
Lisa Lobel, C.S.A.
Co-Owner/Casting Director
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Lisa Schwartz Lobel was born and raised outside of Boston and earned a BA from The University of Hartford. She joined Boston Casting in 1995 and is a proud member of CSA (The Casting Society of America) as well as ICDN (International Casting Directors Network).
In 2021, Lisa was nominated for an Artios Award by the Casting Society of America for Best Local Casting and a Semiramis Award for Excellence in Casting worldwide for SOUND OF METAL, a film that features an almost entirely deaf cast. Recently, Lisa was the local casting director on the Netflix thriller I CARE A LOT, the feature film FREE GUY, Newline’s 2022 take on Steven King’s SALEM’S LOT, and Alexander Payne’s latest film THE HOLDOVERS. Some of her most recent TV casting work includes HBOMax’s JULIA, Showtime’s DEXTER: NEW BLOOD, and the Netflix teen series THE SOCIETY.
Lisa enjoys speaking to students around the country about careers in acting & casting and was selected by her Alma Mater for their Arts and Sciences Alumni Award 2023. In her free time, you can find her on the ski slopes or traveling with her husband and three young-adult kids.
See Lisa’s IMDb page HERE.
ARTIOS AWARD, CASTING SOCIETY OF AMERICA2024 – THE HOLDOVERS (Best Casting, Studio or Independent – Comedy)
2022 – CODA (Best Casting, Studio or Independent – Drama)
2020 – KNIVES OUT (Best Casting in a Feature Film, Big Budget Comedy – Location Casting)
IMAGINNAIRE AWARD, “WOMAN OF THE YEAR”2018
Hilary Missan, C.S.A.
Casting Director
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With Boston Casting since 2007, Hilary specializes in casting commercials, web videos, independent films and kids casting. Together with Angela Peri, CSA, Hilary has worked on such films as KNIGHT AND DAY starring Tom Cruise and Cameron Diaz, THE FIGHTER starring Mark Wahlberg, THE PROPOSAL with Sandra Bullock, PINK PATHER 2 with Steve Martin, and WHAT DOESN’T KILL YOU with Mark Ruffalo and Ethan Hawke. Her television credits include casting for LOUIE on FX and the pilot WAR OF ’04 as well as commercials and web videos for Zip Car, Mass.
Lottery, Fidelity, Meineke, VISA, American Express, and Liberty Mutual. Prior to joining Boston Casting, Hilary ran her own casting office in New York, specializing in theater casting. She began her career as the resident casting director for The Philadelphia Festival Theater for New Plays based at the University of Pennsylvania. While there, she singlehandedly cast over 40 world premiere productions of new plays, by such well known playwrights as David Mamet, David Ives, Lee Blessing, Jules Feiffer. Hilary is a graduate of Oberlin College.
See Hilary’s IMDb page HERE.
Cheryl Hawe
Extras Casting Director
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Cheryl has been with Boston Casting since 2017. She also previously worked for 7 years as a background casting director for a Los Angeles casting company. A Boston native, Cheryl graduated from the University of Massachusetts and double majored in Theatre Arts and Political Science.
Upon graduating, she ignored her majors and promptly took a job in the finance world! When her four children took an interest in theatre and acting, she came back to the theatre world and eventually moved into casting. Since joining Boston Casting, she has done the background for films THE MAN WHO KILLED HITLER AND THEN THE BIGFOOT, THE UNHOLY, and Television series NOS4A2, KEVIN CAN F*** HIMSELF, and JULIA. Upcoming work includes the film THE INSTIGATORS and Netflix series THE PERFECT COUPLE.
See Cheryl’s IMDb page HERE.
Mikayla Cramer
Principals Casting Associate/
Extras Casting Director
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Mikayla attended The Boston Conservatory at Berklee where she studied Musical Theatre and went on to graduate from Penn State with a Degree in Acting. She interned with the Cannes Film Festival in France then joined Boston Casting in 2018.
She has recently worked as the principal casting associate on Season 2 of Kevin Can F*** Himself and The Parenting. She has been the extras casting director on films such as I CARE A LOT, THE TENDER BAR, GODMOTHERED, and SPIRITED. Mikayla has worked on many commercials as well with clients such as BOSE, DUNKIN DONUTS, and LL BEAN.
Along with casting, Mikayla loves teaching and working with kid actors. As a fellow actor herself, she loves working in the studio aiding the next generation of actors.
When not on the clock, you can find Mikayla scrolling aimlessly through TikTok (yes, she does think it is a great creative outlet), drinking a spicy marg (cas amigos, of course), or going to live theatre performances.
See Mikayla’s IMDb page HERE.
Ariana George
Casting/School Assistant & Social Media
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Ariana attended Emerson College where she graduated in 2021 with her BFA in Musical Theatre with a Concentration in Voice-Acting. Having grown up in Los Angeles, she was often immersed in the film and television world. She works with many facets of Boston Casting: helping build up the school program, managing the social media, and assisting in casting on multiple productions. Ariana is also a successful voice-actor!
When she’s not on the clock, you might spot her frolicking in the streets of Disneyland, lounging in the sun with her favorite music playing, or cuddling up with her cat while catching up on her favorite animated TV series.
Gracie Kennedy
Extras Casting Director
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Gracie started with Boston Casting in March of 2020 after moving back home from NYC. There, she did internships with industry leading offices like Telsey & Co, Calleri Casting, and the Carson Kolker Organization. Upon graduating from Pace University for Acting and Devised Theatre, she worked for a manager with clients on Broadway and major networks such as the CW.
Since moving back home to the Cape and now Boston, Gracie has assisted on 4 projects with BC, including JULIA and THE TENDER BAR. She loves booking the vintage cars for period pieces and meeting new actors. When not in the office, you can find Gracie petting dogs on the street or having a cocktail in the North End.
See Gracie’s IMDb page HERE.
Owen Guinessy
Extras Casting Associate
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Owen attended Northeastern University and graduated with a degree in Media and Screen Studies. He interned at Boston Casting in 2020 and came back to work in the extras department starting in 2021. He now works as an extras casting associate. His recent credits include AFTERMATH, THE HOLDOVERS, and SPIRITED.
See Owen’s IMDb page HERE.
