| Foreword by Rob Kendt | 10 |
| Introduction | 13 |
| Acknowledgments | 17 |
| Casting Director Overviews | |
| The First Thing an Actor Should Do | 19 |
| How To Contact a Casting Director | 26 |
| Casting Director Statistics | 31 |
| Doing Theatre | 34 |
| Jingle Singing | 41 |
| Indie Film Casting | 46 |
| Casting Director Interviews | |
| Sande Alessi | 51 |
| Julie Ashton | 56 |
| Patrick Baca, CSA | 61 |
| Jeanie Bacharach | 64 |
| Deborah Barylski, CSA | 70 |
| Tammara Billik, CSA | 76 |
| Eugene Blythe, CSA | 81 |
| Kate Brinegar, CSA | 87 |
| Jackie Briskey, CSA | 89 |
| Mary V. Buck, CSA | 94 |
| Alice Cassidy, CSA | 97 |
| Fern Champion & Mark Paladini, CSA | 99 |
| Lori Cobe-Ross | 108 |
| Marki Costello | 113 |
| Billy DaMota, CSA | 119 |
| Shawn Dawson, CSA | 124 |
| Pam Dixon | 127 |
| Michael Donovan, CSA, CCDA | 132 |
| Donna Ekholdt, CSA | 141 |
| Mike Fenton, CSA & Allison Cowitt, CSA | 146 |
| Julia Flores | 152 |
| Laura Gleason, CSA | 158 |
| Peter Golden, CSA | 164 |
| Danny Goldman, CCDA | 170 |
| Michael Greer, CSA | 173 |
| Iris Grossman | 178 |
| Kimberly R. Hardin | 183 |
| Cathy Henderson, CSA | 189 |
| Marc Hirschfeld, CSA | 195 |
| Hal Hundley | 200 |
| Julie Hutchinson, CSA | 204 |
| Donna Isaacson, CSA | 210 |
| Jane Jenkins, CSA | 215 |
| Cathy Kalmenson & Harvey Kalmenson | 220 |
| Ellie Kanner, CSA | 226 |
| Lisa Miller Katz, CSA | 230 |
| Dino Ladki | 236 |
| Ruth Lambert, CSA | 241 |
| Carol Lefko | 246 |
| Michael Lien, CCDA & Dan Cowan | 251 |
| Amy Lippens, CSA | 256 |
| Beverly Long, CCDA | 262 |
| Ellyn Long Marshall & Maria E. Nelson | 266 |
| Melissa Martin, CCDA | 273 |
| Annie McCarthy, CSA | 276 |
| Robert McGee, CSA | 281 |
| Bob Morones, CSA | 283 |
| Jenny O'Haver, CCDA, Debbie Savitt-Salners, & Mimi Callard | 288 |
| Donald Paul Pemrick, CSA & Dean Fronk, CSA | 295 |
| Linda Phillips-Palo, CSA | 303 |
| Robi Reed-Humes | 309 |
| Marnie Saitta | 314 |
| Brien Scott | 319 |
| Kevin Scott, CSA | 321 |
| Francene Selkirk, CCDA | 326 |
| Julie Selzer, CSA | 329 |
| Margery Simkin, CSA | 335 |
| Mary Jo Slater, CSA | 337 |
| Stephen Snyder | 342 |
| Mark Teschner, CSA | 345 |
| Delicia Turner | 351 |
| Katy Wallin, CSA | 356 |
| April Webster, CSA | 362 |
| Debra Zane, CSA | 368 |
| Gary Zuckerbrod, CSA | 373 |
| Being a Casting Director | |
| There is No Oscar for Best Casting | 379 |
| How To Become a Casting Director | 384 |
| A Note about Casting Director Workshops | 393 |
| About the Author | 395 |
| Index of Names | 396 |
| Online Resources | 403 |