Don't **** with our Actors.

If the definition of success is doing what you love everyday and calling it your work, then we hit the jackpot.

We Do What We Love

For the past twenty seven years, we’ve had the privilege to work with the most talented, hard working, and down-to-earth actors in Chicago, not to mention some of the top writers, directors and producers in TV/Film and Theatre today.

And You’ll Love What We Do

With a passion for the business, a creative eye, an attention to each little detail, and the energy to leave no stone unturned, our casting team is dedicated to making sure our clients’ expectations have not only been exceeded, but that they also walk out the door knowing how important they are to us.

Wait! Why Call Yourself The Casting Mafia?

During a casting session for a feature film, our director remarked that we were so organized we were like the Casting Mafia. Aside from the fact the name had a criminal connotation, we took it as a compliment and the name stuck!

Meet the Casting Mafia

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    Claire Simon, CSA

    President / Director of Casting

    Although Claire has been casting professionally since 1996, her first casting gig was actually at the age of 10…

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    Tanisha Tyler

    Casting Associate

    Tanisha began her career in entertainment at the Geddes Agency Chicago as an intern, working her way up to an agent…

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    Joe Agase

    Casting Assistant

    ​Joe Agase grew up in the north suburbs of Chicago. At the age of eight, his father took him downtown to see a production of The Music Man, and he has been a theatre savant ever since.

What People Are Saying About Us

  • Claire and her staff are, quite simply, superb at what they do. They are an invaluable resource, providing the intuitive, creative casting ideas, with an unfailing collaborative sensibility that makes working with them both productive and fun.”

    Adam Arkin

    Director

  • What’s great about working with Claire and her team is the amazing, start-to-finish and beyond customer service: not only do they work tirelessly to find great people to see, track down anybody we want, and always deliver to quality, but they treat us so exquisitely in the process! They know that everything contributes to the casting experience—actor preparedness, timing, comfort, clarity of communication, space, facilitation—they are absolutely the best.”

    Janet Allen

    Artistic Director at Indiana Repertory Theatre