Kelly Gillespie

Teaches at Actors Connection New York

Kelly is currently wrapping up casting for the 2011-2012 MTC season and is already beginning to look at the 2012-2013 season! Her background in casting has covered Theatre, Film and Television and at various high profile offices in NYC. Projects she has worked on at MTC include VENUS IN FUR, MASTER CLASS, GOOD PEOPLE, TIME STANDS STILL, THE ROYAL FAMILY, WE LIVE HERE, CLOSE UP SPACE, FROM UP HERE, and COME BACK, LITTLE SHEBA. Prior to MTC, as the Casting Associate at McCorkle Casting, she worked on THE LIEUTENANT OF INISHMORE (Broadway & Atlantic Theatre Co.), the independent film WAR EAGLE, and the series 3 LBS for CBS. Other credits, as Casting Director, include THE ZERO HOUR and MONSTROSITY for 13P, CHILDREN, THREE MEN ON A HORSE, and THE MEMORANDUM for TACT, the 2007 season for the Dorset Theatre Festival, and six seasons for off-Broadway's Keen Company, including the Drama Desk honored revivals of THE DINING ROOM, OUTWARD BOUND, and PULLMAN CAR HIAWATHA, and the world premiere of Michael Murphy's THE CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTOR. Most recently: Erin Courtney's A MAP OF VIRTUE for 13P, LOST IN YONKERS for TACT and Courtney Baron's EAT YOUR HEART OUT for The Humana Festival. She is a graduate of the University of Michigan.