Weist-Barron-Ryan Casting

	Ursula Ryan -SAG/AFTRA- President/Casting Director Weist Barron Ryan - President. Ursula has been active in motion pictures, stage, radio and television since childhood. She was a talent agent in Philadelphia for 3 years and now owns Weist-Barron-Ryan Acting workshops and Ursula Ryan Casting in Atlantic City where she has cast for several films, commercials, industrial and stage productions. Ursula is a member of SAG & AFTRA Unions.
	Stefanie Ryan-Showell - Vice-President/Casting Director Stefanie started in the acting business as a young girl. She has worked on numerous TV shows, films and commercials in the past 25 years. She is currently head of the UR Casting and administrator of the Weist-Barron-Ryan workshop.
	JT Wagner - AFTRA-Instructor/Casting Director JT Wagner: Jennifer (JT) currently an instructor of METHOD acting at WB-Ryan in Atlantic City. She comes to us with very impressive credentials. She had directed and preformed in many professional productions such as Sweet Charity, Gypsy, Children’s Hour, Manhattan Clicks and Hello Dolly, Three Women and Freddy. She has several films to her credit, including Deadly Reprisal and The Parting Glass. Her training has been at the Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute, New York, where she was also a teacher, and the School of Performing Arts in New York. She has also worked as an associate instructor with the East workshop in New York.
	Gene Bozzi -SAG/AFTRA- Instructor Gene has appeared in over 50 industrial films and TV commercials. National commercials include: Harrah's, Comcast, Diet Coke and Nike. He has also done extensive theatre work including production with the Wilma, Arden and Walnut Street Theatres in Philadelphia. Film appearances include: The Thomas Crown Affair, Witness to the Mob. TV credits: Law & Order, All My Children, As The World Turns
	Tom McCarthy - President of the Screen Actors Guild-Philadelphia Tom, as an actor, has a long list of credits in Commercials, TV shows, and Movies. Some of his credits: "Homicide", "Law & Order", "NY Undercover", "Up close and Personal", "Wide Awake" and many more. You can presently see him in his recurring role on the TV show "West Wing". Tom is also the 1997 winner of the Barrymore Award for Best Actor in Drama. Tom teaches our Cold Reading and Business of Show Business seminar.