NBC’s former Manager of Casting is launching a new casting and acting studio in Denver. Cathy Reinking (whose casting credits include “Frasier” and “Arrested Development”) has partnered with former Second City instructor Meridith Crosley to found the Eliot Street Collective.Located in West Denver (2460 Eliot Street near Federal and 25th), Eliot Street Collective is housed in a versatile 2000 sq ft. storefront with high ceilings, exposed brick and softwood floors.
“Soiree”, an Open House, is scheduled for Friday, April 4 at 7pm, featuring food, drink, music and the photography of Lucia De Giovanni.
Reinking is well known to the Denver community as having recently been the Broadcast Media Agent at Maximum Talent. She will run a casting studio out of the Collective, providing services for film, episodic television, commercials, print and theatre. Reinking recently cast commercials for IBM and the Dish Network; the feature film, “Woodshop”, produced by 42 Productions in Boulder; as well as working as a Casting Consultant on NBC’s current crop of pilots. “I’m passionately devoted to getting more work for local actors,” she says. “There’s some phenomenal talent here.”
The two women will also host performances, artists showings and parties; and rent the space for meetings, rehearsals and shows.
“We want the Collective to have a funky, rock and roll appeal,” says Crosley. “There’s potential to become a real destination for experimental performances. No one else is really doing it.”
For class schedules, bios and other info, visit Eliot Street Collective or call 720-985-8852.
