# 34th Artios Awards

34th Artios Awards, presented by the Casting Society of America, honoring the best originality, creativity and the contribution of casting to the overall quality of a film, television, theatre and short-form projects, was held on January 31, 2019, in simultaneous ceremonies at the Beverly Hilton Hotel, Los Angeles and Stage 48 in New York City. The New York City ceremony was hosted by Bridget Everett, while June Diane Raphael and Paul Scheer hosted the Los Angeles ceremony.
The television and theatre nominations were announced on September 20, 2018. The film nominations were announced on January 4, 2019.

## Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface:

### Film

| Big Budget – Comedy Green Book – Rick Montgomery; Location Casting: Meagan Lewis; Associate: Thomas Sullivan The Ballad of Buster Scruggs – Ellen Chenoweth; Location Casting: Jo Edna Boldin; Associate: Susanne Scheel; Location Associate: Marie A.K. McMaster Deadpool 2 – Mary Vernieu, Marisol Roncali; Location Casting: Corinne Clark, Jennifer Page, Yumi Takada, Nina Henninger; Associate: Raylin Sabo Game Night – Rich Delia; Location Casting: Tara Feldstein Bennett, Chase Paris; Associate: Adam Richards Mary Poppins Returns – Bernard Telsey, Tiffany Little Canfield; Associate: Conrad Woolfe; UK Associate: Sarah Trevis | Big Budget – Drama Vice – Francine Maisler; Additional Casting: Amber Wakefield A Star Is Born – Mary Vernieu, Lindsay Graham; Associate: Raylin Sabo Boy Erased – Carmen Cuba; Location Casting: Tara Feldstein Bennett, Chase Paris; Associate: Shelby Cherniet The Hate U Give – Yesi Ramirez; Location Casting: Tara Feldstein Bennett, Chase Paris Widows – Francine Maisler; Location Casting: Jennifer Rudnicke, Mickie Paskal; Associate: Amber Wakefield |
| Studio or Independent – Comedy Crazy Rich Asians – Terri Taylor; Associate: Sarah Domeier Book Club – Kerry Barden, Paul Schnee, Avy Kaufman; Associate: Roya Semnanian, Joey Montenarello Love, Simon – Denise Chamian; Location Casting: Tara Feldstein Bennett, Chase Paris Private Life – Jeanne McCarthy, Rori Bergman; Associate: Karlee Fomalont Sorry to Bother You – Eyde Belasco; Location Casting: Nina Henninger; Location Associate: Sarah Kliban | Studio or Independent – Drama BlacKkKlansman – Kim Taylor-Coleman Beautiful Boy – Francine Maisler; Associate: Amber Wakefield Ben Is Back – Bernard Telsey Can You Ever Forgive Me? – Jennifer Euston; Associate: SJ Allocco If Beale Street Could Talk – Cindy Tolan; Associate: Anne Davison |
| Low Budget – Comedy or Drama The Kindergarten Teacher – Stephanie Holbrook, Henry Russell Bergstein A Private War – Jina Jay The Miseducation of Cameron Post – Jessica Daniels Monsters and Men – Avy Kaufman; Associate: Scotty Anderson Unsane – Carmen Cuba | Micro Budget – Comedy or Drama Madeline's Madeline – Stephanie Holbrook Billy Boy – Robert J. Ulrich, Eric Dawson, Carol Kritzer Dead Women Walking – Rich Delia; Associate: Adam Richards Searching – Lindsey Weissmueller; Associate: Mayank Bhatter Unlovable – Meg Morman, Sunday Boling |
| Animation Isle of Dogs – Douglas Aibel Incredibles 2 – Kevin Reher, Natalie Lyon Ralph Breaks the Internet – Jamie Sparer Roberts; Associate: Sarah Raoufpur Smallfoot – Ruth Lambert | The Zeitgeist Award Black Panther – Sarah Halley Finn; Location Casting: Meagan Lewis; Associate: Jason B. Stamey, Nicholas Amick Mudd A Quiet Place – Jodi Angstreich, Maribeth Fox, Laura Rosenthal Bumblebee – Denise Chamian; Location Casting: Nina Henninger; Additional Voice Casting: Robert McGee, Ruth Lambert; Associate: Beth Day; Location Associate: Sarah Kliban Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald – Fiona Weir Ready Player One – Ellen Lewis, Lucy Bevan; Associate: Kate Sprance |

### Television

| Television Series – Comedy Atlanta – Alexa L. Fogel; Location Casting: Tara Feldstein Bennett, Chase Paris; Associate: Kathryn Zamora-Benson Better Things – Felicia Fasano; Associate: Tara Nostramo Dear White People – Kim Coleman Grace and Frankie – Tracy Lilienfield; Associate: Emily Towler Insecure – Victoria Thomas | Television Series – Drama The Crown – Nina Gold, Robert Sterne The Americans – Rori Bergman; Associate: Dayna Katz Game of Thrones – Nina Gold, Robert Sterne; Location Casting: Carla Stronge The Handmaid's Tale – Sharon Bialy, Sherry Thomas, Russell Scott; Location Casting: Robin D. Cook; Associate: Jonathan Oliveira This Is Us – Bernard Telsey, Tiffany Little Canfield, Josh Einsohn; Associate: Ryan Bernard Tymensky |
| Television Pilot and First Season – Comedy The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel – Jeanie Bacharach, Cindy Tolan; Associate: Anne Davison, Betsy Fippinger Atypical – Bernard Telsey, Tiffany Little Canfield, Josh Einsohn; Associate: Ryan Bernard Tymensky, Rachel Dill Barry – Sherry Thomas, Sharon Bialy; Associate: Stacia Kimler GLOW – Jennifer Euston, Elizabeth Barnes; Associate: Seth Caskey Young Sheldon – Nikki Valko, Ken Miller, Peter Pappas | Television Pilot and First Season – Drama Ozark – Alexa L. Fogel; Location Casting: Tara Feldstein Bennett, Chase Paris; Associate: John Ort The Chi – Carmen Cuba; Location Casting: Christal Karge, Marisa Ross; Associate: Judith Sunga, Jenn Noyes Claws – Cathy Sandrich Gelfond, Jenn Presser; Location Casting: Meagan Lewis The Deuce – Alexa L. Fogel; Associate: Kathryn Zamora-Benson The Looming Tower – Avy Kaufman |
| Limited Series Godless – Ellen Lewis; Location Casting: Jo Edna Boldin, Helen Geier; Native American Casting: Rene Haynes; Associate: Kate Sprance, Marie A.K. McMaster The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story – Nicole Daniels, Courtney Bright Black Mirror – Jina Jay; Additional U.S. Casting: Henry Russell Bergstein; Location Casting: Stephanie Gorin Patrick Melrose – Nina Gold The Sinner – Cami Patton, Jennifer Lare, Stephanie Holbrook, Henry Russell Bergstein, Douglas Aibel; Location Casting: Tracy Kilpatrick; Associate: Blair Foster | Film, Non-Theatrical Release Paterno – Ellen Chenoweth; Associate: Susanne Scheel Fahrenheit 451 – Douglas Aibel, Henry Russell Bergstein; Location Casting: Robin D. Cook; Associate: Jonathan Oliveira Flint – Susan Edelman Menendez: Blood Brothers – Brett Greenstein, Collin Daniel; Associate: Sherie Hernandez The Kissing Booth – Gary M. Zuckerbrod; Location Casting: Mito Skellern |
| Live Television Performance, Variety or Sketch Comedy Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert – Bernard Telsey, Patrick Goodwin A Christmas Story Live! – Bernard Telsey, Tiffany Little Canfield, Rachel Hoffman; Associate: Rachel Dill Drunk History – Melissa DeLizia Nickelodeon's Sizzling Summer Camp Special – Julie Rose, Ann Maney; Associate: Lindsay Klein | Children's Pilot and Series (Live Action) A Series of Unfortunate Events – David Rubin; Location Casting: Corinne Clark, Jennifer Page; Associate: Andrea Bunker Alexa & Katie – Sally Stiner Andi Mack – Barbie Block, Amber Horn, Danielle Aufiero; Associate: Steven Tylor O'Connor Fuller House – Alexis Frank Koczara, Christine Smith Shevchenko; Associate: Gianna Butler School of Rock – Suzanne Goddard-Smythe |
| Television Animation Rick and Morty – Ruth Lambert, Robert McGee Big Mouth – Julie Ashton-Barson Bob's Burgers – Julie Ashton-Barson The Boss Baby: Back in Business – Ania O'Hare SpongeBob SquarePants – Gene Vassilaros Trolls: The Beat Goes On! – Ania O'Hare, Ruth Lambert, Robert McGee | Reality Series Queer Eye – Gretchen Palek, Danielle Gervais, Ally Capriotti Grant, Beyhan Oguz Born This Way – Sasha Alpert, Megan Sleeper Project Runway – Sasha Alpert RuPaul's Drag Race – Ethan Petersen, Goloka Bolte The Voice – Michelle McNulty |

### Short-Form Projects

| Short Film The Lost – Matthew Lessall Akeda – Becky Silverman, Lisa Zambetti Emergency – Amanda Lenker Doyle, Chrissy Fiorilli-Ellington Lucy in the Sky – Jen Rudin The Zim – Jessica Sherman | Short Form Series Relationship Status – Meg Morman, Sunday Boling I Love Bekka & Lucy – Angela Terry Barbara Stordahl, Lisa Bourne Overdue – Sherrie Henderson; Associate: Vanessa Knight The Off Season – Shayna Sherwood, Nickole Doro Zac & Mia – Amanda Lenker Doyle, Chrissy Fiorilli-Ellington |

### Theatre

| New York Broadway Theatre – Comedy or Drama Harry Potter and the Cursed Child – Jim Carnahan Junk, David Caparelliotis, Lauren Port 1984 – Jim Carnahan; Associate: Jillian Cimini Meteor Shower – David Caparelliotis, Lauren Port The Parisian Woman – Will Cantler, Karyn Casl, Adam Caldwell | New York Broadway Theatre – Musical Mean Girls – Bethany Knox Escape to Margaritaville – Rachel Hoffman Frozen – Bernard Telsey, Rachel Hoffman, Cesar A. Rocha Prince of Broadway – Tara Rubin, Kaitlin Shaw Summer: The Donna Summer Musical – Tara Rubin; Associate: Felicia Rudolph |
| New York Broadway Theatre – Revival, Comedy or Drama Angels in America – Jim Carnahan The Boys in the Band – David Caparelliotis Children of a Lesser God – Will Cantler, Karyn Casl, Adam Caldwell, Bernard Telsey Lobby Hero – Will Cantler, Karyn Casl, Adam Caldwell M. Butterfly – Adam Caldwell, Will Cantler, Karyn Casl | New York Broadway Theatre – Revival, Musical Once on This Island – Craig Burns Carousel – Bernard Telsey, Craig Burns My Fair Lady – Bernard Telsey; Associate: Craig A. Rocha |
| New York Theatre – Comedy or Musical School Girls; Or, the African Mean Girls Play – Adam Caldwell, Will Cantler, Karyn Casl A Letter to Harvey Milk – Stephanie Klapper Jerry Springer: The Opera – Rebecca Scholl, Cesar A. Rocha Jersey Boys – Tara Rubin, Lindsay Levine, Merri Sugarman; Associate: Claire Burke KPOP – Henry Russell Bergstein Our Lady of 121st Street – David Caparelliotis, Lauren Port The Sting – Tara Rubin; Associate: Felicia Rudolph | New York Theatre – Drama Jesus Hopped the 'A' Train – David Caparelliotis, Lauren Port Animal – Lauren Port At Home at the Zoo – David Caparelliotis, Lauren Port Hangman – Will Cantler, Karyn Casl, Adam Caldwell Transfers – Adam Caldwell, Will Cantler, Karyn Casl |
| Regional Theatre Angels in America – Tara Rubin, Laura Schutzel; Location Casting: Amy Potozkin 12 Angry Men – Michael Donovan; Associate: Richie Ferris Actually – Will Cantler, Karyn Casl, Adam Caldwell The Cake – Karyn Casl The Graduate – Michael Donovan; Associate: Richie Ferris | Los Angeles Theatre Henry IV – Tracy Lilienfield; Associate: Emily Towler Belleville – Ryan Bernard Tymensky Our Town – Tiffany Little Canfield; Associate: Ryan Bernard Tymensky The Pride – Eric Souliere Significant Other – Phyllis Schuringa |
| Special Theatrical Performance Mamma Mia! – Margery Simkin, Michael Donovan; Associate: Richie Ferris Assassins – Carrie Gardner, Stephen Kopel Candide – Rachel Hoffman In the Heights – Bethany Knox, Rebecca Scholl West Side Story In Concert – Stephanie Klapper | Theatre Tours Hamilton – Bethany Knox Bright Star – James Calleri, Paul Davis, Michael Donovan, Howie Cherpakov; Associate: Richie Ferris The Color Purple – Rebecca Scholl The Humans – Carrie Gardner School of Rock – Tara Rubin, Merri Sugarman; Associate: Claire Burke Waitress – Patrick Goodwin |

### Lynn Stalmaster Award

* Laura Dern

### Marion Dougherty New York Apple Award

* Tina Fey
* Jeff Raymond

### Hoyt Bowers Award

* Robert J. Ulrich
* Eric Dawson
* Carol Kritzer

### Honorary Awards

* Mike Fenton
* Joe Reich
* Al Onorato