Society Performers Academy is excited to welcome Casting Director Erica Palgon as a coach
Erica Palgon of Erica Palgon Casting & Beyond is a Casting Director for all types of films, commercials, voice-over, TV, webseries, and theater casting. She has been casting for 25 years and loves the opportunity to collaborate with so many diverse creative people. Erica’s film and tv credits: Studio and indie films casting work: The Project, Just Like the Son, Great World of Sound, Mean Girls, Something’s Gotta Give, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Trick, Shortbus, Party Monster, Hudson Tribes, Doomsdays, C Street, Dark, Julia, Hannah Has a Ho Phase (with Kate McKinnon). TV: Sesame Street, Rachel Dratch’s Late Night Snack, Full Frontal with Samantha Bee, Paramount Network, Viacom, A&E, Lifetime, History Channel, Mind Blown - a Children’s Series for Discovery, ESPY awards, Shorty Awards.
Erica’s commercial credits include: PSA for Michelle Obama’s organization Global Girls Alliance featuring Michelle Obama; Comedy Central promos and commercials for: Amy Schumer show, Broad City, Tosh.0, South Park, The Daily Show, Secret Lives of Pets 2, Burger King, Lowes, Pop Tarts, Twix, Bud Light, McDonalds, Subway, Twizzlers, 3 Musketeers, EHarmony, Kia,Geico, Uber, Dukin, Hotels.com, Dave & Busters…
She has cast for countless top brands in her 25 years in the business: Intel, Milkbone, Nature Made, T-Mobile, Apple Watch, Google, Disney, Boars Head, Kellogg's, Bengay, Geico, Panera
Bread, Certapro, Citibank, Booking.com, Unisom, Target, TV Land/Golden Corral, Whole Foods, Volvo, Buzzfeed/Angry Orchard, Sobe (Superbowl commercial).
Erica expanded her love of collaborating, working freelance for several NYC casting companies. Grey Advertising casting for their top clients: Longhorn, Adore Me, Pantene, Gillette, Pringles,
Febreze, Olive Garden, Trulicity, Invesco, TJ Maxx, Abreva, Advil, Hasbro.
She also freelances for Telsey & Co commercial department: cast for Discover, Dunkin, Dollar Shave Club, Uber, GE…and Kipperman Casting commercials: Voice Over: Dunkin’ Gillette/Bic
Razor. On-Camera: Macy’s, Applebees, Hyundai, Revlon, Cracker Barrel, MTV Ghosted, Fanduel, Firehouse Sub, Publix, Give a Spit About Cancer Campaign .
