principal Michael Donovan is the recipient of nine Artios awards, presented by the Casting Society of America for Outstanding Achievement in casting; his colleague Richie Ferris has three Artios awards. They have cast more than 1,000 shows produced at such venues as the Hollywood Bowl, the Ahmanson Theatre, the Mark Taper Forum, Pasadena Playhouse, the Kirk Douglas Theatre, Walt Disney Concert Hall, Laguna Playhouse, International City Theatre, Ebony Repertory Theatre, the El Portal Theatre, La Jolla Playhouse, the Getty Villa, the Garry Marshall Theatre, the Theatre @ Boston Court, the Soraya Performing Arts Center, the 24th St. Theatre, San Francisco Symphony, the Palazzo and Paris in Las Vegas, Arkansas Rep, Kentucky Shakespeare Festival, Indiana Rep, and the Troubadour Wembley Park in London – as well as several national tours, numerous films, TV series, and commercials. Donovan is also the President of the Board for the Foundation for New American Musicals.
