Katie Cassenti Height: 5’7” Build: Average
Film Last Call - Supporting Lead - Dir. Billy Joseph Jr. & Joel Austell Addendum* - Supporting Lead - Dir. Silas James Rowland All that is Evil - Supporting - Dir. Silas James Rowland I Am with You - Supporting - Dir. Brittney Morgan & Tara Massey Death of an Alien Salesperson - Supporting - Dir. Dante Nazzaro The Womb* - Supporting Lead - Dir. Aba Arthur Aubry Blue - Supporting - Dir. Samuel Coppage Who Leaves First? - Supporting - Dir. Timothy Reiser Spinners of Yarn - Supporting - Dir. Kathryn Muller Eleanor - Supporting - Dir. Catherine (Cat) Wityk Friends Like Them - Supporting - Dir. Samuel Coppage
*The 48 Hour Film Project – South Carolina: Winner Third Place Best Film, Audience Award, Best Cinematography, & Best Sound Design (2025)
*Winner Marina del Rey Film Festival – Audience Award: Best Short Narrative (2019). *Winner Hollywood South Urban Film Festival – Outstanding Spirit Award (2019)
Theatre Matched Pair* Judith The White Horse: Black Mountain, NC Press Pray* Voice from Above The White Horse: Black Mountain, NC Pizza Man Alice Meyerlink The Altamont Theatre: Asheville, NC
*Asheville’s National 10-Minute Play Festival
Training
Meisner Workshop -Kelley Hinman -Dove Light Studios: Greer, SC
Firearm Assembly & Usage (Beginner) -Justin & Brandon LivingstoDove -Light Studios: Greer, SC
Stunt Workshop (Beginner) -Michelle Fisichella -Evolution Creator Studios: Greenville, SC
Persona
-Justin Livingston
-Dove Light Studios: Greer, SC
Scene Study & Set Savvy
-Matt Burke
-Dove Light Studios: Greer, SC
Scene Study
-Adam Stoner
-Robert Pralgo’s Studio: Marietta, GA
The Power of the One Liner
-Deja Dee with George Pierre
-The Creative: Atlanta, GA
Commercial Workshop
-Jesse Malinowski
-Get Scene Studios: Atlanta, GA
Advanced Movement & Scene Study
-Eliana Marianes & Clayton Landy
-Robert Mello Studio: Atlanta, GA
Emotional Preparation
-Martin Rader
-NYS3: Asheville, NC
Meisner Acting Technique I-IV
-Richard Handy
-NYS3: Asheville, NC
Movement & Voice
-Richard Handy
-NYS3: Asheville, NC
Auditioning
-Richard Handy
-NYS3: Asheville, NC
Improv I & II
-Tom Chalmers
-NYS3: Asheville, NC
Moment Lab
-Richard Handy
-NYS3: Asheville, NC
Script Analysis
-Richard Handy
-NYS3: Asheville, NC
On-Camera Acting for Commercial
-Jonathan Spencer
-NYS3: Asheville, NC
NYS3 – The Meisner Acting Conservatory for the Southeast: Asheville, NC (Two-Year Program Graduate)
Special Skills Accents – Puerto Rican, Western North Carolina Southern, Central NY, Brooklyn Languages – Functional Spanish Dance – Beginner Tap, Intermediate Jazz, Lyrical, Modern, & Salsa; Marching Band (Colorguard) Lifeguard & Swim Instructor; Hiking; Can do cartwheels; Moderate rollerblader; Can throw a Frisbee/Disc (Golf).
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