VIDEO GAME CLINIC - Andrea Toyias - "Casting Director for a Day" - Saturday September 28th 2024 | 10:30am-1:30pm PT - ZOOM

Being in the presence of an industry professional does not guarantee employment, as the clinics are for educational purposes only

103: Casting Director for a Day
Andrea Toyias’ newest workshop, Casting Director for a Day, was born out of her realization
that “if actors could only hear what I hear as a casting director, they would have a much better understanding of what makes a great audition”. Thus, Andrea’s newest class took flight. With actors now entirely self-directing from their home booth – often with no idea if their auditions are even “close” to being good – Andrea decided it was not time to give voice talent a peek behind the other side of the glass and essentially becoming casting interns for a day.
Through a lively discussion of what makes a good audition, combined with a review of real-life auditions that have landed in Andrea’s inbox, participants will get a solid understanding of what casting directors are looking for and what truly makes an audition shine. Andrea will also have each participant submit an audition before class so that it can be reviewed with her so that both can work together to see what improvements can be made.

Andrea Toyias
Casting & Voice Director - Blizzard Entertainment

In Andrea's role as the Senior Casting and Voice Director at Blizzard Entertainment, she will share insights into the qualities she seeks when selecting talent for popular games such as Overwatch and World of Warcraft.

Andrea Toyias is the Senior Casting & Voice Director at Blizzard Entertainment where she has enjoyed bringing a wide-range of characters to life in World of WarCraft, Diablo, StarCraft, Hearthstone and most recently, Blizzard's newest exciting title, Overwatch.

Andrea has been involved with video games for over 15 years. Her early years were spent at Vivendi Games where she first developed her love and passion for voice acting as a Dialogue Editor and later as a Recording Engineer. She worked with hundreds of actors on innumerable games of every genre, ranging from the fun and entertaining Spyro to the dark and ominous Chronicles of Riddick. Andrea has since transitioned to Blizzard Entertainment where casting and directing ghouls, goblins and multi-headed demons and space aliens are her specialty.

Her latest work on Overwatch has led her all over the globe as she searches for characters of every background, ethnicity and sound in order to make Blizzard's newest undertaking come to life in new and exciting ways.

Andrea's goal, no matter the character and no matter the project, is to find a truth and believability in every line and in every performance.