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Benton Whitley

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Benton Whitley & Duncan Stewart at the ROCK OF AGES opening off-Broadway in 2019
Benton Whitley is a Casting Director & Partner at Stewart/Whitley, a casting office based in New York City, established in 2011. BROADWAY/NY: Hadestown, The Lightning Thief, Rock of Ages, The Great Comet of 1812, The Black Clown (Lincoln Center), A Clockwork Orange, On The Town, Pippin, Chicago The Musical, La Cage Aux Folles, As You Like It, Elf the Musical, The Radio City Christmas Spectacular, Carnegie Hall West Side Story, The Band Wagon, Stuffed, Curvy Widow, Pageant; WEST END/UK: Hadestown (London's National Theatre), Thriller Live, Menier Chocolate Factory; TV: Tiny Pretty Things(Netflix), Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist (NBC/Lionsgate), Freaky Friday (Disney Channel); TOURS: The Lightning Thief, Finding Neverland, Waitress, SpongeBob, A Bronx Tale, Charlie And The Chocolate Factory, The Bodyguard, Dirty Dancing, The Sound of Music, Elf the Musical, Into The Woods, Once, Shrek, Flashdance, Anything Goes, Bullets Over Broadway, The Duck Commander Musical, We Will Rock You; UPCOMING: Sunday In The Park With George, Paradise Square, A Wonderful World, Moby Dick, Love Actually Live, Stephen Schwartz' The Prince of Egypt, August Rush, Stu for Silverton; REGIONAL: American Repertory Theater, The Alley Theatre, Carnegie Hall, Bay Street Theater, Theatre Under the Stars (TUTS), Hollywood Bowl, LA Phil, The Berkeley Repertory Theater, The Goodspeed, The Ahmanson, Seattle's 5th Avenue, Asolo Rep, TheatreWorks, Philadelphia Theatre Company, For The Record productions, Aida Cruise Lines, and the Broadway-branded shows on Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines.

Prior to forming Stewart/Whitley, Benton worked in the in-house casting department for National Artists Management Company (NAMCO) on various productions in development for Broadway and West End. Previous to this he assisted in the casting of 2009 Broadway revival of Ragtime, and regional world premieres by Randy Newman and Terrance McNally.

Benton has been a TV guest judge and panelist for ABC's Emmy-winning, "Extreme Weight Loss" and was recently named by ARTINFO.com as one of the "Top 25 Under 35 Emerging Broadway Players". He is often a guest lecturer and seminar/workshop leader at schools and universities around the country and is a graduate of the University of North Carolina School of the Arts, and the University of Michigan Musical Theatre Department. Mr. Whitley is an Artios Award winner and a proud member of the Casting Society of America (CSA).
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Benton Whitley & Duncan Stewart at TE GREAT COMET OF 1812 opening on Broadway in 2017
Benton Whitley & Duncan Stewart at the 2018 Artios Awards in NYC
Duncan Stewart & Benton Whitley at the opening of HADESTOWN on Broadway in 2019

Known for

They/Them/Us (2021)
They/Them/Us
4.9
  • Casting Director
  • 2021
Jane Levy in Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist (2020)
Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist
8.1
TV Series
  • Casting Department
New Americans
  • Casting Director
    A Precious Human Life
    • Casting Director

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      Casting Director

      • New Americans
        • Casting Director
        • Pre-production
      • Folk
        • Casting Director
        • Post-production
        • TV Series
      • They/Them/Us (2021)
        They/Them/Us
        • Casting Director
        • 2021
      • Kylie Jefferson, Casimere Jollette, and Daniela Norman in Tiny Pretty Things (2020)
        Tiny Pretty Things
        • Casting Director (New York Casting)
        • TV Series
        • 2020
      • While We Breathe (2020)
        While We Breathe
        • Casting Director
        • TV Series
        • 2020

      Casting Department

      • Olivia Colman in The Lost Daughter (2021)
        The Lost Daughter
        • additional casting (uncredited)
        • 2021
      • Death Saved My Life (2021)
        Death Saved My Life
        • casting
        • TV Movie
        • 2021
      • Jane Levy in Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist (2020)
        Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist
        • casting director: New York
        • TV Series
        • 2020
      • Cozi Zuehlsdorff and Heidi Blickenstaff in Freaky Friday (2018)
        Freaky Friday
        • additional casting
        • TV Movie
        • 2018
      • Troye Sivan & Ariana Grande: Dance to This (Kid Version) (2018)
        Troye Sivan & Ariana Grande: Dance to This (Kid Version)
        • casting
        • Music Video
        • 2018
      • In-development projects at IMDbPro

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