By teaching classes she also works closely with actors on how to present themselves better and get the most out of an audition, allowing her to deliver top performances and choice talent options for her clients and find the perfect person for every role. Barbara has a superb working relationship and reputation with SAG an AFTRA, and prides herself on staying up to date on the Los Angeles talent pool (both union and non-union), and she is currently expanding her knowledge base to include the emerging talent of Texas.

Working with Barbara is her husband, Ray Bengston, casting as well as teaching on camera audition and improv classes. Ray is an actor, producer, director, editor, teacher and top headshot photographer (http://www.eyekool.com). He has worked on stage, film and television, headlined in Las Vegas, taught at Warner Brothers, Disney, Dreamquest Images, Listerberger Studios, and Divisek Casting, He’s been the Screen Actors Guild photographer for over eighteen years, produced and edited “The Journal of Edwin Carp” (an animated short for theatrical release created completely in Flash), and for the past year produced, directed, and edited over twenty training films and PSA’s for the San Antonio Fire Department and the city of San Antonio, Texas. Ray also keeps Barbara on the cutting edge of technology (Geek!)

Barbara believes that Casting is a service business and strives to make your casting experience successful, positive, easy and fun while finding the best talent for whatever your project needs.

Casting over 4200 projects, from local to national to international, and every conceivable category from Commercials, TV and Film, to Voiceovers, Industrials, Video Games, Infomercials and more, Barbara Divisek has developed a worldwide network of resources, finding solutions for what others call impossible. She crossed countries and oceans to find specialties that include Zidaco and Moroccan bands, Punkers, Belly Dancers and Sumi Painters. She organized a national twins search for Wrigley’s Doublemint, and a national search for the baby in Disney’s “Three Men And A Baby”. And she cast real people from all walks of life, everything from athletics to stupid pet tricks.

After successfully operating Divisek Casting, a business she established with her sister Karen in [need year], and then later with their brother Jim, Barbara shifted her focus to become a talent agent and started a management company called Trilogy Talent. This dramatically broadened her insight into marketing actors and strengthened her negotiating skills – having both “bought“ (as a casting director) and “sold” (as an agent) talent services.

But after discovering that she missed the challenge of being directly involved in the casting process, Barbara has now returned - with Barbara Divisek Casting.

Barbara offers expert knowledge, personalized attention and is a major asset to any production. She believes that one of the most important jobs of a casting director is to understand and see the vision the director, producers and clients have and bring in the strongest talent with lots of creative options.  Barbara is pleased and proud to work with clients again and again and year after year.

Barbara has a unique way of making everyone in casting sessions, from novice actors to seasoned veterans (and even non-actors) feel comfortable, handling whatever challenges arise and making the job go smoother for all involved.

About Barbara Divisek