Funny Business with Jodi Collins and Amy Ingram

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  Jodi Collins

  JODI COLLINS IS AN 'IMAGINATOR'; a casting director, producer, talent manager and creative consultant with over twenty years of experience in the entertainment industry. Jodi’s boutique company JLC Entertainment Group, with partner Jodi Lieberman, develops talent; hyphenates: actor /writer /creators developing their content for all areas of media. Jodi traditionally sees ideas for talent & media that crosses platforms, and often times uses assorted technology for trend-setting storytelling. This trusted sensibility also cross-pollinates and marries untypical talent with projects that enrich story with imaginative choices.Jodi unearths NEW talent who provides fresh and interesting perspectives discovered in the worlds of alternative talent, musicians, and writers. Network executives and their development departments continue to call upon Jodi to consult for them, scouting new under-the-radar comedy talent. Jodi has been a Comedy Central #1 “go to” casting director and a favorite of WME Entertainment, CAA, & ICM called upon to unearth & refer under the radar quality talent.Jodi Collins’ casting business is well known for casting a wide and diverse range of digital, television, film, and theatrical projects with an emphasis on comedy and dramedy.  She is hired to achieve smart visual & tonal work for critically acclaimed mainstream consumption.As a producer, manager and content collaborator Jodi brings an outside the box perspective to network and studio assignments. Her work attracts mainstream projects that speak to her “downtown” cutting-edge aesthetic while matching a fit with commercial viability.  Sought after is Jodi’s strong ability to interpret this, her taste level and her particular “flavor.” Along with that comes her instinctive eye for finding story and colorful character at the outset.Spotting trends and talent early on, Jodi championed many performing artists and show runners at the early stages of their careers: Kate McKinnon (found at an open call), Aasif Mandvi (found for The Daily Show), Zack Galfanakis, Thomas Middleditch, Ed Helms, Aubrey Plaza, Kristen Schall, Ellie Kemper, Zach Woods, Demetri Martin, Jeffrey Rose.
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  Amy Ingram

  Amy is a multi-award-winning actor and theatre-maker based in Brisbane, later this year she will appear in the return season of Pride And Prejudice at QTC and the World Premiere of Suzie Miller’s Strong Is The New Pretty touring Nationally.Credits Include : Queensland Theatre: Pride and Prejudice, Family Values, Bernhardt /Hamlet, The Odd Couple, The Seagull, Trollop, Seeding Bed, Fat Pig. Other Credits: Complete Works Of William Shakespeare Abridged ( QPAC )  , MML Worldwide : Magic Mike Live Australia. Shake N’ Stir : Fourteen ( Brisbane Festival and National Tour ) The Good Room : I Want To Know What Love Is, One Bottle Later, I Just Came To Say Goodbye, I Should Have Drunk More Champagne, Where We Begin, Rabbit, Single Admissions, Holy Guacamole. Myths Made Here and QPAC: Cinderella. La Boite Theatre Company: Blackrock, The Tragedy of King Richard The Third, Cosi. Metro Arts:  Awkward Conversation: Medea Redux. The Old Fitz and Justin Martin: Low Level Panic.  Elbow Room: We Get It, Adelaide Fringe and Rebecca Meston: Tracksuit Girl and many more.TV/Media: 2 years later , INA , Dustfall, Posthumous, Apples Never Fall, The Demon Disorder, Boy Swallows Universe,  In Our Blood, Joe Vs Carol , Young Rock, Mabo As Co Creator: The Good Room: Let’s Be Friends Furever, I’ve Been Meaning To Ask You, Dirty Laundry, Red Light, One Bottle Later, That’s What She Said,  I Want To Know What Love Is, I Just Came To Say Goodbye, I Should Have Drunk More Champagne, Where We Begin. Positions: Co Founder and Co Artistic Director of The Good Room, Co Founder of Myths Made Here, QLD Equity Branch Council 2020- 2024, Co Director of National Young Writers Festival ( 2007/2008). Awards: Sydney Theatre Awards : Best Theatre for Young People ( I’ve Been Meaning To Ask You 2020 ), Matilda Awards: Best Supporting (Fourteen 2022, Best Female Actor in a Leading Role (Cinderella 2019 ), Best Emerging Artist ( Fat Pig and Single Admissions 2010) and Best Supporting Actor – in a Mainstage production – Matilda Awards 2022.