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10.18.12 • backstage.com AdAptAtion Staging Franzen, Fitzgerald, and Lindbergh SteveN YeuN Walks With the Dead John Hawkes— isn’t lookingfor your consideration but he’s getting it anyway 1018 COV John Hawkes.indd 1 10/16/12 3:05 PM Terry Schreiber_0913_FP.indd 1 9/7/12 11:21 AM contents vol. 53, no. 42 | 10.18.12 CENTER STAGE cover story 50 John Hawkes 18 all eyes are on the indie vet—whether he UPSTAGE wants them there or not News FeAtures 05 take Five steven Yeun what to see and where to 21 staying one step ahead go in the week ahead of “the walking Dead” 07 top news page to stage N.y. gov. andrew cuomo 22 theater companies signs bill regulating reinvent the adaptation talent agents process 08 casting aBc family and Lifetime pilots add casting directors DOWNSTAGE 09 stage el Brosilow L.a.’s east west Players will CastiNg cha i hold a forum on diversity 25 new York tristate m Notices 10 screen audition Highlights what Les Moonves k; “woolf”: means for actors 38 california Mac Notices n 18 ga Actor 101 audition Highlights e m 13 career dispatch tim intravia 44 national/regional eun: y Notices es; 14 Inside Job audition Highlights ag m i casting director Barbara McNamara goes outside reviews the box to find extras 47 stage N.Y.: “who’s afraid of wkes: Getty A 15 the working actor virginia woolf?”; explaining SAG-AFTRA’s “cyrano de Bergerac” user agreement L.a.: “Krapp’s Last tape” inment; H A 16 secret agent Man 50 screen ntert the invasion of the “alex cross”; e stars on TV “Nobody walks” ummit s 17 tech & dIY MeMber spotlight evernote apps 56 shak Brenner “focus only on what’s going cover photo: Henny garfunkel on in the scene. all other “Alex Cross”: Design: william scalia 21 47 thoughts are irrelevant.” backstage.com upstage News | actor 101 | center stage cover story | features | downstage castiNg | reviews 10.18.12 backstage 1 1018 TOC.indd 1 10/16/12 4:25 PM Casting this week Vice President & Publisher Charlie weiss turn to this issue’s Executive Vice President & Casting section or visit Editor National Casting Editor casting.backstage.com Daniel holloway Luke Crowe for these featured notices eDITORIAL N.Y. 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