Destiny Lilly, CSA

casting director & culture maven

PROJECTS

a totally not comprehensive look at projects I've worked on as a casting director

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Testament A 2021 film from Via Brooklyn based on the play by Tristan Bernays and directed by Lucy Jane Atkinson. Starring Cori Hundt, Biko Eisen-Martin, Doron Jepaul Mitchell, Jessica Giannone, and Desiree Rodriguez.	All the Natalie Portmans by C.A. Johnson and directed by Kate Whoriskey at MCC Theater opened February 2020. Starring Joshua Boone, Montego Glover, Elise Kibler, Raphael Peacock, Renika Williams and Kara Young.	The Who and the What a filmed theater production at Theaterworks Hartford starring Jessica Jain, Rajesh Bose, Sanam Hashemi, and Stephen Elrod.
The Siblings Play at the Rattlestick Playwrights Theatre March 2020. By Ren Dara Santiago, directed by Jenna Worsham. Starring Ed Ventura, Cindy de la Cruz, Mateo Ferro, Dalia Davi, and Andy Lucien.	Macbeth at Classic Stage Company in 2019 direted by John Doyle and starring Corey Stoll, Nadia Bowers, N'Jameh Camara, Raffi Barsoumian, Erik Lochtefeld, Antonio Michael Woodard, Barzin Akhavan, Barbara Walsh, and Mary Beth Peil.	The Subject Multi-award winning feature film currently on the festival circuit in Summer 2020. Written by Chisa Hutchison and directed by Lanie Zipoy. starring Jason Biggs, Aunjanue Ellis, Annabelle Acosta, Caleb Eberhardt, Carra Patterson, and Nile Bullock.
A Raisin in the Sun Robert O'Hara's production of Lorraine Hansberry's classic at the Williamstown Theatre Festival Summer 2019 starring S. Epatha Merkerson, Francois Battiste, Mandi Masden, Nikiya Mathis, Owen Tabaka, Warner Miller, Kyle Beltran, Joshua Echebiri, Eboni Flowers, and Joe Goldammer.	Selling Kabul A world premiere play by Sylvia Khoury, directed by Tyne Rafaeli, at Williamstown Theatre Festival Summer 2019. Starring Marjan Neshat, Babak Tafi, May Calamawy, and Omid Abtahi.	The Bandaged Place at New York Stage and Film by Harrison David Rivers, directed by David Mendizábal. Starring Phillip Johnson-Richardson, Sam Encarnacion, Milan Marsh, Caroline Clay, and Michael Hsu Rosen
Frankenstein at Classic Stage Company in February 2020. Adapted by Tristan Bernays, directed by Timothy Douglas. Starring Stephanie Berry and Rob Morrison.	We Speak NYC TV series for the City of New York.	A Human Being, Of a Sort A world premiere play by Jonathan Payne, directed by Whitney White, at Williamstown Theatre Festival Summer 2019. Starring Andre Braugher, Antonio Michael Woodard, Matthew Saldivar, Sullivan Jones, Jeorge Bennett Watson, Frank Wood, and Keith Randolph Smith.
Giving Me Life... in the Land of Deadass Webseries that follows the lives and loves of 6 young Black and Latinx New Yorkers.	Caribbean Girl NYC Comedy pilot for Flow TV	The Enchantment Ducdame Ensemble's re-imagining of Victoria Benedictsson's play.
The Sound of Darkness Written and Directed by award winning filmmaker Melody Cooper, it features a diverse cast.	A Poet Long Ago Starring Steve Schirripa and Boris McGiver, this short directed by Bob Giraldi showed at the Hamptons Film Festival and Raindance Festival	Alina The first feature film by legendary producer Ben Barenholtz.
The Widowers A comedy about grief available on Amazon and other platforms.	Bemvindo A film about an immigrant's first days in 1950s New York.	New Year's Eve @ Sunny's A Vietnam vet returns to find New York a lonely place. A chance encounter helps bring him through the trauma of his time in the war. Starring Diego Aguirre.
Knights of New Jersey A comedy webseries about cosplayers and Renaissance faires	A Route Less Travelled Comedy pilot starring Cameron Ocasio of Nickolodeon's Sam & Cat.	Caught A brother and sister can't seem to shake their childhood roles as they find themselves on opposite sides in adulthood.
Between Curtains A psychological thriller about actors who let their backstage passions bleed into their on stage work.	Yesterday's Forecast A recent college grad comes home to find that he has changed but his home town has stayed the same.	Toxic Oranges* A wall street broker and an orange seller battle for shares in an absurdist tale about economics and corporate greed.
Gentle Cycle Only A bittersweet film about a man who comes to terms with losing his wife.	SVA Short Film Fest 2013 I supervised casting for all of the films created by SVA graduate short film students in 2013 including The Little Violinist by Yang Wang.	SVA Project Shorts 2013 I supervised casting for all of the films created by SVA project class students in 2013 including Lucky Story by Anais La Rocca.
SVA Short Film Fest 2014 I supervised casting for all of the films created by SVA graduate short film students in 2014 including The Boy Under the Piano by Philippa Wong.	SVA Projects Shorts 2014 I supervised casting for all of the films created by SVA project class students in 2014 including As the Crow Flies by Anthony Zukofsky.	SVA Short Film Fest 2015 I supervised casting for all of the films created by SVA graduate short film students in 2015 including An Isolated Incident by Daniel S.W. Park.
SVA Project Shorts 2015 I supervised casting for all of the films created by SVA project class students in 2015 including Enigma by Claudine Eriksson.	SVA Short Film Fest 2016 I supervised casting for all of the films created by SVA graduate short film students in 2016 including Losing the Edge by Elisa-Sofia Fioretti.	SVA Project Shorts 2016 I supervised casting for all of the films created by SVA project class students in 2016 including Night Job by Patrick House.