The new shows “Transparent,” “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt,” “Grace and Frankie,” “Better Call Saul,” “Empire” and “How to Get Away With Murder” are among the television programs singled out by the Casting Society of America, which announced its television nominees for the 31st Artios Awards on Friday morning.
The CSA revealed nominations in eight television categories and 12 theater categories, as well as for short films and web series.
Television programs that aired between June 1, 2014 and May 31, 2015 were eligible for the nominations, which go to the casting directors of the shows. Final voting will take place between Aug. 24 and Sept. 8, though the awards will not be handed out until Jan. 21, 2016.
Voting for the Artios’ feature-film categories will take place in December and January, with final film voting beginning on Jan. 5 and running until Jan. 11.
“Transparent” and “Empire” were the only two shows to receive more than one nomination, with each show being nominated in the Television Series and Television Pilot categories.
Other nominated shows included “Blackish,” “Grace and Frankie,” “Jane the Virgin” and “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt” in Television Pilot Comedy; “Episodes,” “Orange Is the New Black,” “Silicon Valley” and “Veep” in Television Series Comedy; “The Affair,” “Better Call Saul,” “Gotham” and “How to Get Away With Murder” in Television Pilot Drama; and “Bloodline,” “Game of Thrones,” “House of Cards” and “The Good Wife” in Television Series Drama.
Almost a dozen casting directors received more than one nomination in the television categories, with Linda Lamontagne receiving the most with four separate nods, all in the Television Animation Adult category.
In the theatrical categories, William Cantler received six separate nominations, while James Calleri and Tara Rubin received five.
The nominees:
TELEVISION PILOT COMEDY
“Blackish” – Alexis Frank Koczara, Christine Smith Shevchenko, Amanda Lenker Doyle (Associate)
“Grace and Frankie” – Tracy Lilienfield, Emily Towler (Associate)
“Jane the Virgin” – Alyson Silverberg, Jonathan Clay Harris
“Transparent” – Eyde Belasco
“Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt” – Jennifer Euston, Emer O’Callaghan (Associate)
TELEVISION PILOT DRAMA
“The Affair” – Junie Lowry Johnson, Libby Goldstein, Julie Tucker, Ross Meyerson, Lisa Soltau (Associate)
“Better Call Saul” – Sharon Bialy, Sherry Thomas, Russell Scott, Kiira Arai (Location Casting)
“Empire” – Leah Daniels Butler, Claire Simon (Location Casting), Shelby Cherniet (Associate)
“Gotham” – Sharon Bialy, Sherry Thomas, Gohar Gazazyan
“How to Get Away with Murder” – Linda Lowy, Diane Heery (Location Casting), Jason Loftus (Location Casting), Jamie Castro (Associate)
TELEVISION SERIES COMEDY
“Episodes” – Kelly Valentine Hendry, Victor Jenkins, Amy Britt (Location Casting), Trisha Debski (Location Casting)
“Orange is the New Black” – Jennifer Euston, Emer O’Callaghan (Associate)
“Silicon Valley” – Jeanne McCarthy, Nicole Abellera
“Transparent” – Eyde Belasco
“Veep” – Pat Moran (Location Casting)
TELEVISION SERIES DRAMA
“Bloodline” – Debra Zane, Lori Wyman (Location Casting), Shayna Markowitz (Associate)
“Empire” – Leah Daniels Butler, Claire Simon (Location Casting)
“Game of Thrones” – Nina Gold
“House of Cards” – Laray Mayfield, Julie Schubert
“The Good Wife” – Mark Saks, John Andrews (Associate)
TELEVISION MOVIE OR MINI-SERIES
“American Horror Story: Freak Show” – Robert J. Ulrich, Eric Dawson, Carol Kritzer, Meagan Lewis (Location Casting), Becky Silverman (Associate)
“Olive Kitteridge” – Laura Rosenthal, Carolyn Pickman (Location Casting), Maribeth Fox (Associate), Jodi Angstreich (Associate)
“The Slap” – Avy Kaufman
“Wayward Pines” – David Rubin, Heike Brandstatter (Location Casting), Coreen Mayrs (Location Casting), Melissa Pryor (Associate)
“Wolf Hall” – Nina Gold
CHILDREN’S PILOT AND SERIES (LIVE ACTION)
“Austin & Ally” – Carol Goldwasser
“Dog with a Blog” – Carol Goldwasser
“Girl Meets World” – Sally Stiner, Barbie Block, Brett Greenstein, Collin Daniel, Howard Meltzer, Sherie Hernandez (Associate)
“Instant Mom” – Victoria Thomas
“Lab Rats” – Howard Meltzer
TELEVISION ANIMATION ADULT
“American Dad” – Linda Lamontagne
“Bob’s Burgers” – Julie Ashton-Barson
“Bojack Horseman” – Linda Lamontagne
“Family Guy” – Linda Lamontagne
“Robot Chicken” – Linda Lamontagne
TELEVISION ANIMATION CHILDREN
“The Adventures of Puss in Boots” – Ania O’Hare
“Bubble Guppies” – Michelle Levitt, Gene Vassilaros, Danielle Pretsfelder (Associate), Shondre Austin (Associate)
“Dora & Friends: Into the City!” – Michelle Levitt, Danielle Pretsfelder (Associate)
“Sanjay & Craig” – Gene Vassilaros, Sarah Noonan, Meredith Layne, Shondre Austin (Associate)
“Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” – Gene Vassilaros, Sarah Noonan, Meredith Layne, Shondre Austin (Associate)
NY BROADWAY THEATER – COMEDY
“Fish in the Dark” – David Caparelliotis, Lauren Port (Associate)
“Living on Love” – James Calleri, Paul Davis
“Love Letters” – William Cantler, Andrew Femenella
“You Can’t Take It with You” – Jim Carnahan, Jillian Cimini (Associate)
NY BROADWAY THEATER – DRAMA
“The Audience” – Daniel Swee, Nora Brennan
“Constellations” – Jim Carnahan, Nancy Piccione
“The Elephant Man” – James Calleri, Paul Davis
“The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time” – Daniel Swee, Cindy Tolan
“This is Our Youth” – William Cantler
NY BROADWAY THEATER – MUSICAL
“An American in Paris” – Rachel Hoffman
“Finding Neverland” – Bernard Telsey, Patrick Goodwin
“The King and I” – Abbie Brady-Dalton
“Something Rotten!” – Bethany Knox
“On the Twentieth Century” – Jim Carnahan, Stephen Kopel
NY THEATER – COMEDY
“39 Steps” – Jack Bowdan
“A Month in the Country” – James Calleri, Paul Davis
“Big Love” – Karyn Casl
“The Flick” – Alaine Alldaffer
“What I Did Last Summer” – William Cantler
NY THEATER – DRAMA
“Between Riverside and Crazy” – William Cantler, Karyn Casl (Associate)
“The Glass Menagerie” – Stephanie Klapper
“Hamlet” – James Calleri, Erica Jensen
“Punk Rock” – William Cantler, Karyn Casl (Associate)
“The World of Extreme Happiness” – Nancy Piccione, Adam Belcuore
NY THEATER – MUSICAL
“Fly by Night” – Alaine Alldaffer
“Found” – Rachel Hoffman, Howie Cherpakov
“Clinton, The Musical” – Tara Rubin, Kaitlin Shaw
“New York Spring Spectacular” – Patrick Goodwin
“Revolution” – James Calleri, Paul Davis, Erica Jensen
REGIONAL THEATER EAST
“Ain’t Misbehavin’” – Tara Rubin, Kaitlin Shaw
“Arcadia” – Tara Rubin, Laura Schutzel
“Can Can” – Tara Rubin, Lindsay Levine
“Carousel” – Jay Binder, Claire Simon (Location Casting)
“Diner” – Bernard Telsey, Justin Huff
“First Wives Club” – Craig Burns
REGIONAL THEATER WEST
“Bright Star” – Howie Cherpakov
“Les Miserables” – Patrick Goodwin
“Othello” – Tara Rubin
“Arms and the Man” – David Caparelliotis, Lauren Port (Associate)
“One Man, Two Guvnors” – Amy Potozkin, Joanne DeNaut
LOS ANGELES THEATER
“What the Butler Saw” – Mark B. Simon
“The Country House” – David Caparelliotis, Phyllis Schuringa
“Hair” – Margery Simkin, Michael Donovan
“Race” – Mark B. Simon
“Spring Awakening” – Beth Lipari, Bruce H. Newberg
SPECIAL THEATRICAL PERFORMANCE – EAST
“Oliver!” – Michael Cassara
“Paint Your Wagon” – Jay Binder, Jack Bowdan, Jason Styres
“Parade” – Craig Burns
“Tick, Tick … Boom!” – Carrie Gardner, Stephen Kopel
“Zorba!” – Jay Binder, Jack Bowdan
SPECIAL THEATRICAL PERFORMANCE – WEST
“The Addams Family” – Megan Larche Dominick
“Hello Dolly!” – Megan Larche Dominick
“Tarzan” – Megan Larche Dominick
“Unscreened Summer Series” – Meg Morman, Sunday Boling
THEATER TOURS
“Irving Berlin’s White Christmas” – Jason Styres
“Kinky Boots” – Justin Huff
“Matilda The Musical” – Jim Carnahan, Nora Brennan, Jillian Cimini
“Rodgers + Hammerstein’s Cinderella” – Cindy Tolan, Adam Caldwell
“Blithe Spirit” – William Cantler
SHORT FILMS
“Day One” – Becky Silverman
“Dragula” – Jonathan Clay Harris
“Muted” – Robin Lippin
“Rita Mahtoubian Is Not A Terrorist” – Erica Silverman Bream
“Share” – Lauren Grey
WEB SERIES
“Cop Show” – Adrienne Stern
“Deadbeat” – Jessica Daniels
“Karl Manhair: Postal Inspector” – Judy Bowman
“Olive and Mocha” – Meg Morman, Sunday Boling
“Resident Advisors” – Alexis Frank Koczara, Christine Shevchenko, Amanda Lenker Doyle (Associate)
“Side Effects” – Sheryl Levine
The Artios Awards feature film timeline:
Monday, November 9 – Submissions Open
Friday, December 11 – Submissions Close
Thursday, December 17 – First-Round Ballots Open
Sunday, January 3 – First-Round Ballots Close
Tuesday, January 5 – Second-Round Ballots Open
Monday, January 11 – Second-Round Ballots Close