Janet Foster, CSA has been casting for over 37 years. Her most recent credits include two seasons for the Huntington Theatre in Boston, and nine and a half years as Director of Casting for the American Conservatory Theater (A.C.T.) in San Francisco. Her career has included working with directors Don Scardino, Mark Brokaw, Pam MacKinnon, Carey Perloff, Mark Lamos, Mark Rucker, Sam Pinkleton, Tamilla Woodard, Annie Kaufmann, Loretta Greco, and many more.

Ms. Foster’s career prior to A.C.T. was in NYC. It started as an assistant to the late Stanley Soble and continued with over nine years at Playwrights Horizons, first as an assistant and then as casting director. After leaving PH, she spent the rest of her time in NY as a freelance casting director. She has worked on Broadway, Off-Broadway, Off-Off Broadway, and with many regional theaters.

Film/TV and radio credits include Tracy Takes On NY for HBO, The Deal, Advice From A Caterpillar, A Break in the Rain (upcoming), The Day That Lehman Died (Peabody, Sony, and Wincott Award winner), T is for Tom (Tom Stoppard radio plays for WNYC & WQXR).

Podcasts include Life/After, a GE Theater podcast, Passenger List (Webby Award) featuring Kelly Marie Tran and Patti LuPone, and Steelheads for the BBC.