Jane Alderman

Jane has been casting theatre, feature films and television for 25 years. She has well over 56 films, 70 television shows and 36 plays to her credit. British born and New York raised, she has made Chicago her home for many years. Prior to casting, Ms. Alderman was an actress – her most notable performance was with John Malkovich and Glenne Headly in the Goodman Theatre’s groundbreaking production of Curse of the Starving Class by Sam Shepard. She still finds joy in acting in the Chicago area; most notably of late: Funny Girl at Marriott, Vagina Monologues at the Apollo, and the feature film The Break Up, playing Vince Vaughn’s Mom. Some of her casting credits include the national tour of Evita; the films Rudy, Nothing in Common, Backdraft, and The Straight Story; for television: Normal, EZ Streets, and the series The Untouchables, Turks, Early Edition, ER, and What About Joan starring Joan Cusack. Jane taught at Depaul’s Theatre School for twenty years and produced the Jeff Award-winning ensemble The Dogs in Xenogenesis and Dogtown. The winner of the Casting Society of America’s Artios Award for Excellence in casting for EZ Streets and Normal, she has also been nominated for Turks and ER. She is a member of SAG, AFTRA, Equity, NATAS and CSA. Jane still finds time to teach at Roosevelt University and Northwestern. She is currently writing a short novel.