Our Team
Celeste Cooper
Celeste M. Cooper is an actor, producer, community builder, casting associate, educator, mentor, and solo performer. As an actor, she was invited into Steppenwolf Theatre’s ensemble in 2018.
In 2022, she was hired as a casting associate for McCracken Casting. Her first job as a casting associate was casting The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis production of Confederates. She has also helped cast The Lyric Opera’s production of West Side Story and Court Theatre’s Spotlight Reading Series.
She received her BA in Speech Communications and Theatre from Tennessee State University and her MFA in Acting from The Theatre School at DePaul University. She has been represented by Paonessa Talent Agency since 2012.
Sanaa Sayyed
Sanaa (She/Her) has been in the entertainment industry for 14 years. She has spent her entire career celebrating and supporting the amazing Chicago acting community. Whether as a talent agent (Shirley Hamilton), casting associate (Simon Casting, Second City, The Goodman), educator (Vagabond School, Green Room), or as a union representative (SAG-AFTRA Chicago). Sanaa is a lover of all things film and has a deep knowledge of the industry from many different sides of the table.