Our Staff

MIKE LEMON, C.S.A., Film Casting
Mike has been a casting director for over 20 years after 12 years as an actor and director. He was a member of SAG and AFTRA with experience on stage, on camera and in the sound studio. Bringing his performance experience to casting, he has earned a reputation as an "actor's director" who brings out the best in auditioning talent. In 2001 he was honored by being admitted into the Casting Society of America, the professional association for casting directors.

He's a co-founder and host of The Lab, a Filmmakers' Workshop which has inspired and facilitated the production of seven independent films in seven years. He's on the Advisory Board of the Theatre Alliance of Greater Philadelphia and the planning committees for both the TAGP annual auditions and The Barrymore Awards.  He's also been on the steering committee of Indy Fest for The Philadelphia Festival of World Cinema and The Atlantic City Film Festival and his close ties with the Philadelphia Film Office, The Philadelphia Independent Film and Video Association (PIFVA) and the Sharon Pinkenson Film Project.

Mike's dedicated to his work, his community, his seven children (Tim, JJ, Tom, Scott, Mischa, Jeff and Katherine) and two grandchildren.

ADRIENNE COVINGTON, Commercial/Industrial/Print/Theater Casting Director
Adrienne Covington, comes from a background in law. She met Mike Lemon and began assisting him on her down time. In awe and thoroughly enjoying the business, she exited the firm & entered in to casting. Adrienne has over 15 years of experience as Casting Director, for Commercial, Industrial, Print, and Theater and has personally cast thousands of projects.

SANDY STEFANOWICZ, Education Coordinator / Casting Director
As Education Coordinator, Sandy helps aspiring and working actors make choices about professional training. She teaches all teen classes in addition to adult talent. Sandy also works in the studio directing casting sessions for commercials, industrials and independent films. She holds an MA in theatre from Villanova University and has appeared on stage, in commercials, feature and independent films. Before joining our staff in 1999, she headed up the award-winning Ridley Drama Group where she directed for the stage and coached performers for stage and over three decades. Outside of the US, she has taught acting in Ireland, Northern Ireland and Japan. Sandy has been named to the Who's Who of America Teachers.

ROB HOLT, Voiceover Casting, IT Director
Rob is our Voice-over Casting Director, a Voice-over instructor, and head of our IT department. He has over 5 years experience assisting clients in finding the right talent for their projects as well as engineering and editing their recording sessions. A working musician and former voice talent, Rob has many years experience on 'both sides of the mic' giving him a well rounded view of the casting and production process.

He graduated with honors from The CHUBB Institute in 2001, where he studied computer programming. He also has a great deal of hands-on experience in managing small networks as well as the building and configuring of PC workstations and servers. Rob has helped bring MLC into the computer age with technologies such as steaming auditions, remote access, and off-site data storage.

A happily married father of two and drummer in two local bands, Rob manages to stay somewhat busy in his life outside of MLC.

OUR INTERNS
We also have an Internship Program with 20-30 interns at any given time. Each intern works 4 to 8 hours per week. Our interns range from students to retired professionals and everyone in between. Interns receive hourly credits that can be applied toward classes from our education program or, school credits, if currently enrolled in a university or college that has their own internship program. This program is invaluable to us as well as to the participants. We benefit from their energy, labor and skills, and they learn about the business from the inside. Many thanks to them all.