9 Story Media group is delighted to share that the casting team on the preschool series Dee & Friends in Oz has been nominated for an Artios Award. Now in its 40th year, the Casting Society’s Annual Artios Awards show recognizes their members’ outstanding contributions to the field of casting.
Made up of Rachel Reiss and Angela Mickey, the Dee & Friends in Oz casting team is nominated in the Artios Award category for ‘Animated Program for Television’. Other nominees include Julie Ashton (, S7), Margery Simkin, Orly Sitowitz, with associate casting directors, Elizabeth Vitale and Jasmine Gutierrez (Blue Eye Samurai, S1), Julie Ashton (Bob’s Burgers, S14), Jackie Sollitto and Christine Terry (Family Guy, S22), and Robert McGee, Ruth Lambert, with additional casting by Sara Jane Sherman (Rick and Morty, S7).
Dee and Friends in Oz S. Cr. Courtesy of Netflix © 2023
Produced by 9 Story Media Group, with animation by the award-winning studio Brown Bag Films, Dee & Friends in Oz, launched globally across Netflix, on February 5 of this year. Dee & Friends in Oz was created by Emmy-winner Angela C. Santomero, the creator of beloved shows Blue’s Clues and Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood. The series was developed by Emmy-nominated writers Halcyon Person (Karma’s World and Blaze and the Monster Machines) and Keion Jackson (Karma’s World and Sesame Street); and directed by Declan Doyle (Get Rolling with Otis and Doc McStuffins). Dee & Friends in Oz, inspired by L. Frank Baum’s classic tale, is a musical adventure series about Dorothy “Dee” Davis — a girl writing a brand-new story of Oz where every kid has the power inside themselves to be a hero.
The Artios Awards winner will be announced February 12 during galas at the Beverly Hilton in Los Angeles, the Edison Ballroom in New York, and White City House in London.
Read more about the Artios Awards here.