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In the 1980s, Telsey began working for Simon & Kumin Casting as an assistant, then a casting director at Risa Bramon & Billy Hopkins Casting.
* Shows his company has cast include Broadway: ''[[Rent (musical)|Rent]]'', ''[[Wicked (musical)|Wicked]]'', ''[[In the Heights]]'', ''[[South Pacific (musical)|South Pacific]]'', ''[[Hairspray (musical)|Hairspray]]'', ''[[Rock of Ages (musical)|Rock of Ages]]'', ''[[Equus (play)|Equus]]'', ''[[Legally Blonde (musical)|Legally Blonde]]'', ''[[A Catered Affair]]'', ''[[The Homecoming]]'', ''[[Talk Radio (play)|Talk Radio]]'', ''[[November (play)|November]]'', ''[[Grey Gardens (musical)|Grey Gardens]]'', ''The Color Purple'', ''[[The Rocky Horror Show]]'', ''[[All Shook Up (musical)|All Shook Up]]'', ''[[Tarzan (musical) Tarzan]]'', and ''[[Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street]]'', Off-Broadway) shows include: ''[[reasons to be pretty]]'', ''50 Words'', ''[[Almost an Evening]]'', and ''De La Guarda''.
* Telsey has cast for several theatre companies including the [[Atlantic Theatre Company]], Signature Theatre, Westport Country Playhouse, New York Theatre Workshop, Drama Dept, [[American Conservatory Theater|ACT in San Francisco]], La Jolla Playhouse, McCarter Theatre, [[Long Wharf Theatre]], Hartford Stage, and [[Goodman Theatre]].
* Films cast include ''[[Rachel Getting Married]]'', ''[[Sex and the City (film)|Sex and the City]]'', ''[[Margin Call (film)|Margin Call]]'', ''[[Across the Universe (film)|Across the Universe]]'', ''[[Dan in Real Life]]'', ''[[Pieces of April]]'', ''[[Rent (film)|Rent]]''.<ref>[[American Theatre Wing]] biography of Bernard Tesley {{cite web|url=http://americantheatrewing.org/biography/detail/bernard_telsey |title=American Theatre Wing - Biography - Bernard Telsey |accessdate=2011-09-15 |url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120328083142/http://americantheatrewing.org/biography/detail/bernard_telsey |archivedate=2012-03-28 }}</ref>
''Rent'' established Telsey as someone who casts unconventional shows, which got him assigned to cast ''[[The Capeman]]''.<ref>[[Simonson, Robert]]. "PLAYBILL.COM'S BRIEF ENCOUNTER with Bernard Telsey." ''[[Playbill]]''.com. December 26, 2006. {{cite web|url=http://www.playbill.com/celebritybuzz/article/104439-PLAYBILLCOMS-BRIEF-ENCOUNTER-with-Bernard-Telsey |title=PLAYBILL.Com's BRIEF ENCOUNTER with Bernard Telsey - Playbill.com |accessdate=2011-09-15 |url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121022043422/http://www.playbill.com/celebritybuzz/article/104439-PLAYBILLCOMS-BRIEF-ENCOUNTER-with-Bernard-Telsey |archivedate=2012-10-22 }}</ref> Telsey is said to have discovered [[Taye Diggs]], [[Idina Menzel]], [[Anthony Rapp]], and [[Jesse L. Martin]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cityfile.com/profiles/bernard-telsey |title=Cityfile: Bernard Telsey |accessdate=2011-09-15 |url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110623003936/http://cityfile.com/profiles/bernard-telsey |archivedate=2011-06-23 }}</ref>
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