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* Actors Robynn Rodriguez and Derrick Lee Weeden will appear in a rotating rep of Henry V and Richard II at the Shakespeare Theatre in Washington, D.C. from February 2 - April 11, 2010.
* Actor Stephanie Beatriz will appear on The Closer on the TNT network in the December 7 episode. Actor Dan Donohue will appear in the December 14 episode.
* Actor Greta Oglesby is appearing in Black Nativity: A Season for Change at the Penumbra Theatre in Saint Paul, MN from December 3-27.
* Actor Shona Tucker (at OSF 2006-08) appeared in Eclipsed by Danai Gurira at the Yale Repertory Theatre in Oct-Nov, 2009. The play was directed by Liesl Tommy, who will direct the 2010 production of Ruined at OSF.
* Actor Crystal Fox (at OSF 2003-04) appeared as Rose in August Wilson's Fences at the Huntington Theatre in Boston. The production also included the scenic design of Marjorie Bradley Kellogg and lighting design of Ann Wrightson, frequent OSF guest artists.
* Welcome Home Jenny Sutter playwright Julie Marie Myatt had a world premiere at South Coast Repertory called The Happy Ones, running Sept. 27 - Oct. 18. Frequent OSF composer and sound designer Paul James Prendergast worked on the show as well.
* Costume designer Joyce Kim Lee (four seasons at OSF) recently designed costumes for a new TV show for the Nick Jr. network called "The Fresh Beat Band". It's a preschool show for 3-7 year olds that teaches them about music. And she was married last October!
* OSF Resident Costume Design Assistant/Designer Denise Damico (1998--2007) is now the costume shop manager of Seattle Repertory Theatre.
* Actor Nell Geisslinger (at OSF 2003-06) will appear as Belle in A Christmas Carol at Milwaukee Repertory Theatre in November-December
* Actor Linda Emond (at OSF 1995) plays Simone Beck, co-author with Julia Child, in the film Julie and Julia.
* Actor Ted Deasy (at OSF late 1990s) is appearing in the national tour of The 39 Steps, inspired by the thriller film by Alfred Hitchcock. Performances begin in August with runs at La Jolla Playhouse and Seattle Repertory Theatre, followed by the beginning of the national tour in October.
* Actors Clayton Corzatte and Susan Corzatte will appear in Abe Lincoln in Illinois at the Intiman Theatre from October 2 - November 15, 2009.
* Dan Kremer can also be seen this fall at the Utah Shakespearean Festival in Tuesdays with Morrie and The Woman in Black. Carole Healey directs The Woman in Black.
* Actor Pat Bowie (Lena Younger in OSF's A Raisin in the Sun, 2004) will appear in Horton Foote's The Orphans Home Cycle at Hartford Stage and Signature Theatre Company September 3, 2009-March 6, 2010.
* Actors Deidrie Henry (at OSF late 1990s - early 2000s) and Karole Foreman (at OSF 1994-96) will appear in the musical Parade at the Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles. Performances begin September 24.
* Guest sound designer Jeremy Lee was the associate sound designer for Mary Stuart on Broadway, and also sound designer and composer for an adaptation of Henry V called Into the Hazard off-Broadway with guest OSF lighting designer Christopher Akerlind on lights and sets. Jeremy will also be the associate sound designer for the new Tracy Letts play Superior Donuts on Broadway this coming fall. Jeremy and his wife Maggie Dick (veteran of many years in the OSF costume shop) are the new proud parents of Lucas John Lee, born June 11.
* Artistic director emeritus Libby Appel directed this season's production of Paradise Lost, and will helm the 2010 OSF production of Pride and Prejudice.
* Actor Paul Vincent O'Connor is in the national tour of August: Osage County.
* Former associate artistic director Timothy Bond is artistic director of Syracuse Stage in upstate New York. He will direct August Wilson's Fences at Seattle Repertory Theatre, with scenic designer Bill Bloodgood designing. The show runs March 26 - April 18, 2010.
* Former associate artistic director Penny Metropulos will direct Henry IV, Part One at OSF in 2010.
* Scenic designer Bill Bloodgood (OSF's 2008 A View from the Bridge) will be teaching scenic design at the University of Texas for the 2009-10 academic year. He will design OSF's Pride and Prejudice in 2010.
* Former OSF director (1982, Black Swan) and Education director Paul Barnes is the artistic director of the Great River Shakespeare Festival in Winona, MN, currently in its sixth season. He recently opened a very successful production of Amadeus at the Repertory Theatre of St. Louis.
* Actor and director Randall Stuart (at OSF 1981-82, Daedalus 1986-91) is the artistic director of Upon These Boards and recently directed at Shakespeare Santa Cruz, and returns to Ashland to direct Paul Green & Kurt Weill's Johnny Johnson at Southern Oregon University in winter 2010.
* Daniel Mayes and Helen Machin-Smith (actors at OSF 1980s) founded Island Stage Left in Friday Harbor, WA in 1999 and are still going strong.
* Actor Mark Booher (OSF 1991-92) is the artistic director of PCPA (Pacific Conservatory for the Performing Arts) in Santa Maria and Solvang, CA.