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* Actors Robynn Rodriguez and Derrick Lee Weeden are in a rotating rep of Henry V and Richard II at the Shakespeare Theatre in Washington, D.C. from February 2 - April 11, 2010. The cast also includes OSF veterans Dan Kremer, Louis Lotorto, Larry Paulsen and Ted Van Griethuysen. Ted worked at OSF in 1956!

* Actor Tony DeBruno appeared in Arthur Miller's The Price at Syracuse Stage from January 27-February 14. The play is directed by Syracuse Stage artistic director, and former OSF associate artistic director, Timothy Bond.

* Marco Barricelli will enter his third season as artistic director of Shakespeare Santa Cruz in 2010, and will also perform with Olympia Dukakis in Vigil by Morris Panych at American Conservatory Theatre from March 25-April 18, 2010.

* Actor Megan Cole (at OSF 1970s, 80s & 90s, most recently in 1993) continues her work as "Actor In Healthcare" at venues such as the Mayo Clinic and M.D. Anderson Cancer Center.  She received the 2010 McGovern Award from the American Medical Writers Association and has a new website: www.megancole.net.

* Actor Robert Sicular (at OSF most recently in 2004-07) appeared in The Weir at San Jose Repertory Theatre January 23-February 21.

* Stephanie Shine (actor at OSF 1984-85 and OSF Portland 1989) is entering her 12th season as artistic director of Seattle Shakespeare Company.

* Actor Charlie Robinson (Troy Maxson in OSF's Fences in 2008) played the role of Troy again at South Coast Repertory from Jan. 22-Feb. 21. 

* Actor Jonathan Adams (at OSF late 1990s) guest stars regularly on series television, including NCIS: Los Angeles, Bones, The Philanthropist, and 24.

* Actor Michelle Beck (at OSF 2006) is appearing in the Bridge Project at the Brooklyn Academy of Music January 12 - March 13.

* Actor Anish Jethmalani (at OSF 2009) will appear in the world premiere production of Return to Haifa, based the adaptation of the novella by Ghassan Kanafani at The Next Theatre Company in Evanston, IL from Feb. 4 - Mar. 7, and recently appeared as Jacob Marley in A Christmas Carol at the Goodman Theatre in Chicago.

* Actor Robert Alan Barnett (at OSF 1986-88) appeared as Scrooge in The Trial of Ebenezer Scrooge for Bellevue Civic Theatre in Bellevue, WA from Jan. 29 - Feb. 6.

* Actor Stephanie Beatriz appeared on The Closer on the TNT network in the December 7 episode. Actor Dan Donohue appeared in the December 14 episode.

* Paige Newmark (assistant director to Andy Traister on his productions of The Threepenny Opera and Strange Snow in 1986) is now artistic director of two Shakespeare companies in Australia:  Shakespeare WA (Western Australia) and also the new national Australian Shakespeare Festival in Tasmania.

* 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 Karl Backus (at OSF 1987-89 and 1995-96) recently finished shooting aWWII film, The Glass House, scheduled for release in late 2010.

* OSF Resident Costume Design Assistant/Designer Denise Damico (1998--2007) is now the costume shop manager of Seattle Repertory Theatre.

* 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.

* 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.

* Artistic director emeritus Libby Appel directed this season's 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. Penny directed Romeo and Juliet for a Guthrie Theatre/Acting Company co-production that played in Minneapolis from Jan. 9-31, 2010, and also went on tour.

* 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 designed 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. 

* 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.