Announcements, Casting and News....

Jay Hammer returns as “Fletcher” on Thursday, September 17.

Morgan Englund reprises his role as “Dylan Lewis” on Monday, September 14.

Melissa Hayden (“Bridget”) and Lisa Brown (“Nola”) will return on Monday, September 14 for a special occasion.

The Annual Rock Show for Charity, which benefits the American Red Cross, will take place on October 9th, 2009 at the American Red Cross Greater New York Chapter Headquarters on West 49^th Street. The evening begins with a pre-show mix-n-mingle followed by a rock-n-roll concert hosted by the Bradley Cole Band. The band will be joined on stage by guest performers and fellow cast mates, Kim Zimmer (Reva Shayne), Mandy Bruno (Marina Cooper), Daniel Cosgrove (Bill Lewis), Tom Pelphrey (Jonathan Randall), Caitlin Van Zandt (Ashlee Wolfe), and Karla Mosley (Christina), as well as Ricky Paull Goldin (Jake Martin, All My Children) and Trent Dawson (Henry Coleman, As the World Turns). The first mix-n-mingle begins at 6:00 PM with show time at 7:00 PM and the second mix-n-mingle is at 8:30 PM followed by a 9:30 PM show. Tickets available at ticketleap.com or by mail: Nomadic Music, Inc., P.O. Box 1852, New York, NY 10163.

Guiding Light will donate a portion of its wardrobe to New York’s Bottomless Closet to help economically disadvantaged New York City women enter and succeed in the workforce. Guiding Light will provide the organization with the show’s stock of women’s business appropriate clothing, shoes, jewelry, handbags and accessories. For more information, call 212-563-2499 or visit www.bottomlessclosetnyc.org.

Frank Dicopoulos (“Frank Cooper”) will be the honorary chairperson for the FAAN Walk for Food Allergy: Moving Toward A Cure in Long Branch, NJ on September 12. For more   information, please visit www.foodallergywalk.org/longbranch_nj