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Season subscribers and actors for the 08-09 season joined Stage West staff and volunteers for the annual end of season party on October 11.  When the ballots were tallied, winners and runners-up were as follows:

Best Actor:  Justin Flowers, The Norman Conquests
                    Runner-up Jerry Russell, The Seafarer

We are pleased to feature the works of artist Maryam Baig-Lush (here's a link to her blog) in our gallery during the run of Good Things.  Here is her bio:

Maryam Baig-Lush was born and raised in Pakistan, where she received her B.A in Political Science and English Literature.  After moving to the United States, she received a B.A in Art and Performance and an MFA in Arts and Technology at University of Texas at Dallas.  Baig-Lush has guest lectured for Exploration of the Arts (UT Dallas), Drawing Dimensions/Foundations (UT Dallas), Theatre Lab (Richland College) and Keller High School.

The DFW Critics Forum has announced its list of notables for this season, and we congratulate our winners:

Rene Moreno, Best Director, The Seafarer

Jerry Russell, Best Actor, The Seafarer

Emily Gray, Best Actress, The Norman Conquests

Our lobby gallery will feature the art of Marilyn Ivy during this show.  We'll have a reception for her after the show on Sunday, 9/13, from 6 to 7, so come by!  Here are her bio information and artist statement:

We have a terrific season set for 2009-10, and we think you'll want to join us for sure!  And here it is:

Good Things, by Liz Lochhead, 10/29-11/29
   A funny charmer which enjoyed a hugely successful London run, about a 49-year old, recently divorced thrift-store employee struggling with re-entry into the dating pool.

It's time again--everyone who uses a KrogerPlus card to donate to an organization through the Kroger Neighbor to Neighbor program will need to renew their information for this year.  Use this link to open a PDF form to print and take to Kroger in order  to get this done.  All you need is the form (which will be scanned by the cashier at checkout) and you

Andy Baldwin, Executive and Artistic Director of Forum Theatre Company (you know him from his appearances in our Johnny Guitar, Nice People Dancing..., and The Pillowman), is about to launch Camp College, a two-week acting intensive camp, produced in cooperation with Stage West.  Their aim is to prepare students for collegiate auditions by offering various acting and musical theatre classes to boost their confidence, knowledge, and artistic abilities. Their goal is to give every student the confidence to audition at any desired college.

Lorrie McClanahan is a painter and photographer based in Fort Worth, Texas.  She is a graduate of the University of North Texas, with a BFA in Painting and Drawing and is currently working on an MFA in Painting at Texas Christian University.  For seventeen years she painted murals and portraits in and around the Dallas/Fort Worth area.  Prior to that she worked as a technical illustrator for an aerospace company.

Penelope Bisbee

lives and works in Fort Worth. She received her Master of Fine Arts from Texas Woman’s University, Denton campus, in December 2008 and is continuing to pursue her career as an artist. She is active in the local art community with memberships in the Texas Visual Arts Association, Texas Artists Coalition, and is a board member of the Visual Arts Society of Texas.

During The Norman Conquests, we will be featuring the work of artist Lee A. Hill. Born in Garland, he received his degree in Architecture from Texas Tech in 1986.  His work has been featured locally at Heliotrope, the HHS Gallery, the Edmund Craig Gallery, and the Fort Worth Community Arts Center, among others.

This is his artist statement: