North American VA Update: January 2010

Stephanie Beard's (Rini #2) upcoming movie, A True Story: Based on Things That Never Actually Happened ...And Some That Did will have an unofficial screening near the Sundance Film Festival in Utah. Stay tuned to the movie's Facebook page or Twitter feed for details about when and where the movie will be screened.

It looks like fans will have to wait longer for Toby Proctor's (Tuxedo Mask #1) upcoming role in The Bridge. No news yet on an official season premiere date, but CBC News is suggesting that The Bridge as well as Stephanie Morgenstern's (Sailor Venus #1) and Mark Ellis's Flashpoint may air in the summer on CBS.

Katie Griffin (Sailor Mars #1) appeared in an episode of Cra$h & Burn as Maya Porter, a wealthy owner of a thoroughbred horse that died suddenly under suspicious circumstances. Canadian fans can catch the show on Showcase. The show is about an insurance adjuster who deals with dishonest clients and trying to keep costs down in order to do his job. A trailer for the show is available here and full episodes are available online here.

Wendy Lyon (Queen Serenity) will be appearing in three episodes of the new series Happy Town scheduled to begin airing this year. She plays Donna Friddle in this mystery show about "a deputy sheriff confronted with the unsolved mystery of a half-dozen child kidnappings over the past decade in a small town in Minnesota." (description from IMDb). Filmed in southern Ontario, there is no information about the air date for Canada and the US, but it is slated to air in Hungary in February.

Emilie-Claire Barlow (Sailor Venus #2) will be performing at L'Astral in Montréal, Québec on Saturday, February 13 at 8pm. Event details and a link to purchase tickets are available here. She will also be performing on February 18th and 19th at the Midland Theatre in Newark, Ohio.