JoBeth Williams News

To kick off its first New York golf tournament, the SAG Foundation held 'The Night Before Event' on Sunday, October 6 at 54 Below in New York City. This exclusive event for 150 friends of the Foundation was also sponsored by Integrated Wealth Management along with Harold Matzner and One America. Guests were brought to their feet by a show-stopping one hour performance of Academy Award-winning and nominated songs by the talented cast of Live it Up Productions including Broadway actress and singer Eden Espinosa. Scroll down for photos!

Sarbino will play the eldest child in the family. According to THR, Sarbino's character, Kendra, is 'a typical teen, isolating herself from her family to focus on her friendships. But when she realizes that her new home feeds on the isolation of others, she must band together with her family to help save her youngest sibling.'

Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater announces the full company for Charles Randolph-Wright's world premiere drama Love in Afghanistan. Randolph-Wright, a Resident Playwright through Arena Stage's American Voices New Play Institute and director of Motown the Musical currently on Broadway, joins forces with director Lucie Tiberghien (MCC Theater's Don't Go Gentle) to bring to life the tale of two fantastically different people discovering love in the most unlikely of places: war-torn Afghanistan. One, an emerging hip-hop artist, the other, a high-level Afghan interpreter, both fight to navigate the pitfalls of romance, religious differences and political unrest. Love in Afghanistan runs October 11-November 17, 2013 in the Arlene and Robert Kogod Cradle.

The pop cultural touchstone represented by 1980s classic THE BIG CHILL was revisted this weekend when the majority of the ensemble for the celebrated comedy/drama joined for a reunion, including stage and screen stars Kevin Kline, Glenn Close, Mary Kay Place and more, as well as writer/director Lawrence Kasden.

As previously reported, Rosemarie DeWitt will take on the lead female role originally played by JoBeth Williams, who starred opposite Craig T. Nelson. Director Gil Kenan and crew are still on the hunt to cast the male lead.

The Environmental Media Association (EMA) has announced the Screen Actors Guild Awards as an honoree for the EMA Green Production Award at the 23rd Annual Environmental Media Awards.

The Screen Actors Guild Foundation has awarded $400,000 in John L. Dales Scholarships to 109 SAG-AFTRA performers and their children ranging from $1750 to $4000 for study at accredited institutions of higher learning for the 2013-2014 school year.

More than 300 celebrities, voice over stars and party guests made up a full house at the Screen Actors Guild Foundation's 3rd Annual Poker Classic at an exclusive location at the Original Farmer's Market. The SAG Foundation Poker Classic is the major annual fundraiser for the SAG Foundation's Don LaFontaine Voice-Over Lab dedicated to the professional development and success of voice over artists.

To celebrate the The Big Chill's 30th anniversary, TIFF is hosting a reunion of its own for the cast and crew as part of this year's Toronto International Film Festival.

The actress, last seen in PROMISED LAND, will take on the role originally played by JoBeth Williams, who starred opposite Craig T. Nelson. The site notes that director Gil Kenan and crew are now on the hunt to cast the male lead.

Submissions of performances for consideration for the 20th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards nominations are now open online at sagawards.org/submissions, it was announced today by SAG Awards Committee Chair JoBeth Williams.

The Ojai Playwrights Conference (OPC) will launch its 16th season with its annual Benefit themed "Farm to Stable: A Feast of Creativity" scheduled for today, March 9, 2013, beginning at 4 pm, at a private ranch in Upper Ojai, California.

Kitty Warren has worked hard to provide a good life for her daughter. But when Vivie finds out the truth about her mother's profession, sparks fly. The Antaeus Company, L.A.'s multiple award-winning classical theater company, presents Mrs. Warren's Profession, the superbly intelligent-and still shocking- powerhouse of a play by George Bernard Shaw that was banned for eight years on the English stage. Robin Larsen directs the fully double cast production March 14 through April 21, with low-priced previews beginning tonight, March 7.

The Brooke Jackman Foundation (BJF) and the Screen Actors Guild Foundation's BookPALS are teaming up for Read Across America Day with rising star Fatima Ptacek, the 12-year-old voice of the internationally beloved cartoon character Dora the Explorer and a lead actress in the 2013 Oscar award-winning short 'Curfew,' for a reading of Dr. Seuss and No More Por Favor on Friday, March 1

Kitty Warren has worked hard to provide a good life for her daughter. But when Vivie finds out the truth about her mother's profession, sparks fly. The Antaeus Company, L.A.'s multiple award-winning classical theater company, presents Mrs. Warren's Profession, the superbly intelligent-and still shocking- powerhouse of a play by George Bernard Shaw that was banned for eight years on the English stage. Robin Larsen directs the fully double cast production March 14 through April 21, with low-priced previews beginning March 7.

Screen Actors Guild Awards Committee Chair JoBeth Williams announced today that the 20th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards, honoring the outstanding performances of calendar year 2013, has been scheduled for Saturday, Jan. 18, 2014.

The stunt performers and coordinators from "Game of Thrones" are the recipients of this year's Honors for Outstanding Action Performances by Film and Television Stunt Ensembles, it was announced today from the "19th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards" red carpet by Screen Actors Guild Awards Committee Chair JoBeth Williams and Awards Committee Member Scott Bakula. The announcement was made on the live "19th Annual SAG Awards Red Carpet Show," webcast on tntdrama.com, tbs.com and People.com which streams until 8:00 p.m. (ET) / 5:00 p.m. (PT).

The stunt performers and coordinators from "Skyfall" are recipients of this year's Honors for Outstanding Action Performances by Film Stunt Ensemble, it was announced today from the "19th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards" red carpet by Screen Actors Guild Awards Committee Chair JoBeth Williams and Awards Committee Member Scott Bakula. The announcement was made on the live "19th Annual SAG Awards Red Carpet Show," webcast on tntdrama.com, tbs.com and People.com which streams until 8:00 p.m. (ET) / 5:00 p.m. (PT).

The Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle (LADCC) has announced its nominations and special awards for excellence in Los Angeles and Orange County theatre in 2012. The 44th annual LADCC Awards ceremony will take place on Monday, March 18 at historic, heralded Los Angeles Theatre Center, 514 S. Spring Street in downtown L.A.

The Ojai Playwrights Conference (OPC) will launch its 16th season with its annual Benefit themed “Farm to Stable: A Feast of Creativity“ scheduled for March 9, 2013, beginning at 4 pm, at a private ranch in Upper Ojai, California.