Erin Torpey(Jessica Buchanan) is in serious contract negotiations with OLTL, but wants to leave the show to pursue a singing career. Although it hasn't been confirmed yet, the actress will probably leave the show when her contract expires.
Barbara Garrick(Allison Perkins) will be leaving the show this Summer. Her last tape date should be sometime in late July, and he last airdate is unknown at this time. It is very likely that we could see Allison pop up in Llanview again sometime though.
Mark Derwin(Ben Davidson) will leave OLTL for an unknown amount of time to shoot his new primetime show, "Life With Bonnie". There will not be a recast for Ben. It is still unknown what OLTL plans to do with the character, or even if Ben is coming back at all, but Derwin has stated that he would like to come back to the show soon.
Many OLTL fans are going to be very upset with this news, but Roger Howarth(Todd Manning) will be leaving OLTL once again! This was Howarth's choice to leave OLTL, but Executive Producer, Gary Tomlin did try to convince him to stay on the show however Howarth just didn't want to stay. His contract ends in May, but has agreed to stay until June to finish up a storyline. Once Howarth is done with OLTL he will take a much needed few months off and then he and his family will head out to California where he will start auditions for prime-time and feature films. His last airdate will be sometime in late July.
No new appearances to report.
No new casting news to report.
Timothy D. Stickney just recently renewed his contract for an undetermined length on time.
Also visit the contracts page to see a list of all the actors contracts on OLTL right now.
It's rumored that Susan Haskell(ex-Marty Saybrooke) is returning to OLTL sometime this fall.
Ilene Kristen(Roxanne Balsom) will be a guest on Soapnet's talk show Soaptalk on Wednesday, July 10th. Kamar de los Reyes(Antonio Vega) and Sherri Saum(Keri Reynolds) will also be guests on Soaptalk. They're show will air Thursday, July 11th. Another upcoming guest on Soaptalk from OLTL is Catherine Hickland(Lindsay Rappaport). Her airdate on Soaptalk has yet to be announced. Also, Larry Lau(Sam Rappaport) just recently aired on Soaptalk as a guest.