Casting News: Claire-Louise Sedgley joins the cast of THE BAY

Gregori J. Martin announces the casting of Claire-Louise Sedgley.

We've decided to go in a different direction with Charles Shaughnessy's character on our series. While he will still be playing the Captain of the police force, he will no longer be playing middle-eastern. His new character will be Englishman Captain Elliot Sanders. To play his daughter, Isabella Sanders on the seri...es is soap opera newcomer and Shakespearean trained actress, Claire-Louise Sedgley. The English-born actress played a leading role in Gregori J. Martin's film LIGHTS OUT. We welcome Ms. Sedgley to the cast. Marie Wilson who was formerly slated to play the part, will still be part of the cast in another role. Character TBA. We apologize for any confusion but we're sure you'll be pleased with the changes!

Ilene Kristen Discusses THE BAY on Daytime Confidential Podcast

Ilene Kristen appeared on the latest episode of the "Daytime Confidential Podcast" and discussed how her role on THE BAY came about: "I worked with Gregori Martin before. We did a movie, Manhattanites, and it's kind of a natural fit because we've really worked together very, very closely before. So when that was coming up, of course I would assume he would ask me and ask other people who worked on Manhattanites as well. We had a very successful working relationship. It was a very ambitious movie. It was done on a shoestring and we had a really good time doing it."

Casting News: Matt Ashford joins the cast of THE BAY

Straight off of his National Tour of the hit musical MAMMA MIA!, Matthew Ashford, best known to daytime for his role as Jack Deveraux on DAYS OF OUR LIVES and Tom Hardy on GENERAL HOSPITAL, joins the cast of THE BAY in Chapter 7 of the series. The four time Soap Opera Digest Award winning actor will be playing Sara Garrett's imprisoned rapist, Steve Jensen, and the father of her oldest child, Brian Nelson. Expect Ashford's character to cause major chaos amongst the people of Bay City. We welcome Matthew Ashford to the show!

LANYFilms Productions announces official IMDb page for THE BAY

LANYFilms Productions announces that THE BAY the Series is officially on the Internet Movie Database. THE BAY's official IMDb page can be seen here.

Casting News: Marie Wilson joins THE BAY

As the cast of CBS's AS THE WORLD TURNS bid-fairwell to their Brooklyn Studio, the sun still shines for Marie Wilson (Meg Snyder) as she sales west and docks at THE BAY! Wilson joins our cast in a role yet to be announced. Wilson also played Dr. Karen Wexler on ABC's PORT CHARLES. She begins taping her first scenes of THE BAY at the end of July/beginning of August. We're happy to have her on board.

Casting News: Daphne Bloomer

Best known for her role as Sami's nemesis Eugenia Willans on DAYS OF OUR LIVES, now joining the cast of THE BAY is DAPHNE BLOOMER. Bloomer will be playing Colleen Givens a woman from Vivian Johnson's past. She begins taping on July 17th, playing opposite Réal Andrews (Dr. Keith Campbell).

Bloomer's real-life son Aiden Matthew McVay will also make an appearance on the show as Tony and Marly's son, R.J. Foster.

Casting News: Charles Shaughnessy

Charles Shaughnessy, best known to the daytime world as Shane Donovan on DAYS OF OUR LIVES and to the sitcom world as Maxwell Sheffield on THE NANNY will be playing the role of Elliot Sanders on THE BAY. Though, Shaugnessy will premiere in the 2nd Chapter. Claire-Louise Sedgley will play his daughter, Isabella.