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Two Women Join 'SNL'

With Amy Poehler gone to motherhood, and Tina Fey having retired her Sarah Palin wig, Saturday Night Live is in the market for a few good women. And two new female cast members, Michaela Watkins and Abby Elliott, will join the show on Saturday as featured players. Ms. Watkins, from Syracuse, is an actress and sketch performer who trained in the Groundlings improvisation group. Ms. Elliott, from Wilton, Conn., performed with the improv group the Upright Citizens Brigade and most recently did voice work on a new ABC animated series from Mike Judge called The Goode Family. Lorne Michaels, the executive producer of Saturday Night Live, may be adding more cast members later this season. He said in a telephone interview, 'I still hope Amy will come by and say goodbye.' Abby was a cast member in The Midnight Show at UCBTLA. Abby plays wife to host Steve Agee in the video below, shot for The Midnight Show's most recent staging on November 1.