More Big Names Coming to Williamstown Theatre Festival

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WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Artistic Director Mandy Greenfield has announced additional casting for Williamstown Theatre Festival’s Main Stage and Nikos Stage productions for the upcoming summer Season, which kicks off on June 30 and runs through Aug. 23.

On the Main Stage: Becky Ann Baker (returning for her 13th season at WTF), Aaron Costa Ganis (WTF’s "Whaddabloodclot!!!"), Howard W. Overshown ("Julius Caesar"), Academy Award-winner Estelle Parsons ("Bonnie and Clyde"), and Mary Wiseman ("An Octoroon") join Kyra Sedgwick in "Off the Main Road" (June 30-July 19); Tony Award-nominee De’Adre Aziza ("Passing Strange"), Andre Holland ("Selma"), Keith Randolph Smith ("Fences") and Blair Underwood (“Sex and the City”; "A Streetcar Named Desire") all join the cast of the World Premiere of Dominique Morisseau’s "Paradise Blue" (July 22-August 2); and Aaron Costa Ganis and Howard W. Overshown also join the cast of "A Moon for the Misbegotten" (August 5-August 23), with Audra McDonald and Will Swenson.

On the Nikos Stage, Justin Long joins the cast of "Legacy" (July 1 – July 12), with previously announced Jessica Hecht and Eric Bogosian. Penny Fuller and Chris Lowell (“Veronica Mars”) join Cynthia Nixon in "Kinship" (July 15- July 25) directed by Jo Bonney; David Greenspan, Derek Klena, Erik Lochtefeld, Estelle Parsons, and Tony Award-nominee Lauren Worsham ("A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder") will all appear in the world premiere of the new musical Unknown Soldier.

Additional programming and events, as well as complete casting and creative team information, will be announced at a later date.

Single tickets for the 2015 Williamstown Theatre Festival season are now available through the WTF website (www.wtfestival.org) and by mail order using WTF’s season brochure (call 413-597-3400 to join the mailing list).

 


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