Williamstown Theatre Festival has announced additional casting for its 2017 summer season.
As previously announced, the forthcoming season will begin June 27 on the Main Stage with Jen Silverman's new play, The Roommate, directed by Mike Donahue and featuring Golden Globe and Emmy Award winner S. Epatha Merkerson and Golden Globe and Emmy nominee Jane Kaczmarek. This will be followed by Sarah Ruhl鈥檚 2005 Pulitzer Prize finalist comedy, The Clean House (July 19鈥�29), starring Tony nominee Jessica Hecht and directed by Rebecca Taichmanm, as well as the new musical A Legendary Romance (August 3鈥�20), with music and lyrics by Geoff Morrow, a book by Timothy Prager, and direction by Lonny Price.
The Nikos Stage season kicks off June 28 with the world premiere of Jason Kim鈥檚 The Model American (June 28鈥揓uly 9) directed by Danny Sharron and featuring Laila Robins, and also includes the world premiere of Harrison David Rivers' Where Storms Are Born (July 12鈥�23), directed by Tony nominee Liesl Tommy and starring Outer Critics Circle Award nominee Myra Lucretia Taylor, the world premiere of Halley Feiffer's Moscow Moscow Moscow Moscow Moscow Moscow (July 26鈥揂ugust 6) directed by Obie Award winner and Drama Desk nominee Trip Cullman, and Anna Ziegler's Actually (August 9鈥�20), a co-world premiere with Geffen Playhouse, directed by Lileana Blain-Cruz.
Newly announced casting includes the following: Two-time Tony nominee Jayne Atkinson and Cote de Pablo will appear in Ruhl鈥檚 The Clean House; Tony nominee Micah Stock is set for Kim鈥檚 The Model American and Feiffer鈥檚 Moscow Moscow Moscow Moscow Moscow Moscow; Christopher Livingston, LeRoy McClain, and Joniece Abbott-Pratt will perform in Rivers鈥� Where Storms are Born; Rebecca Henderson will perform in Moscow Moscow Moscow Moscow Moscow Moscow.
