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Justin Long, Laila Robins, and More Join 2016 Williamstown Theatre Festival Season

Additional casting also includes Broadway favorites Rebecca Naomi Jones, Jose Llana, and others.

Justin Long joins the cast of Romance Novels For Dummies at Williamstown Theatre Festival.
Justin Long joins the cast of Romance Novels for Dummies at Williamstown Theatre Festival.
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Additional casting has been announced for the Williamstown Theatre Festival's 2016 summer season, which runs from June 28-August 21.

On the Main Stage, Christopher Abbott (Girls), Katie Lee Hill (The Wildness), Darren Pettie (Mad Men), Will Pullen (Goat), Lindsay Mendez (Wicked), and Constance Shulman (Orange Is the New Black) join the previously announced Marisa Tomei in The Rose Tattoo (June 28-July 17). Justin Long (Seminar), Connie Ray (ER), and Andrew Weems (Born Yesterday) will be seen in the world premiere comedy Romance Novels for Dummies (July 20-July 31). Then, Saidah Arrika Ekulona (Ruined), Grace Gummer (Arcadia), Roe Hartrampf (Nobody Loves You), Stephen Kunken (Billions), Tony Award nominee Deborah Rush (Orange Is the New Black), and SAG Award winner Kate Walsh (Grey’s Anatomy), along with Darren Pettie and Will Pullen, will all appear in An American Daughter (August 3-August 21).

The Nikos Stage will welcome Gregg Mozgala (Downsizing Camus), Rebecca Naomi Jones (Hedwig and the Angry Inch), and Wendell Pierce (The Wire) in the world premiere of Cost of Living (June 29-July 10). Carson Elrod (Peter and the Starcatcher), Sue Jean Kim (Bachelorette), Brían F. O'Byrne (Doubt), who replaces the previously announced Michael Stuhlbarg, and Laila Robins (Homeland) make up the cast of the world premiere sci-fi comedy thriller The Chinese Room (July 13 – July 23). Jerry Dixon (If/Then), Jose Llana (The King and I), Katie Lee Hill, Stephen Wallem, and Noah Zachary will appear in the world premiere musical Poster Boy (July 27-August 7). Closing out the summer are the previously announced Alfred Molina (Red) and Jane Kaczmarek (Malcolm in the Middle) in the American premiere of And No More Shall We Part (August 10-August 21).

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