Kate Walsh, Grace Gummer Exit Williamstown Theatre Festival's AN AMERICAN DAUGHTER; Replacements Set

Williamstown Theatre Festival has announced a casting update for the 2016 production of Wendy Wasserstein's An American Daughter.

Due to scheduling conflicts, Diane Davis will replace the previously announced Kate Walsh and Kerry Bishe will replace the previously announced Grace Gummer.

An American Daughter plays on the Williamstown Theatre Festival Main Stage from August 3 - 21, 2016.

Tickets for all Williamstown Theatre Festival productions can be purchased online at wtfestival.org, by phone at 413-597-3400, or in person at the '62 Center for Theatre and Dance Box Office at 1000 Main St (Route 2), Williamstown, MA 01267.

Under Artistic Director Mandy Greenfield, Williamstown Theatre Festival, recipient of the Tony Award for Outstanding Regional Theatre, creates renowned productions of both world premiere plays as well as revivals of some of the great works of the Western theatrical canon. Since 1955, Williamstown Theatre Festival has brought together gifted emerging theater artists with our country's finest theater professionals to produce a vibrant summer season in the Berkshires, while simultaneously running one of the country's top training and professional development programs. In 2015, the Festival launched a New Play Commissioning Program as well as a community-immersive theatre initiative which unites professional theater artists with Berkshire residents to create new work. Playwrights under commission include Fernanda Coppel, Melissa James Gibson (co-commission with Second Stage), Halley Feiffer, Matthew Lopez, Jiehae Park, Benjamin Scheuer and Lucy Thurber. Additionally, each summer the Festival produces an array of unique cultural events including family-friendly theater, Late-Night Cabarets, music concerts and comedy. The artists and productions shaped at the Festival each summer fill theaters in New York, around the country and abroad. Recent critically acclaimed productions launched by Williamstown Theatre Festival include: Sam Shepard's Fool for Love directed by Daniel Aukin, starring Nina Arianda and Sam Rockwell; Bernard Pomerance's The Elephant Man directed by Scott Ellis, starring Bradley Cooper; John Kander, Frank Ebb and Terrence McNally's The Visit directed by John Doyle, starring Chita Rivera, among many others.

Photos by Walter McBride