Photo Coverage: New York Stage & Film Celebrates 2012 Launch - Chloe Sevigny & More!

Vassar & New York Stage and Film will present the 28th annual Powerhouse Theater season from June 22 through July 29, 2012 with an all-star line up.

Chloe Sevigny (“Big Love,” Boy’s Don’t Cry, American Psycho) appears as Abigail in Abigail/1702 by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa, directed by David Esbjornson. Joining her are Patrick Heusinger (Next Fall, BLACK SWAN) as John Brown, Paxton Whitehead (The Importance of Being Ernest, My Fair Lady, Noises Off) as Judge/Rev. Parris/Man in Gray Suit, and Laila Robins (Heartbreak House) as Elizabeth/Margaret Hale.

Drama Desk and Obie winner Santino Fontana (Sons of the Prophet, A View from the Bridge, Brighton Beach Memoirs), Kyle Beltran (In the Heights), André De Shields (The Full Monty, Ain’t Misbehavin, The Wiz), John Ellison Conlee (The Constant Wife, The Full Monty, 1776), and Rebecca Naomi Jones (American Idiot) appear in Itamar Moses and Michael Friedman’s The Fortress of Solitude, based on Jonathan Lethem’s best-selling novel, adapted and directed by Daniel Aukin.

Tim Daly (“Wings,” “Private Practice”), Dana Delany (“Body of Proof,” “Desperate Housewives,” “China Beach), Seth Gilliam (“The Wire,” “Oz”) , Tony winner La Chanze (The Color Purple, Dreamgirls), and Jon Tenney (“The Closer,” “Brothers and Sisters,” The Heiress) are among some of the many actors to appear in the free Readings Festival 1 (June 22-24).

In addition to the works already announced, Readings Festival 1 features Wendy and the Lost Boys, a screenplay by Jon Robin Baitz (Other Desert Cities, Three Hotels) and Michael Hoffman (One Fine Day, The Last Station), and For Worse by Deborah Rennard (“Due South”).

BroadwayWorld was on hand today to meet select members from the team and brings you photo coverage below!

For more information, visit www.powerhouse.vassar.edu.

Photo Credit: Walter McBride / Retna Ltd.

New York Stage and Films 2012 Season Launch

Johanna Pfaelzer

Johanna Pfaelzer and Company

Chloe Sevigny

Jennifer Westfeldt

Patrick Heusinger

Dominic Fumusa

Laila Robins

Paxton Whitehead

Michael Friedman & Santino Fontana

Dominic Fumusa

Dominic Fumusa

Patrick Heusinger

Chloe Sevigny

Chloe Sevigny

Laila Robins

Director David Esbjornson, actors Patrick Heusinger, Chloe Sevigny, Laila Robins and Paxton Whitehead

Santino Fontana

Patrick Heusinger

Stephen Belber, Jennifer Westfeldt, Dominic Fumusa

Michael Friedman, Santino Fontana

Director David Esbjornson, Patrick Heusinger, Chloe Sevigny, Laila Robins and Paxton Whitehead