Elena Shaddow & Steven Pasquale to Lead BRIDGES OF MADISON COUNTY Musical at Williamstown Theatre Festival

Williamstown Theatre Festival Artistic Director Jenny Gersten has announced casting for the 2013 summer season's exciting slate of productions. On the Main Stage, the cast of Animal Crackers (playing June 26 - July 14, 2013) will include Jonathan Brody (Naked Boys Singing), Adam Chanler-Berat (Peter and the Starcatcher), Mara Davi (Death Takes a Holiday), Renée Elise Goldsberry (Good People), Ellen Harvey (How to Succeed...), and Jacob Ming Trent (Hands on a Hardbody), all making their WTF debuts.

Next up on the Main Stage, Heather Lind, who started out as a member of WTF's non-Equity company, and most recently appeared in last summer's WTF production of The Blue Deep, will play 'Eliza Doolittle' in Pygmalion (running July 17 - 27, 2013). Lind, who made her Broadway debut in the Broadway revival of The Merchant of Venice opposite Al Pacino, joins the previously announced Robert Sean Leonard as 'Henry Higgins'. They're joined by Patricia Conolly (Is He Dead?), Don Lee Sparks (Take Me Out), and Paxton Whitehead (The Importance of Being Earnest) in the show, directed by Nicholas Martin. Elena Shaddow (La Cage Aux Folles) will play 'Francesca' opposite Steven Pasquale in the World Premiere musical The Bridges of Madison County; they're joined byfrequent WTF player (and former non-Equity company member) Nick Bailey (Hit The Wall; WTF's Becoming Sylvia; Tripolitania), Cass Morgan (Memphis; WTF's Picnic, 1776), Whitney Bashor (Fly By Night), and Caitlin Kinnunen (Spring Awakening) in the show, which runs August 1 - 18, 2013.On the Nikos Stage, stage and screen favorite Ari Graynor (The Performers) makes her Williamstown debut in the World Premiere of Bess Wohl's American Hero (June 26 - July 7, 2013), alongside Erin Wilhelmi (The Perks of Being a Wallflower), also making her WTF debut, and Josh Stamberg, a former non-Equity company member making his Equity WTF debut. James Cromwell (Babe), Jason Butler Harner (The Coast of Utopia; WTF's The Front Page), Jake Weber (A Small Family Business; WTF's The Rivals), and Victor Williams (Luck of the Irish) join the previously announced Kate Burton in Tom Stoppard's Hapgood, playing July 10 - 21, 2013. James Snyder (Cry-Baby), Burke Moses (Beauty and the Beast; WTF's 1776), Joe Cassidy (Catch Me If You Can), Alan Green (Sister Act) and Roger Robinson (Joe Turner's Come and Gone) perform in Johnny Baseball, the new musical which runs July 24 - August 3, 2013.

And the entire Off Broadway company of The Debate Society's Blood Play, including Paul Thureen, Michael Cyril Creighton, Hannah Bos, Hanlon Smith-Dorsey, Birgit Huppuch and Emma Galvin, reunite for the Williamstown Theatre Festival premiere of the acclaimed play, closing out the Nikos Stage season, from August 7 - 18, 2013.

Advance single tickets orders for the 2013 Williamstown Theatre Festival may be placed through the WTF
website (wtfestival.org) starting April 22, 2013. The Festival Box Office will open on June 4th, 2013 at
which point tickets may be purchased online, 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 02167.

Since 1955, the Williamstown Theatre Festival has brought America's finest actors, directors, designers,
and playwrights to the Berkshires, engaging a loyal audience of both residents and summer visitors. Each
WTF season is designed to present unique opportunities for artists and audience alike, revisiting classic
plays with innovative productions, developing and nurturing bold new plays and musicals, and offering a
rich array of accompanying cultural events including Free Theatre, Late-Night Cabarets, readings,
workshops, and educational programs. While best known for our acclaimed productions, WTF is also
home to one of the nation's top training and professional development programs for new generations of
aspiring theatre artists and administrators. WTF was honored with the Tony Award for Outstanding
Regional Theatre in 2002 and the Commonwealth Award for Achievement in 2011.