Williamstown Theatre Festival
williamstown theatre festival resident summer theater campus williams college williamstown massachusetts founded williams college news director ralph renzi drama program chairman david c bryant awarded tony award massachusetts cultural council commonwealth award williamstown theatre festival conceived way use adam memorial theatre williams college campus resident theatre company marcia henderson theatre world winner williamstown native performed first play festival costar canadian actor jonathan frid would later become tv icon portrayal barnabas collins gothic television serial dark shadow notable actor since participated festival including sigourney weaver gwyneth paltrow christopher reeve christopher walken nathan lane richard chamberlain kate burton olympia dukakis paul giamatti bradley cooper calista flockhart matthew broderick jesse tyler ferguson uma thurman nikos psacharopoulos professor yale drama school cofounder became executive artistic director guided company thirty year psacharopoulos made certain wtf would typical summer stock theater focusing international playwright chekhov george bernard shaw jean anouilh tennessee williams bertholt brecht tom stoppard mentored associate assistant director tom brennan arvin brown keith fowler peter h hunt paul weidner austin pendleton attracted wellknown actor including eg marshall frank langella rosemary harris blythe danner colleen dewhurst christopher reeve wtf apprentice later frequentlyfeatured actor festival told interviewer staying thirty year nikos couldnt brooklyn washington lincoln center managed achieve national theater psacharopoulos died following th season run troika peter h hunt austin pendleton george morfogen hunt named artistic director th season longtime wtf stage manager michael ritchie became head festival eight year helm nearly two dozen production transferred broadway offbroadway regional theater across country ritchie succeeded roger rees former wtf resident director nicholas martin served artistic director former associate producer jenny gersten served artistic director mandy greenfield served artistic director following greenfields resignation greenfields predecessor jenny gersten named interim artistic director wtf received tony award excellence theater american theater wing festival held inaugural season center theater dance replaced adam memorial theatre festival transferred several successful show broadway including one mo time hedda gabler man luck bridge madison county elephant man throughout four decade existence many celebrated american artists—designers composer director choreographer well stage screen actors—have worked apprentice company member williamstown williamstown theatre festival official website williamstown theatre festival internet broadway database williamstown theatre festival collection williams college archive special collection