Sam Rockwell & Nina Arianda Replace Chris Pine & Lauren Ambrose in Williamstown's Fool For Love

There's a casting shake-up at the Williamstown Theatre Festival. Sam Rockwell and Tony winner Nina Arianda will replace the previously announced Chris Pine and Lauren Ambrose in Sam Shepard’s Fool for Love, which will play the Nikos Stage July 24 through August 2. Pine and Ambrose have departed the production owing to scheduling conflicts.

Rockwell appeared on Broadway in A Behanding in Spokane. Other stage credits include the Philip Seymour Hoffman-helmed The Last Days of Judas Iscariot. His film work includes Confessions of a Dangerous Mind, The Green Mile, Frost/Nixon, Iron Man 2 and Cowboys & Aliens. Arianda won a 2012 Tony Award for her performance in Venus in Fur and previously received a nod for Born Yesterday. She recently appeared in Tales From Red Vienna off-Broadway. Her film credits include The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby, Midnight in Paris, Tower Heist, Win Win and Higher Ground, and her TV resume includes 30 Rock and The Good Wife.

Along with Rockwell and Arianda, the cast of Fool for Love includes Christopher Abbott and Gordon Joseph Weiss. Directed by Daniel Aukin, Fool for Love explores the tangled relationship of two former lovers in a seedy motel on the edge of the Mojave Desert.