(WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass.) –Tony Award-winner Nina Arianda and stage and screen actor Sam Rockwell star in Sam Shepard’s modern classic, “Fool for Love,” playing the Nikos Stage at Williamstown Theatre Festival from Thursday, July 24, through Saturday, August 2, 2014.

Holed up in a seedy motel on the edge of the Mojave Desert, two former lovers unpack the deep secrets and dark desires of their tangled relationship, passionately tearing each other apart.  Beaten down by ill-fated love and a ruthless struggle for identity, can they ultimately live with, or without, each other?  Led by director Daniel Aukin, the cast of Fool for Love brings a raw sexy energy to Sam Shepard’s landmark myth of the new Wild West.

“Sam Rockwell and I have long included ‘Fool for Love’ at the top of our wish list for a production on the Nikos Stage, and we are thrilled that Sam is available to return to Williamstown,” Jenny Gersten, Artistic Director Emeritus, said. “He has a long history of recreating extraordinary roles by great American writers here. We are further blessed by the red-hot Nina Arianda, a formidable actor and great foil as May to Sam’s Eddie.”

The cast of Fool for Love is Christopher Abbott, Nina Arianda, Sam Rockwell and Gordon Joseph Weiss.

Tickets for all Williamstown Theatre Festival productions can be purchased online at Williamstown Theatre Festival, 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.