New York Stage and Film and Vassar College, this summer celebrating the 31st Powerhouse Season, have revealed the first round of casting for their summer collaboration, which runs June 26 - August 2 at Vassar College in Poughkeepsie. Jennifer Westfeldt will star alongside Carmen Cusack, Jason Danieley, Elizabeth A. Davis & David Harris in a workshop of the new musical RAIN by Sybille Pearson, with Music and Lyrics by Michael John LaChiusa, based on the short story by Somerset Maugham and directed by Barry Edelstein (July 10 – 12). Beth Dixon and Carter Hudson star in the mainstage production THE UNBUILT CITY by Keith Bunin and directed by Sean Mathias (July 1 – July 12). THe reading festival set for June 26-28 will include Michael C. Hall, Lena Hall & Derek Klena headlining a reading of the new musical 15 MINUTES by Rick Elice, Stephen Trask & Peter Yanowitz, directed by Trip Cullman.  The remainder of the cast includes Brandon Espinoza, Carla Duren, Lulu Fall, Jahi Kearse. Molly Pope, Condola Rashad, Steve Rosen & Matt Saldivar. Finn Wittrock will star alongside Samantha Soule in a reading of Stephen Belber’s new play THE DIZZY LITTLE DANCE OF RUSSELL DIFINALDI directed by David Cromer. The reading of Ayad Akhtar’s new play JUNK will feature Michael O’Keefe, Armando Riesco, Stephen Spinella, Joey Slotnick, Michael Stuhlbarg, along with Gary Wilmes, Stephen Plunkett, Philip James Brannon, Michael Siberry, Kevin Isola, Hetienne Park, Annika Boras, Demosthenes Chrysan, Ted Koch, Dan Bittner, Ethan Phillips, Jason Kolotouros and AJ Shively. Doug Hughes directs. The reading of Clare Barron’s a boy put this girl in a cage with a dog and the dog killed the girl features Ashley Biel, Dylan Dawson, Susannah Flood, and Vella Lovell.  Stella Powell-Jones directs. The reading of Zayd Dohrn’s THE PROFANE features Ramsey Faragallah, Lameece Issaq, Mahira Kakkar, Dariush Kashani, Dina Shihabi, and Sathya Sridharan.  Carolyn Cantor directs. Additional casting for the Powerhouse Season will be announced shortly including the casts for DESIRE, six new plays based on stories by Tennessee Williams (July 2 – 6); and Duncan Sheik and Kyle Jarrow’s new musical, NOIR, inspired by radio plays and classic film noir, directed by Rachel Chavkin (July 31 – August 2).  Powerhouse Theater subscriptions and single tickets are on sale now at http://powerhouse.vassar.edu. Press contact: O&M Co (212/695-7400)...