Jenny Gersten, Williamstown Theater Festival artistic director, admits there were some lessons to be learned after her first season at the helm of one of the nation’s top summer theater fests; but those lessons will not prevent her and the WTF from taking more fearless chances this season.

Gersten announced the schedule for Main Stage and Nikos Stage productions for the 2012 season, the Festival’s 58th season and second under her leadership, at a press conference at the Williams College Faculty Club Tuesday.