‘The Pitt’ Season 2 adds four recurring cast members as HBO Max drama expands ensemble

HBO Max’s medical drama The Pitt has expanded its Season 2 ensemble with the addition of four recurring guest stars.

Brittany Allen, Bonita Friedericy, Taylor Handley and Jeff Kober have joined the upcoming season, which is led by Noah Wyle and returns in January. The new episodes are set 10 months after the Season 1 finale and unfold over Fourth of July weekend.

Created by R. Scott Gemmill and produced by John Wells, The Pitt follows the intense challenges faced by frontline healthcare professionals at the fictional Pittsburgh Trauma Medical Center’s emergency department.

The four new cast members take on roles connected to the emergency department’s ongoing crises. Allen will play Roxie Hamler, an Emergency Department patient. Friedericy appears as Cora Wilkins, a woman visiting a patient in the Emergency Department. Handley portrays Paul Hamler, the husband of an Emergency Department patient. Kober plays Duke, a motorcycle engineer with longstanding ties to one of the doctors.

The returning cast includes Katherine LaNasa, Shawn Hatosy, Taylor Dearden, Patrick Ball, Isa Briones, Fiona Dourif, Supriya Ganesh, Shabana Azeez and Gerran Howell. Season 2 will also feature Sepideh Moafi as a new series regular, with Charles Baker, Irene Choi, Laëtitia Hollard, Lucas Iverson and Lawrence Robinson joining in recurring roles.

The series is produced by John Wells Productions in association with Warner Bros. Television, which holds an overall deal with the company.