'Salem' Casts Cara Santana, Lucy Lawless & Stuart Townsend (JJ Exclusive)

Big casting news for Salem — Cara Santana, Lucy Lawless, and Stuart Townsend are joining the second season JustJared.com has exclusively learned.

Cara will be playing a Native Anerican Indian named Sooleawa — a new love interest for Shane West‘s character — while Lucy is playing Countess Marburg and Stuart is playing Dr. Wainwright.

The second season features Dr. Wainwright coming to Salem to help with the pox epidemic when he discovers the witchcraft going on in the town.

At the same time, Countess Marburg, one of the last surviving witches of an ancient German tribe, comes to Salem to investigate the witches.

Salem currently stars Shane, Ashley Madekwe, Seth Gabel, and Iddo Goldberg.

The second season premieres on April 1, 2015.