BCKSEET Productions announces its first-ever Repertory Company Season. The same nine actors will portray nineteen roles over four productions throughout the year.

Lake Street Extension
9.25 - 10.18
Disturbing and poignant, Lee Blessing's Lake Street Extension opens the season with a run from September 25 to October 18, 2008. When young El Salvadorian seeks refuge in the home of a religiously reformed man, he is surprised to discover a rivalry with the estranged nineteen-year-old son of his host. While each man fights his own personal war, who can say which crimes are greater: those in the home or those abroad? Show contains mature themes and nudity.

The Eight: Reindeer Monologues
12.5 - 12.31
Back by popular demand, ring in the holidays with Jeff Goode's sardonically irreverent The Eight: Reindeer Monologues this December. This black comedy follows eight disgruntled deer as they unpack Santa's baggage: presents, intoxication and leather straps. If the holidays drive you to drink, welcome home. Salt licks are better enjoyed by 18+; leave the fawns at home.

Sex, Drugs, Rock & Roll
2.18 - 3.15
What better way to spend February's month of love than with Sex, Drugs & Rock & Roll by Eric Bogosian? Running February 18 - March 15, 2009, this one-handed tour de force dissects the generations nurtured by Rock 'n Roll, strips off their leather pants and unplugs their fenders. Don't miss the opportunity to see BCKSEET's artistic director tackle a dozen characters in a play that "shakes the cage of a complacent country engulfed by homelessness to ask just exactly who, if anyone, is home" - Frank Rich, New York Times.

Raised in Captivity
4.15 - 5.9
Spring cleaning got you down? Come air out the closets with a family that may be more neurotic than yours in Nicky Silver's Raised in Captivity, slated for April 15 - May 9, 2009. Combine the hubris of a Greek Drama, the neuroses of a typical American family and the acerbic wit of Main Line man Nicky Silver. Throw in a dash of murder-by-shower-head, attempted-murder-by-hired-prostitute and pen-pal-ing-with-murderer-on-death-row, and begin to taste what it means to be Raised in Captivity. Add a pinch of unplanned pregnancy, a dash of disillusioned dentistry and a touch of guilty therapist self-induced blindness. Simmer. Sates adult palates best, though you need not be mature to enjoy.

BCKSEET's Education Program, The Company...
In addition to a full season, BCKSEET also launches its education program this fall with course offerings for adult and for teen students. See www.bckseet.com for more details. These six-week workshops include an additional meeting to view the fall production of Lake Street Extension with a talk-back between the class and cast. BCKSEET is committed to offering the opportunity and means to excel in the arts, challenging each student to meet professional artistic standards.

Sixteen artists will be working on BCKSEET's Repertory Company Season, making not only the acting company, but the production design team, a repertory company as well. Artistic director, Greg DeCandia, will star in The Eight and Sex, Drugs & Rock & Roll, but will also direct both Lake Street Extension and Raised in Captivity. Area University professor, Andrew Borthwick-Leslie, will direct Sex, Drugs & Rock & Roll and star in both Lake Street Extension and The Eight. Each person involved in the season will be seen tackling a variety of tasks from sound design and acting to choreography and publicity.

About BCKSEET Productions
Founded in 2000 at Emerson College in Boston, BCKSEET Productions burst onto the Philadelphia theatre scene three years ago as the resident theatre company of the Red Room at the historic Society Hill Playhouse. An active member of the Theatre Alliance of Greater Philadelphia, BCKSEET has participated in the Philly Fringe/ Live Arts Festival, Free Night of Theatre, and SPARK Showcase Festival. BCKSEET continually strives to "entertain, educate and enlighten" its audiences with exciting world premieres and innovative explorations of classic works.

About Society Hill Playhouse
The Society Hill Playhouse has been a pioneering force in Philadelphia's theatre community since its inception in 1960. The theatre is housed in the historic David Garrick Hall. As Philadelphia's first professionally operated theater to bring both American and European premieres to the area, Society Hill Playhouse has laid the groundwork for younger theatres throughout the Delaware Valley. During its forty-seven year history, Society Hill Playhouse has produced hundreds of area premieres on its Main Stage: from Brecht/Weill's Threepenny Opera in 1962 to Rachel Wyatt's Crackpot in 1996. The second stage "Red Room" opened in 1986 with William Gibson's Handy Dandy. Its premieres include Manual Puig's political drama Kiss Of The Spider Woman in 1987 and Christopher Durang's Laughing Wild in 1988. Long-running "popular theatre" pieces include Nunsense and Menopause the Musical. The Playhouse welcomes She Loves You, a musical tribute to the Beatles' through an audio visual 60s retrospective, this fall.

WHAT:
BCKSEET Productions Repertory Company Season

WHEN:
September 2008 - May 2009
Thursday through Saturday @ 8pm
Visit www.bckseet.com for more show info.

WHERE:
The Red Room @ Society Hill Playhouse
507 S 8th Street
Philadelphia, PA 19147

HOW:
$21 General Admission (includes one drink ticket)
SOCIETY HILL PLAYHOUSE BOX OFFICE: 215.923.0210
DIRECTIONS: www.societyhillplayhouse.org/directions.htm

WHO:
CAST:
Lake Street Extension
Trace - Nick Gillette
Fuller - Andrew Borthwick-Leslie
Gregorio - Oscar Dubon

The Eight: Reindeer Monologues
Dasher - Nick Gillette
Dancer - Kate Brennan
Hollywood - Gregory DeCandia
Vixen - Adrienne Maitland
Comet - Oscar Dubon
Cupid - Josh Totoro
Donner - Andrew Borthwick-Leslie
Blitzen - Tina Brock

Sex, Drugs & Rock & Roll
Gregory DeCandia

Raised in Captivity
Sebastian - Josh Totora
Bernadette - Kate Brennan
Kip - Steven Wright
Hillary/ Miranda - Tina Brock
Dylan/ Roger - Nick Gillette

PRODUCTION:
G DeCandia (Director / Graphic Design), Oscar Dubon (Graphic Design), Tara Gruber (Production Stage Manager), Jacob Walton (Set Design), Steven Heitz (Light Design), Melinda Miller (Costume Design/Scenic Artist), Adrienne Maitland (Marketing /Choreography), Kate Brennan (Casting / Literary Manager)