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SUMMARY:Get Behind Me Satan: Rock & Awe Series, Theatre That Rocks!
DESCRIPTION:BRAT Productions wraps up the 2011/2012 season by shining 
 the spotlight on the next generation of rocking theatre artists. Inaug
 ural resident artists Jess Conda and Erik Ransom challenge misconcepti
 ons about what theatre is and can be with two shows that are down and 
 dirty, rock-and-roll theatre for the people. Conda concludes her Rock 
 & Awe series with Get Behind Me Satan, running Thursday, June 14 to Sa
 turday, June 16, 2012, at Underground Arts, 12th and Callowhill street
 s, Philadelphia, PA 19123. Ransom ends his year-long residency on a hi
 gh note with SAGA: The Rock Opera, on Wednesday June 20, Friday June 2
 2, and Saturday June 23, at L’Etage, 6th and Bainbridge streets, Phi
 ladelphia, PA. Tickets are $12 each for Satan and $15 each for SAGA. B
 oth shows are now on sale at www.BRATproductions.org and BRATproductio
 ns.ticketleap.com.\n “BRAT is committed to supporting emerging artis
 ts in our quest to attract new generations of theatre-goers,” said F
 ounding Artistic Director Madi Distefano. “We found superstars in ou
 r inaugural resident artists Jess Conda and Erik Ransom. They both cam
 e armed with ambitious ideas and carloads of talent. We gave them a li
 ttle support, stepped back and let them do their thing. The results ar
 e two rockin’ shows that end a banging season.”\n First up on the 
 BRAT agenda is Jess Conda, who searches for the truth in Get Behind Me
  Satan, running Thursday, June 14, 2012 to Saturday, June 16, 2012, at
  10:30pm nightly, at the Underground Arts, 12th and Callowhill streets
 , Philadelphia, PA 19123. Conda concludes her four-part Rock & Awe gue
 rilla cabaret series in this revival tent rock show performance of thi
 s White Stripes’ album in its entirety.\n “Get Behind Me Satan is 
 a change of pace from the rest of the Rock & Awe series,” said Conda
 . “I will be looking at the album the way one would look at a script
  for a play. Instead of mixing up different songs and genres, we will 
 simply be looking for a story within the album as performed from begin
 ning to end.”\n BRAT Co-Artistic Director Lee Etzold directs Conda, 
 David Sweeny and Mary Tuomanen in rock parables about loss, betrayal a
 nd ghosts who witnessed it all. Bandleader Peter Gaffney, alongside mu
 sicians Evan Smoker and Zach Poyatt, perform the White Stripes as they
 ’ve never been performed before.\nBRAT’s season will come to a spe
 ctacular end with SAGA: The Rock Opera, running Wednesday, June 20 and
  Friday, June 22, at 8pm, and Saturday, June 23, at 5pm and 8pm, at L�
 ��Etage, 6th and Bainbridge streets, Philadelphia, PA. Composer and ly
 ricist Erik Ransom wrote, composed and developed this workshop perform
 ance that channels the synth-pop sound of the 80s, as well as Nordic m
 ythology and Wagnerian opera. SAGA serves up Ransom’s unique brand o
 f Ragnarok and roll in this updated epic myth about people on the frin
 ge of society. With musical direction by Henco Espag and direction by 
 Greg Giovanni, SAGA challenges up and coming performers Zachary Chiero
 , Valerie Jonkoff, Daniel Kiernan, Eric B. Oliver, and Chelsea West wi
 th a challenging and ambitious new score.\n Tickets are on sale now fo
 r $12 each for Satan and $15 each for SAGA at www.BRATproductions.org 
 and BRATproductions.ticketleap.com. For more information about BRAT or
  the resident artist program, visit www.BRATproductions.org or email B
 RAT@BRATproductions.org .\n\nFor more information visit http://phillyt
 odo.com/events/rock-awe-rocking-theatre-get-behind-me-satan
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CATEGORIES:theater, show, rock, concert, arts, culture
LOCATION:Underground Arts
WEBSITE:http://www.bratproductions.org
URL:http://www.bratproductions.org
CONTACT:267-586-9093
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