For Immediate Release: September 8, 2006
Media Contact: Jessica Sentak, The Academy Theatre, 609.291.9000

The Academy Theatre presents, for the third year in a row, the Ultimate Live Staging of the Classic Cult Film The Rocky Horror. The Rocky Horror Show will run from October 6th to October 31st at The Academy Theatre, located at 146 Route 130 in Bordentown, New Jersey. The show stars Academy Theatre veterans Rob Del Colle, Jaimie L. McMillin, Brigid Peoples, Micheal DeShields and New faces from both the Philadelphia Theatre Circuit and New York. Tickets range from $25 to $30 and are available by contacting The Academy Theatre Box Office at (609) 291-9000 or online courtesy of www.TicketLeap.com. More information is also available by visiting www.theacademytheatre.com.

Richard O'Brien's The Rocky Horror Show, is an autumn staple not because of the high energy rock music and choreography, but because it lends it self to Halloween Traditions. For over thirty years people have been celebrating Halloween by attending performances of the tale of alien transsexuals from the planet Transylvania, inhabiting a spooky mansion here on earth for inexplicable reasons, and dressing as their favorite characters, participating in the dialogue, even throwing things at the actors! The Academy Theatre fully embraces The Rocky Horror Show tradition by allowing, even supplying things to throw at the actors and encouraging the audience to yell the "standard" call-backs and even make up some of their own! The Rocky Horror show is a spectacle, an event, an annual celebration of the show's main theme "Don't Dream it. Be It!"

Cast & Crew

Jessica Sentak (Director): This is Jessica's third time at the helm of The Rocky Horror Show at the Academy. She is the Producing Artistic Director and founder of The Academy Theatre, having directed the much acclaimed Rocky Horror Show every year and also such Academy hits as Godspell, Evita, My Way, A Musical Tribute to Frank Sinatra, Cabaret, A Chorus Line, and many others. She is also the dramatic director at St. Mary's Hall/Doane Academy in Burlington, NJ and last year directed for The College of New Jersey's Opera Theatre. As a lighting designer, Jessica works with BCKSEET productions in Philadelphia, Burlington City High School, and Princeton Shakespeare Festival. Jessica is also a Graduate Student at The College of New Jersey studying Community Counsiling: Drug and Alcohol Addiction and Marital Cousiling.

Dan Kazemi(Musical Director): This is Dan's first time musically directing at The Academy Theatre. But the artists welcome him whole heartedly welcomes him into the family. recently graduated from Haverford College with a B.A. in Music, concentrating in theory and composition, and a theater minor from Bryn Mawr College. This director/actor/singer/composer has been a proud member of the music staff at Stagestruck Kids Performing Arts Camp for the past 6 summers, and is excited to have the opportunity to continue instructing during the year. At Haverford, Dan was a member of the FordSchords, an all male collegiate a cappella group. After directing the first a cappella group at Stagestruck in the summer of 02, Dan took on the challenge of directing the FordSchords for his last two years at Haverford. Since graduation Dan has performed and musically directed professionally in the Philadelphia area. Recent projects include musically directing the Philadelphia premiere of Tick Tick Boom at the 11th hour Theatre Company, the world premiere of Diabolique at the Philly Fringe Festival and the first ever Philly Rocks concert. He also directed, musically directed and designed Annie Jr at the Pennsylvania Performing Arts Academy. Dan is Currently musically directing the American Premier of Austentatious with 11th Hour Theatre company as part of the Philadelphia Fringe Festival.

The Rocky Horror Show has, at this time, a run of only eleven performances. The show runs from October 6 to October 31, 2006. Performance schedule is October 6 - 14, Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m. and October 14 - 29, Fridays at 8 p.m. and Saturdays 7 p.m. and 11 p.m. with a special engagement Halloween night, October 31st at 8 p.m. Tickets may be reserved by calling the box office at 609-291-9000 or under The Academy Theatre's listing through www.TicketLeap.com. Ticket cost is $25 in advance and $30 at the door. Particiaption materials are available at the theatre for $5. To see a seating chart or for more information on The Academy Theatre, check our website at www.theacademytheatre.com.

For more information regarding The Academy Theatre, this press release, or to arrange for interviews call Jessica Sentak at 609-291-9000 or by emailing theacademytheatre@yahoo.com.

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