Kate Brennan (Co-Artistic Director & Casting) A Philadelphia native, Kate received her MFA in Acting from the University of Virginia. Graduate credits: Hedda Gabler (Hedda), Songs for a New World (Woman 2), Hair (Jeanie), Arms & the Man (Louka), and Truth & Beauty. Philadelphia credits: Angels in America (Harper, BCKSEET Productions), A Year with Frog & Toad (Turtle/ Snail u/s, Arden Theatre Co.), Tooth & Claw (Ana u/s, Arden), Yank! (GLTF), and Annie Warbucks (Miss Clark u/s, Walnut Street Theatre). Kate will reprise her role as Dancer in The Eight and will star as Bernadette in Raised in Captivity. Kate teaches voice lessons and is piloting the BCKSEET’s new education program, BCKSEET Ignition, this fall. Look for the workshop of her original musical, Some Assembly Required, in 2009!

Gregory DeCandia holds a BFA in Acting from Emerson College. Directing Credits: Boys' Life by Howard Koder (Boston), Lake Street Extension by Lee Blessing (Boston), Glengarry Glen Ross (Guate), Sexual Perversity in Chicago by David Mamet (NH), the musical Little Shop of Horrors (Guate), and Angels in America by Tony Kushner; The Eight: Reindeer Monologues (Philly). Acting Credits: Mark/Roger US in the 1st National Tour of RENT, Othello in Othello (Guate), Jesus in Jesus Christ Superstar (Guate), Raleigh in The Last Train to Nibroc (Boston), Riff Raff in The Rocky Horror Show (NH), Puck in A Midsummer Night's Dream (NH; NHTA Best Actor Award), and Pink in Pink Floyd's The Wall (NH), and most recently reprising that role in Philadelphia for BCKSEET. Scenic Design: PVT. Wars (Philly), Little Shop of Horrors (Guate), Giovanni's Room (Boston). Greg designed and taught Colegio Interamericano's Theater Department K-12 in Guatemala City (2003/2004) and designed and refurbished the school's first black box theater.

Andrew Borthwick-Leslie is on the faculty of the University of Pennsylvania, Temple University, and Desales University theater departments. He has also taught at Emerson College, the University of Maryland, and Catholic University among others. He has been an active member of Shakespeare & Co. in Lenox, MA for over fifteen years. ”. Most recent roles include Nathan in JT Rogers “Madagascar” (Isis Productions) Nightingale in William’s “Vieux Carre” (Egopo) and Alonso in “The Tempest” (Philadelphia Shakespeare Co.). Recent directing credits include Shanley’s “Where’s My Money”, LaBute’s “The Shape of Things”, and Frank McGuiness’ “Someone Who’ll Watch over Me” for Intrepid Theater and “the Two Gentelemen of Verona” for the Maryland Shakespeare Festival.. He has directed over a dozen educational productions of Shakespeare at many Universities and High Schools from “King John” to “Pericles

Steven Heitz holds a BFA in design from Temple University's Theater Department. Recent designs include Temple's production of Our Lady of 121st Street, Keith Antar Mason's For Black Boys who have Considered Homicide when the Streets were too Much, as well as Ntozake Shange's For Colored Girls who have Considered Suicide when the Rainbow was Enough, both on main stage at the Adrienne.