Photo Flash: First Look at Conservatory Theatre Company's BLOODY BLOODY ANDREW JACKSON

Point Park University's Conservatory Theatre Company presents Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson, a raucous and unique rock musical that reinvents America's seventh president as a contemporary rock star. Directed by Michael McKelvey, Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson opens tonight, Feb. 21, and runs through Sunday, March 2, with a preview tonight, Feb. 20, in the Rockwell Theatre at the Pittsburgh Playhouse. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the cast in action below!

Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson gives a modern spin to the founding of the Democratic Party, Jackson's life and his relationship with his wife, Rachel Jackson.

McKelvey directs Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson, with choreography by Cassidy Adkins, scenic design by Michael Thomas Essad, costume design by Michael Montgomery, lighting design byAndrew David Ostrowski, and sound design by Kristopher Buggey. Layden Jenson-Bunch is stage manager.

Director McKelvey's Pittsburgh Playhouse credits include Honk Jr. (stage/music director), Oklahoma! and A Chorus Line (music director). Recent regional directing credits include Swing! Legally Blonde, Sweeney Todd, Oklahoma! A Year with Frog and Toad (SSA), LES MISERABLES (Interlakes), Chess (Austin Playhouse); A Minister's Wife, I Love You Because, john & jen, The Last Five Years (Penfold); Footloose, Annie (Zilker Theatre); City of Angels, Carousel, The Pajama Game (Mary Moody Northen); Reefer Madness, Company, Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson, and Evil Dead (DMP). At Point Park, McKelvey is the coordinator of private voice, an instructor of musical theatre, and is part of the NYC Showcase production staff. He is the artistic director of SummerStock Austin and Doctuh Mistuh Productions in Austin, Texas, and is the recipient of multiple B. Iden Payne and Austin Critics' Table Awards as a stage director, music director, and producer. In March, he is slated to direct the musical, Ordinary Days.

Performances will be at 8 p.m., Thursdays through Saturdays, and 2 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays. Tickets range from $18 to $20 and can be purchased by calling the Pittsburgh Playhouse box office at 412.392.8000, or at www.pittsburghplayhouse.com.

The Cast of BLOODY BLOODY Andrew Jackson

The Cast of BLOODY BLOODY Andrew Jackson

The Cast of BLOODY BLOODY Andrew Jackson

The Cast of BLOODY BLOODY Andrew Jackson

The Cast of BLOODY BLOODY Andrew Jackson

The Cast of BLOODY BLOODY Andrew Jackson

The Cast of BLOODY BLOODY Andrew Jackson

The Cast of BLOODY BLOODY Andrew Jackson

The Cast of BLOODY BLOODY Andrew Jackson

The Cast of BLOODY BLOODY Andrew Jackson

The Cast of BLOODY BLOODY Andrew Jackson