The story is about what happens to a family when a mysterious stranger arrives in a small town bringing fear and paranoia in his wake.
His presence has unintended consequences for a doctor (Marcus Lovett) and his wife (Jill Paice).
SCKBSTD includes 19 original songs by three-time Grammy Award winner (and 13-time nominee) Bruce Hornsby, who has sold 11 million records.
The world premiere of SCKBSTD took place at the Wells Theatre in Norfolk, VA on January 21, 2011 and ran until February 6, 2011.
It was produced by Virginia Stage Company (Chris Hanna, artistic director; Keith Stava, managing director), in association with co-producers David Riemer & Mike Rafael for Spiral Staircase LLC, as part of VSC's "American Soil" series.