Joe Gutierrez Office of Strategic Communication (909) 537-5007 joeg@csusb.edu
CSUSB’s Department of Theatre Arts kicks off season with ‘Psycho Beach Party’
CSUSB’s Department of Theatre Arts presents its 2018-19 Season to Shout About, with its first production featuring a 1960s Malibu beach party gone horribly wrong. “Ann Bowman, Dominatrix Empress of planet Earth! Has a catchy ring, don’t you think?” – Chicklet The theatre arts department launches its main stage season in 1962 Malibu with “Psycho Beach Party” by Charles Busch, a spoof of 1960s beach party/surfing movies and 1970s slasher schlock. Florence “Chicklet” Forrest is a not-so-innocent tomboy who longs to become the first female surfer at Malibu Beach. Chicklet also happens to have multiple personalities, including an African-American check-out girl, an elderly radio talk show hostess, a male model named Steve, and the entire accounting firm of Edelman and Edelman. Her most dangerous alter ego is a sexually voracious vixen named Ann Bowman who has nothing less than world domination on her mind. Oh, and did we mention there’s also a murderer on the loose? An ever-growing list of colorful suspects begins to emerge including surfer Kanaka, exchange student Lars, and even Chicklet's own mother. “Psycho Beach Party,” directed by professor Tom Provenzano, will run Nov. 9, 10, 15, 16 and 17 at 8 p.m., Nov. 11, 17 and 18 at 2 p.m.Individual and season tickets can be purchased from the CSUSB Theatre Arts Box Office, or online at theatre.csusb.edu. Subscriptions range from $20 to $50, with individual tickets at $6 for students and children under 17; $12 for faculty, staff, senior citizens and military; $15 for adults. Performances take place in the Ronald E. Barnes Theatre on the CSUSB campus. Parking at CSUSB is $6 Monday-Friday and $3 on the weekend, but is available for free with a 2017-18 theatre arts season subscription. For additional information, please contact the Theatre Box Office at (909) 537-5884 or theatrearts@csusb.edu.