Last fall, I directed the world premiere production of “Thousand Kites,” about the prison system. I was very proud of that production, and honored that UNC Asheville was chosen to do the premiere. But when I reached the end of that production, I was beat! I looked at my colleagues and said, “Next year, we have to do a goofy comedy!” The result: “Psycho Beach Party,” a spoof of 1960s surfer films and Hitchcock-style horror flicks that runs October 1-5.
This play is just plain fun, although I think it has something to say as well. The playwright, Charles Busch, wrote this about Psycho beach Party: "What had begun as strictly a spoof of a specific movie and TV series had become a very personal piece of writing. I don’t imagine I’m alone in having experienced as a young person a feeling of being a different person in each facet of my life. My heroine, Chicklet, learns that each of the various roles she plays in life are all part of one being, and that they only make her stronger. It was fascinating for me to realize that all creative writing is “personal.” The campiest theatrical spoof full of movie references could be a revealing self-portrait that others might identify with."
We're having a great time.
Scott Walters
Director
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