Jenna Pryor Stars in MCTC's PSYCHO BEACH PARTY

Charles Busch's Psycho Beach Party - described by director Bradley Moore as "a campy, over-the-top comedy that blends the beach setting of Gidget with the insanity of a John Waters' movie" - is next up for Music City Theatre Company, playing Darkhorse Theater June 2-12.

In Busch's play, Chicklet Forrest, a teenage tomboy, desperately wants to be part of the surf crowd on Malibu Beach in 1962. One thing getting in her way is her unfortunate tendency towards split personalities. Among them is a black check-out girl, an elderly radio talk show hostess, a male model named Steve and the 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.

Jenna Pryor stars as Chicklet in MCTC's production, which also features Gerald Pitts, Sam Kell, Elizabeth Turner, Sarah Shepherd, Julia Nettles, Aaron Reynolds, Bryan Lelek, Shane Kopischke and Nathan Stultz.

Psycho Beach Party is the 13th production of Music City Theatre Company. Moore founded the theatre company in 2008, with the mission "to provide the Nashville community with thought-provoking, socially relevant work with a strong vision."

Busch's hilarious take on beach blanket movies of the 1960s has long been a favorite of Nashville theater audiences dating back to multiple productions at legendary director Dennis Ewing's iconic Actor's Playhouse of Nashville.

Showtimes for Psycho Beach Party are Thursday, June 2, at 7:30 p.m.; Friday, June 3, at 7:30 p.m.; Saturday, June 4, at 7:30 p.m.; Sunday, June 5, at 5 p.m.; Wednesday, June 8, at 7:30 p.m. Pay-What-You-Can performance; Thursday, June 9, at 7:30 p.m.; Friday, June 10, at 7:30 p.m.; Saturday, June 11, at 7:30 p.m.; Saturday, June 11, at 11:30 p.m. Pay-What-You-Can performance; and Sunday, June 12, at 5 p.m. Doors open 30 minutes prior to each performance

Darkhorse Theater is located at 4610 Charlotte Avenue in Nashville. Tickets are $12 available in advance at www.mctc.ticketleap.com or at the door. Music City Theatre Company accepts cash and all major credit cards. Opening night tickets for $5 are available online only.

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