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P-S-Y-C-H-O PSYCHO!
Saturday, April 26, 2008 @ 10:04 PM
Saturday April 26 - Dickinson Community Players' production of Psycho Beach Party by Charles Busch.
For those of you who aren't familiar, Psycho Beach Party is Psycho meets the Gidget genre - a perky wannabe surfer called "Chicklet" (played this evening by Amber Rivers) - shocks the 1960s Malibu Beach crowd when her alternate personality starts shaving the hair off sleeping sunbathers. Rivers did an admirable job with the incredibly difficult role, which requires the actor to play more than six separate identities - including a dominatrix bent on world domination. This facet of her personality is fascinating to the King of the Malibu Beach Surf Bums, the Great Kanaka (Charles Berman). Berman got more laughs than anyone, thanks to his booming voice and perplexed expressions. He has, by far, the best comic timing of anyone in the cast, and he stole more than scene.
Stephanie D'Aquila gave an enjoyable performance as Marvel Ann, though she fumbled a little during her best monologue. Chicklet's love interest Star Cat (John Svitek) was hard to understand at times, due to his low volume and lack of enunciation, but he sold his key moments. Rivers outshone her leading man, who might have benefited from a greater familiarity with his lines. Dara Kramer worked wonders with the role of brain-dead starlet Bettina Barnes, and Andrew Turnwall and Jordan Zager overcame a lot of awkward writing to portray surf bums who are falling for each other. Hannah Cline-Plaisted, in the role of comically geeky Berdine, seemed to try to hard for laughs - a difficult feat to pull off in a slapstick spoof. Overall, director Katie Furey is to be commended for choosing such a difficult piece and pulling it off. The performances were a bit uneven, but all things considered, the production was hilarious.
Binghamton residents have one more chance to see the show, tomorrow night at 8:45 on the Binghamton University campus.
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