Shaking bikinis, muscled surfers, a wanna-be surf babe with a split personality, a mom with an agenda, and a few severed body parts are just some of the problems facing Captain Monica Stark when she is called to investigate a recent rash of gory Malibu murders. Psycho Beach Party is a send-up of two Hollywood genres — the beach movies of the '50s and the psychological thrillers of Alfred Hitchcock — whipped up into a frothy madcap romp. Psycho Beach Party sports an all-star cast from television and film who serve up the rapid­ fire jokes and kinky innuendoes that set this movie a-spinning.

Writer-playwright Charles Busch and director Robert Lee King have combined tal­ ents to create a gem of theatricality. King's skilled direction is fun, fresh, and sassy with something for everyone — including a rock­ing dance number. The play's brilliant script has been reworked into a screenplay whose everyjoke brims over with layer upon layer of classic double entendre that either pays homage to cinematic tradition or rampantly stabs at popular conservatism. Surf's up, kids. What are you waiting for?