SDSU & MOXIE Theatre Present HOOKMAN A Slasher Comedy

Produced in association with MOXIE Theatre, The SDSU School of Theatre, Television, and Film presents Hookman, an existential slasher comedy that re-envisions a familiar urban legend through a contemporary lens. Hookman runs Friday, March 15 through Sunday, March 24 in SDSU's Experimental Theatre.

Freshman year at college is hard when your roommate is weird, you're feeling homesick, and a hook-handed serial killer is slashing girls' throats. But if Lexi can discover what really happened to her high school best friend on that car ride to the movies, everything will be okay. In this existential slasher comedy, Lexi and her friends learn what it means to grow up - and it's not pretty.

Written by Lauren Yee, Hookman is a feminist exploration of a chilling urban legend, presented with a witty and modern twist on the traditional narrative.

"The selection of a production by Lauren Yee for our season was only going to be complete if we were able to attract a female director with reputation to provide an artistic interpretation that students could thrive from," said 'Niyi Coker, Jr., Director of the SDSU School of Theatre, Television, and Film. "Jennifer Eve Thorn was a most natural and sensible director to approach based on her reputation here in San Diego."

The chilling story presents a glorious challenge for SDSU theatre design and technology students in its gory, technical effects.

"What has been the most delightful in the challenges of the script is the amount of blood," said Jennifer Eve Thorn, Co-founder and Executive Artistic Director of MOXIE Theatre and director of Hookman.

"Instead of scaling back, the students and professors at SDSU were thrilled at the challenge of having multiple blood capsules, actor-operated bags of blood. We often hire SDSU students to design shows at MOXIE, the SDSU Theatre Design Program is incredible, so Hookman will have the same level of high quality production audiences expect to see at MOXIE."

The cast and crew are comprised of SDSU graduate and undergraduate students. "Student actors don't often get to play their own age, so it's an awesome opportunity for them," said Thorn.

"It's a contemporary piece that is both fun and meaningful," says Scenic Designer Reiko Huffman, an MFA Scenic Design student. "Hookman presents a deeper message, making us reflect on how we stereotype others, and how we investigate our own memories when something traumatic happens. It's scary, it's fun, it's about students, and there will definitely be something the audience can take away from it."

Hookman will run March 15 through March 24, Wednesday through Saturday at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday at 2:00 p.m. Tickets are $20 general admission, and $17 for seniors, military, and students. For tickets, directions, and parking information, visit ttf.sdsu.edu.

Following the performance on Thursday, March 21, Director Jennifer Eve Thorn and SDSU Professor Phillip Serrato will facilitate a free Horror Literature and Theatre panel discussion with the audience.

For more information about this and the many other Arts Alive SDSU performances, concerts, and exhibitions, visit artsalive.sdsu.edu.

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