An action-packed horror play directed by award-winning director, Anjela Vega 

LONG BEACH, CA - Alice in Slasherland, by award-winning stage and screenwriter Qui Nguyen, opens in the Studio Theatre on the campus of California State University, Long Beach (CSULB), on Friday April 25 at 7:30pm. Halloween just got a whole lot bloodier in this thrill ride packed with dark humor, relentless action and unexpected heart. Think high school drama meets horror movie explosion; complete with jump scares, car chases and a teddy bear you'll never forget. Get ready to scream, laugh and cheer for the underdogs.   

“ALICE IN SLASHERLAND is a great piece of fun theatre that will have you laughing, both at the performance and with the performers with the occasional gasp and shriek of surprise. Particularly amusing for those that remember the budget horror films and teen flicks of the 90's, this is well worth catching, whether you are a teen or a teen at heart.” - Jade Kops, BroadwayWorld.com 

Alice in Slasherland is directed by Anjela Vega: director, choreographer and founder of Post Mortem Movement Theater. She has worked as Francis Ford Coppola's Movement Coordinator on his experimental film called Distant Vision. She currently directs music videos and directs VoiceOver for Netflix, Amazon and Disney. 

Tickets for Alice in Slasherland are on sale now. For tickets or more information, visit www.csulb.edu/theatre-arts. 

ABOUT QUI NGUYEN

Qui Nguyen is a playwright, screenwriter and Co-Artistic Director of the OBIE Award-winning Vampire Cowboys. His plays include Vietgone; She Kills Monsters; Aliens Versus Cheerleaders;  Trial By Water; and Krunk Fu Battle Battle. As a screenwriter, Nguyen has written on AMC's Dispatches from Elsewhere, Netflix's The Society and he co-wrote Disney’s Raya and the Last Dragon and wrote and co-directed Strange World. In 2024, he directed the feature documentary The Family Vietgone. He is the winner of a Daytime Emmy for Outstanding Writing in a Preschool Animated Program and a 2016 Steinberg Award for Vietgone. 

ABOUT ANJELA VEGA

?Anjela Vega received her Masters in Directing at UCLA. She has trained with companies such as Pilobolus and Push Physical Theatre, as well as acclaimed artists such as Tina Landau and Stephen Koplowitz. She has directed, choreographed, taught, and lectured at universities and theaters all over California, and opened an original opera she directed in New York City. In 2008 she founded Post Mortem Movement Theater and has been creating new works with them ever since. She then won a grant to study in Spoleto, Italy with top directors and choreographers and won a full scholarship to the British American Drama Academy (BADA) where she studied under John Barton and Fiona Shaw. She has worked as Francis Ford Coppola's Movement Coordinator on his experimental film called Distant Vision. She currently directs music videos and directs VoiceOver for Netflix, Amazon and Disney.?

EVENT DETAILS

Alice in Slasherland by Qui Nguyen
April 24-26 and April 29-May 2 at 7:30 pm, May 3 at 2 pm| $25
High school just got a whole lot bloodier in this thrill ride packed with dark humor, relentless action, and unexpected heart. 

DIRECTIONS
The Studio Theater is attached to the north side of the Theatre Arts Building, Accessible via 7th Street and East Campus Drive. Access a campus map here! 

Lot E8 is available for general parking Monday-Friday after 5:30pm & on weekends. 

Paid parking is required and can be completed at any parking kiosk near the theater.

If you would like to buy parking in advance for short-term (30-90 minutes) or a daily parking permit, you can do so through the ParkMobile App. Each parking area on CSULB campus has been assigned a specific ParkMobile zone number shown on the nearby signage and on the map within the ParkMobile App. Use this 4-digit number during your transaction and quickly complete your parking purchase without waiting in line at a pay station. Either go online to https://parkmobile.io or download the app, enter “Cal State Long Beach” as your desired location, look for parking nearby, and purchase your parking!