(ASBURY PARK, NJ) -- Break out the glitter, hairspray, and roller skates because The ShowRoom's Summer Camp Series is returning with four gloriously over-the-top cult classics in August. Whether you're in the mood for roller disco, divine delinquents, dystopian musicals, or neon-soaked Vegas dreams, this lineup promises a cinematic summer of pure excess. No merit badges required—just a love of the outrageous.
XANADU - Friday, August 1 at 8:00pm. Roller skates, muses, and Electric Light Orchestra collide in this 1980 disco-fantasy musical where Olivia Newton-John literally glides into a down-on-his-luck artist’s life to help him open a roller disco nightclub. Yes, it’s as wild as it sounds—and somehow even wilder.
FEMALE TROUBLE - Saturday, August 9 at 8:00pm. John Waters unleashes the unhinged glory of Divine as Dawn Davenport, a schoolgirl turned criminal icon whose life spirals into mayhem, murder, and modeling. It’s filthy, fabulous, and ferociously funny—true trash royalty.
THE APPLE - Friday, August 15 at 8:00pm. A glitter-drenched, dystopian rock opera from 1980 where fame, temptation, and spandex rule. Think Hair meets The Rocky Horror Picture Show—but somehow even more bonkers. Bibi and Alphie just want to sing love songs… but The Apple has other plans.
SHOWGIRLS – 30th Anniversary Screening - Saturday, August 23 at 8:00pm. The cult classic that pole-danced its way from critical disaster to beloved kitsch masterpiece. Follow Nomi Malone as she claws her way to the top of the Las Vegas dance scene—one stiletto kick at a time. Thirty years later, it’s still stripping away your inhibitions.
Tickets for all Summer Camp screenings are $15 and available now at showroomcinemas.com.
Screenings take place at The ShowRoom Cinema, located at 707 Cookman Ave., Asbury Park, New Jersey.
The ShowRoom Cinema opened in Asbury Park, NJ, in April, 2009, as a single-screen, 50 seat movie theater, with a goal of bringing provocative and relevant independent movies and engaging special events to the city’s budding downtown. In 2012 the theater evolved into a 3-screen, independent cinema and became the leading entertainment destination in Asbury Park’s eclectic, art-infused downtown shopping district.
Through its eleven year run, The ShowRoom brought an important selection of independent, first-run films — including critically-acclaimed domestic and foreign features, documentaries, festival winners and shorts — to the Jersey Shore. It also hosted a variety of special one night only screenings, live performances and community-driven special events. The theater closed in 2020, but new owners Daria Parr and family are excited to welcome The ShowRoom back to Asbury Park. As the last year and a half has shown, the simple pleasure of seeing a new release on a big screen with a roomful of fellow film fans is an experience many of us didn’t realize we would miss until it was gone.
The ShowRoom will continue to deliver the same high quality film selection and impeccable customer service that the theater has become known for while working toward the big picture goal: restoring some of what was lost during the pandemic by inviting our cherished guests to share the energy and fun of going to the movies again.
