The Great American Trailer Park Musical is a two-act musical, written by David Nehls and Betsy Kelso. It explores the relationships between the tenants at the Armadillo Acres Trailer Park in Florida, particularly between Pippi, "the stripper on the run," the Dr. Phil loving, agoraphobic Jeannie, and Jeannie's tollbooth collector husband, Norbert. It was performed in the first annual New York Music Theater Festival in 2004. Trailer Park opened off-Broadway at Bows at Dodger Stages on September 27, 2005, and starred Marya Grandy (Lin), Linda Hart (Betty), Shuler Hensley (Norbert), Kaitlin Hopkins (Jeanne), Leslie Kritzer (Pickles), Orfeh (Pippi), and Wayne Wilcox (Duke).
The U.S. regional premiere of Trailer Park opened on June 2, 2006 at Hippodrome State Theatre in Gainesville, Florida.
The 1st National Tour of The Great American Trailer Park Musical began January 2008 in Spokane, Washington. Directed and choreographed by Steven Smeltzer; starring Erica Livingston (Jeanne), David Howard (Norbert), Sara Ruzicka (Pippi), MaryAnne Piccolo (Lin), Lindsay Devino (Pickles), Dane Agostinis (Duke), Doreen Barnard (Betty), Kenneth D'Elia and Carolyn Kimmel (Swings). The Role of Jeannie was replaced by Amanda Earls and the role of Pickles was replaced by Caitlin Maloney in the second U.S. leg.
The Great American Trailer Park Musical made its UK premiere with the same cast from the 1st National Tour at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 2008. It then made its English premiere later that year in Birmingham, England.
In January 2010, Tucson, Arizona based theatre company Arizona Onstage Productions will present The Great American Trailer Park Musical in a unique format—what is believed to be the worlds first scratch and sniff musical, with scent cards distributed to the audience to be scratched at specific points in the show.
The Great American Trailer Park Musical made its Australasian premier at the New Theatre (Newtown) in Sydney, NSW, Australia on 18 November 2010.
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