The great american trailer park - musical
Character Roles: 2 Men, 5 Women, 1 Cat
Auditions: Dec 4 & 5, 6pm
Rehearsals: Begin January
Production: March 2024
Director: Lee Ditman
Musical Director: Craig Spirko
A country-rock and blues musical about agoraphobia, adultery, '80s nostalgia, spray cheese, roadkill, hysterical pregnancy, a broken electric chair, kleptomania, dancers, flan, and disco, The Great American Trailer Park Musical centers around regular guy Norbert and his agoraphobic wife, Jeannie, whose marriage is threatened by Armadillo Acres' newcomer, the hot young dancer Pippi. The trailer park also plays home to a Greek-chorus-like trio of women Linoleum, Betty and Pickles, each dysfunctional in her own right. Get ready to laugh?
The Great American Trailer Park Musical may be loud and lewd, but it's also got a giant heart. It is satire done right as it pokes fun at the stereotypical characters without hurting them.
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Casting
adult MALE ROLES (2)
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Jeannie's lovable, toll collecting, past-his-glory high school football star husband; never stopped loving his wife ever since she tutored him in geometry back in high school but her agoraphobia is starting to strain their 20-year marriage; this leads Norbert to make some bad decisions while searching for some care and compassion outside his mobile home; high baritone with a country twang; high baritone with a country twang.
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Pippi’s obsessive, possessive, and excessive magic-marker-sniffing boyfriend; “ex”-boyfriend according to Pippi; with a questionable driving record and a membership at Costco; rock tenor.
adult feMALE ROLES (5)
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Original teen mom; living the perfect life in Armadillo Acres with her high school sweetheart, Norbert, and her new son until he was kidnapped in front of the Super Cuts while Jeannie lamented a particularly bad perm; this traumatic event turned her into an agoraphobic and she hasn’t left her trailer since; with her 20th Anniversary looming near she must be able to muster the courage to attend the Ice Capades or will stay inside while the man she loves drifts further and further away; mezzo with high belt.
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Striking beauty with a great body and a taste for clothing that shows it off; a professional dancer (in men’s clubs) who has gotten by on her looks and talents for dancing and petty theft; means no harm and is ready to stop making bad choices and start making changes; leaves her boyfriend and moves to the small town of Armadillo Acres to start over; mezzo with high belt; will require to wear a “sexy cow-girl outfit with short shorts and mid-drift for the “Litter Box Palace” scene.
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One of “The Girls"; the Mother Hen of Armadillo Acres; Betty runs the leasing office and makes it her business to know everybody else's business; her no-nonsense attitude and straight talking makes her the leader of the pack and someone the other girls look to for friendship and advice; alto with belt.
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One of “The Girls"; so-named because her mother gave birth to her on the kitchen floor; has a husband on death row at the Florida State Prison; his fate is an electric chair that doesn’t work properly unless most of the town’s electricity is turned off so Lin watches everyone’s lights and appliances very closely in the hopes that she can keep the chair on the fritz; sometimes self-absorbed and sometimes has a smart mouth, she hints at a wild, rock-and-roll past and is the fiercest of “The Girls"; mid-range belt.
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One of “The Girls"; a newlywed; called “Pickles” because she is perpetually hysterically pregnant—that is, she’s so convinced she should be pregnant she’s exhibiting symptoms; her husband is a lot fancier than she is, as he is from the big city of Jacksonville; his parents haven’t been very supportive of his marital choice, so Pickles is desperate to give her husband a family of his own—even if she has to fake it; the dimmest of “The Girls"; airy, sweet, and blissfully ignorant; will also play the role of Tina, Pippi's friend from back home; mezzo with mix.
adult CAT ROLES (1)
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Pre-casted – this part will be played by Mr. Tanner, who will be making his third appearance at BRCT and once again gets killed during the show.