THE GREAT AMERICAN TRAILER PARK MUSICAL - Terrific New Theatre Non Equity Auditions

We are going to the trailer park!!!

TERRIFIC NEW THEATRE is holding auditions for its MAY 2020 musical.

“The Great American Trailer Park Musical”

David Nehls, music; Betsy Kelso, book

Henry Scott, director/choreographer

John Allen Bankson, musical director

AUDITION DATE #1 = Sunday, October 27; 1p to 5p; at TNT

(Audition Date #2 = Sunday, November 3rd…if needed. Same time; same place)

SIGN-UP for your 5-minute slot by replying to this email (see times below)…and indicate the CHARACTER for which you are auditioning.

Synopsis: There's a new tenant at Armadillo Acres and she's wreaking havoc all over Florida's most exclusive trailer park (is that an oxymoron?). When Pippi, the stripper on the run, comes between the daytime-TV-loving, agoraphobic Jeannie and her tollbooth collector husband, the storms begin to brew.

Warning: This show contains crude language, adult situations, ugly wigs, adultery, bad perms, spray cheese, tacky outfits, road kill, hysterical pregnancy, kleptomania, and strippers. With music set to country rock, gospel, blues and disco, it's everything a trash-talking musical should be.

ROLES (5w, 2m)

JEANNIE GARSTECKI: Female, 30-40

Sweet, sincere, Norbert’s wife, won’t leave her trailer

Mezzo with high belt.

NORBERT GARSTECKI: Male, 30-40

Jeannie's lovable, past-his-glory-high-school-football-star husband

High baritone with a country twang

PIPPI: Female, 20-30

A professional stripper who moves to Armadillo Acres to start over

Mezzo with high belt

DUKE: Male, 18-25

Pippi’s magic-marker-sniffing boyfriend, “hick”

Rock tenor

BETTY: Female, 30-50

Mother Hen of Armadillo Acres; no nonsense, straight-talker

Alto with belt

LINOLEUM “LIN”: Female, 25-40

Sexy, sassy, smart-mouthed and fierce, husband on death row

Mid-range belt

DONNA “PICKLES”: Female, 16-25

Quirky, dim, blissfully ignorant

Mezzo with mix

WHAT TO BRING

·32 bars of a rock song / ballad

·SHEET MUSIC of the above, in a binder for the accompanist (music director)

·Headshot or current picture (will not be returned)

·Performance resume

BE PREPARED TO:

·Be called back for later in the SAME DAY

·Read from the script, if called back

Rehearsal and Production Dates & Locations

March 29 and 30 Music rehearsals, TNT lobby

April 5 and 6 Music rehearsals, TNT lobby

April 7 Staging rehearsals begin, TNT stage

The plan is have two days OFF per week, during the rehearsal period.

May 7 to May 30 PERFORMANCE DATES (Thu/Fri/Sat + 2 Sunday matinees)

CALLBACKS to begin at 3:30pm.

Tam DeBolt

Executive Director

2821 2nd Avenue South

Birmingham, AL 35233

(205) 328-0868 (office)

(205) 427-8263 (cell)