Great American Trailer Park: The Musical

Written By: David Nehls
Directed By: Don Baker

Auditions: August 4 and 5
Show Dates: September 18-21 and 26-28
October 3-5 and 10-12

Story: There's a new tenant at Armadillo Acres and she's wreaking havoc all over Florida's most exclusive trailer park. When Pippi, the stripper on the run, comes between the Dr. Phil, loving, agoraphobic Jeannie and her tollbooth collector husband, the storms begin to brew.

Evil Dead: The Musical

Written By: George Reinblatt
Directed By: Nick Gray

Auditions: September 8 and 9
Show Dates: October 24-26, 30-31
November 1-2, 7-9 and 14-16

Story: Based on Sam Raimi's 80s cult classic films, EVIL DEAD tells the tale of 5 college kids who travel to a cabin in the woods and accidentally unleash an evil force. And although it may sound like a horror, its not! The songs are hilariously campy and the show is bursting with more farce than a Monty Python skit. EVIL DEAD: THE MUSICAL unearths the old familiar story: boy and friends take a weekend getaway at abandoned cabin, boy expects to get lucky, boy unleashes ancient evil spirit, friends turn into Candarian Demons, boy fights until dawn to survive.

Santaland Diaries

Written By: David Sedaris
Starring: Jason Hatfield as Crumpet

Show Dates: November 28-30
December 5-7 and 12-14

Story: This is a brilliant evocation of what a slacker's Christmas must feel like. Out of work, our slacker decides to become a Macy's elf during the holiday crunch. At first the job is simply humiliating, but once the thousands of visitors start pouring through Santa's workshop, he becomes battle weary and bitter. Taking consolation in the fact that some of the other elves were television extras on One Life to Live, he grins and bears it, occasionally taking out his frustrations on the children and parents alike. The piece ends with yet another Santa being ushered into the workshop, but this one is different from the lecherous or drunken ones with whom he has had to work. This Santa actually seems to care about and love the children who come to see him, startling our hero into an uncharacteristic moment of goodwill just before his employment runs out.

The Producers

Written By: Mel Brooks and Thomas Meehan
Directed By: Mike O'Neil

Auditions: October 27 and 28
Show Dates: December 30-31
January 2-4, 9-11, 16-18, 23-25, 30-31
February 1

Story: A down-on-his-luck Broadway producer and his mild-mannered accountant come up with a scheme to produce the most notorious flop in history thereby bilking their backers (all �little old ladies�) out of millions of dollars. Only one thing goes awry: the show is a smash hit! The antics of Max Bialystock and Leo Bloom as they maneuver their way fecklessly through finding a show (the gloriously offensive �Springtime For Hitler�), hiring a director, raising the money and finally going to prison for their misdeeds is a lesson in broad comic construction. At the core of the insanely funny adventure is a poignant emotional journey of two very different men who become friends.

Tick, Tick...Boom!

Written By: Jonathan Larson
Directed By: Katherine Vernon

Auditions: December 15 and 16
Show Dates: February 12-15, 20-22 and 27-28
March 1

Story: A musical look at the courage it takes to follow your dreams, TICK, TICK... BOOM! is Jonathan Larson's autobiographical tale of a young composer on the brink of turning 30 and falling into oblivion. His girlfriend wants to get married and move out of the city (TICK,), his best friend is making big bucks on Madison Avenue (TICK...), yet Jon is still waiting on tables and trying to write the great American musical (BOOM!). Containing fourteen songs, ten characters, three actors, and a band, TICK, TICK... BOOM! takes you on the playwright's journey that led to the Broadway blockbuster, RENT. Set in 1990, this traditional book musical is filled with instantly appealing melodies, and a unique blend of pop and musical theatre styles. Everyone, regardless of age, will love this youthful, endearing, and thoughtful piece, and will surely embrace the universal ideal of holding onto your dreams through life's most difficult challenges.

Wild Party

Written By: Andrew Lippa
Directed By: Kendra Goehring

Auditions: January 26 and 27
Show Dates: March 12-15, 20-22, 27-29
April 3-5

Story: WILD PARTY tells the story of one wild evening in the Manhattan apartment shared by Queenie and Burrs, a vaudeville dancer and a vaudeville clown. In a relationship marked by vicious behavior and recklessness (mirroring the time in which they live), they decide to throw a party to end all parties. As the guests arrive, we meet an assortment of people living on the edge. Queenie and Burrs set out to make each other jealous, but Queenie begins to fall in love with her conquest named Black. After a long night of decadence, Burrs' jealousy erupts and he comes to a violent end at Black's hand. In the stark light of a new day, Queenie moves out into a brighter world, although not necessarily a brighter future, leaving the passed-out revelers in her wake.

Pot Mom

Written By: Justin Tanner
Directed By: Barbara Weetman

Auditions: March 9 and 10
Show Dates: April 16-19 and 24-26
May 1-3

Story: Living on the outskirts of Salinas, long-unemployed Patty spends her last weekend before re-entering the workforce rolling joints with her best friend Michelle. Patty's three college-age children - with the exception of sensitive Lorraine who yearns to get out of the mess - aren't working on anything but following in their mom's footsteps as career potheads. All of this is too much for Patty's tyrannical truck-driving boyfriend, who threatens to leave, taking his pot plants with him, if things don't shape up. Justin Tanner's Pot Mom brandishes comedic flair with biting social commentary.