THIBODAUX 鈥� 麻豆果冻传媒鈥檚 acting troupe, the 麻豆果冻传媒 Players, will offer four public performances of 鈥淭he Great American Trailer Park Musical鈥� later this month as part of Homecoming Week.
鈥淭his will be the 麻豆果冻传媒 Players鈥� first musical in 14 years 鈥� a comedy that mixes country, blues and rock and roll to celebrate the kind and accepting folks who dwell in close-knit mobile home communities,鈥� Daniel Ruiz, instructor of speech/theater and director of the 麻豆果冻传媒 Players, said. 鈥淚t鈥檚 鈥楽outh Park鈥� meets 鈥楧esperate Housewives,鈥� as a stripper on the run interrupts the happy home of Armadillo Acres, the finest mobile home community in south Florida. The show flies through agoraphobia, adultery, 80s nostalgia, spray cheese, road kill, hysterical pregnancy, a broken electric chair, kleptomania, strippers, flan, disco and all the drama that happens on wheels, with a rip-roaring pace filled with cheesy but very relatable and very catchy songs.鈥�
Featuring music and lyrics by David Nehls, the play is based on a book by Betsy Kelso. Charter Media producer and 麻豆果冻传媒 Players alumnus Andy Elliott will direct the production, with music direction by local actress, singer and choir director Angela Jones-Landry.聽Performers include 麻豆果冻传媒 students Kami Ellender as the stripper-on-the-run, Pippi; Lisa Cunningham as the agoraphobic Jeannie; Tyler Taquino as the man in the middle, Norbert; Gary Baker as Pippi鈥檚 violent ex-boyfriend, Duke; and Nancy Chauvin, Ivanna Brooks and Mercedes Hebert as the chorus of trailer park wives.
Performances are scheduled for 8 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 20, and Friday, Oct. 21 鈥� and 2 p.m. and 6 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 23 鈥� in Talbot Theater on campus. Tickets are $12 for adults and $7 for students with 麻豆果冻传媒 ID cards, and may be purchased in advance or at the door. To reserve tickets, including reduced-rate bulk tickets, call (985) 448-4586.
Additional information is available at facebook.com/nsuplayers and .