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at the time but I was working with the one of the best directors,
casts and crews of my professional career! The show truly changed
my life. When I heard about GATPM being revived, I jumped at
the chance to move back into the Trailer Park with this amazing
company. I am so blessed to have this great opportunity again!”

Casey Sweeney plays Norbert, the fun-loving toll booth
collector husband. Casey says, "I moved to Orlando a decade
ago from NYC and knew little about the Central FL theatre scene.
TheatreWorks Florida's original production of GATPM was one of
the first shows I saw here and I was blown away. The talent in the
cast and technical execution was stellar and I knew I needed to
work with this company. A few years later I had the opportunity
to audition for their production of Little Shop of Horrors and was
honored to be cast in that show as well as last year’s Rock of
Ages. I am beyond thrilled to have come full circle, starring in
this revival of GATPM that I so admired those years ago."

Don’t miss the Great American Trailer Park Musical, playing Mar
9-18, 2018 at the Davenport Community Campus – TheatreWorks
Florida Theatre. Rated PG-13. Show information and tickets:
TheatreWorksFL.org
The bad boy, feel good, rock-n-roll Florida musical!

If ever there was a musical that will make Floridians fall out of
their seats in hysterics, cheer for the bad girl and fall in love with
a zany cast of characters, it’s The Great American Trailer Park
Musical! In March 2018, TheatreWorks Florida is beyond thrilled
to revive their award-winning production of GATPM that swept
the Orlando Fringe Festival awards in 2010.
At Armadillo Acres, N. Florida’s most exclusive manufactured
housing community, what could possibly go wrong when Pippi,
the stripper on the run, comes between the Dr. Phil-loving,
agoraphobic Jeannie and her tollbooth collector husband,
Norbert? Absolutely everything!
Scott A. Cook, Artistic Producer/Director says, “From the moment
I heard the outrageous and electrifying score in 2005 I was
hooked. Every song is full of surprises, as the music slips across
the dial of American radio from country to blues to rock to
disco to bump and grind and R&B. The show is an all-out, fun
loving comic assault on the American red-neck, dealing with
spray cheese, road kill, hysterical pregnancy and other problems
indigenous to life in a "mobile home community", but it is the
colorful characters and lasting friendships that are the heart of
this scandalous musical comedy."

Heather Lynn-Mendoza returns to GATPM to revive her role
as Betty, the brassy leasing manager of Armadillo Acres, after
winning “Best Actress in A Musical” in the original production at
the 2010 Orlando Fringe Festival. Heather says, “In 2010, I decided
"The Great American Trailer Park Musical" Photos
on a whim to attend my first professional audition. I didn’t know from TheatreWorks Florida 2010 Production.

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