'The Great American Trailer Park Musical' schleps back into town Sept. 6

Amanda Dane, as Betty, in 'The Great American Trailer Park Musical' that begins next month at ROH (Courtesy photo/Patrick Dorow)

ROCHESTER - The Rochester Opera House will reprise its 2014 run of The Great American Trailer Park Musical, a raunchy, raucous all-American musical, with its opening night to be filmed in front of a live audience Sept. 6 at 7:30 p.m.

Trailer Park will then run Thursdays through Sundays until Oct. 2 while live-filmed performance and its rowdy audience will stream nationwide through Broadway On Demand, powered by Stellar, starting Sept. 22.

The play last ran at ROH in January 2014 to rave reviews with The Rochester Voice calling it "sooooooooooo trashy, in a good way" adding "It was an evening of pure unadulterated - and adulterous - fun."

The plot begins with the arrival of a new tenant at Armadillo Acres who is 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.

Described by the New York Sun as "South Park meets Desperate Housewives," this collaboration between composer and lyricist David Nehls and script writer Betsy Kelso has its roots in their joint performances in a European tour of The Rocky Horror Show. This rip-roaring comedy boasts an

international following that The New Yorker promises "is more fun than a chair-throwing episode of Jerry Springer set to music."

Please note that The Great American Trailer Park Musical contains strong language, tacky outfits, big hair, adultery, 80s nostalgia, roadkill, a stripper on the run, and glittered plungers - everything a musical should be!

The show is is Rated R for adult humor and themes.

Starring Elana Cantor as Pippi, Amanda Dane as Betty, Heidi Gagne as Lin, Miranda Wolf as Pickles, Miles Burns as Norbert, Jenry Towle as Jeannie, Christian Arnold as Duke, and Michelle Faria as Female Swing. This production of The Great American Trailer Park Musical is directed by Patrick Dorow of Patrick Dorow Presents with choreography by Joe Meallo, and is produced by special arrangement with Broadway Licensing (www.broadwaylicensing.com).

Tickets cost $28-$34, with Senior, Military, and College Student discounts available, and may be reserved in person at Rochester Opera House, 31 Wakefield St, Rochester, NH 03867, by phone (603) 335-1992, or online at www.rochesteroperahouse.com. Streaming through Broadway On Demand, powered by Stellar, will be available from Sept. 22 to Oct. 2.

Tickets to stream are available now at

www.stellartickets.com/o/patrick-dorow-presents-llc/events/trailer-park.

Showtimes at Rochester Opera House: Friday, September 16th at 7:30pm; Saturday, September 17th at 2pm and 7:30pm; Sunday, September 18th at 5pm; Thursday, September 22nd at 7:30pm; Friday, September 23rd at 7:30pm; Saturday, September 24th at 2pm and 7:30pm; Sunday, September 25th at 5pm; Thursday, September 29th at 7:30pm; Friday, September 30th at 7:30pm; Saturday, October 1st at 2pm and 7:30pm; Sunday, October 2nd at 5pm

For more Information: Visit www.rochesteroperahouse.com or

www.stellartickets.com/o/patrick-dorow-presents-llc/events/trailer-park

About Rochester Opera House:

The historic Rochester Opera House, a not-for-profit organization, presents an annual performance season of shows for children, teens, adults, and seniors. Built within City Hall in 1908, this beautifully restored theater is the only remaining theater in the world with a unique mechanism that raises the orchestra floor at an incline for amphitheater seating and levels the floor for dancing. Our mission is to educate, engage, empower, challenge, and inspire a community of all ages by presenting extraordinary and culturally diverse theatre, performance art, music, dance, and film on the city's foremost performing arts stage. As we preserve our vibrant historic theater for future generations, we embrace the integration of a broad arts culture in our community. Through the cultivation of new performers, diversity of shows, and innovative arts education programs developed with an "ARTS FOR ALL" philosophy, we bring the incredible power of the arts to the widest possible audience.