Show: THE GREAT AMERICAN TRAILER PARK MUSICAL
Theater: Roxbury Arts Alliance
Theater Website: https://www.roxburyartsalliance.org/
Theater Phone: (973) 945-0284
Start date of auditions: 08/17/2026
Roxbury Arts Alliance
72 Eyland Ave
Citizens Bank Theater at Horseshoe Lake Complex,
Succasunna, NJ 07876
AUDITIONS
August 17 & 18, 2026 at 7:00 pm
Performance Dates & Times
October 17 & 24, 2026 at 7:30 pm
October 18 & 25, 2026 at 3:00 pm
“A show that actually lives up to the hype of its title.” —Village Voice
“A delicious new musical. The joint is jammed and jumping with raucous laughter. It’s like The Honeymooners meets The Best Little Whorehouse in Urinetown.” —New York Post
Don’t miss auditioning for this wild show about agoraphobia, adultery, ’80s nostalgia, spray cheese, roadkill, hysterical pregnancy, a broken electric chair, kleptomania, strippers, flan & disco.
Needed are 5 comic women with strong belt voices and 2 men, also comic, a rock tenor and sweet high baritone.
What’s the show about?
Well, Armadillo Acres is a “come-as-you-are kind” of trailer park—where personalities and predilections might be noisy, but hearts are soft and true. There’s a new tenant 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.
“The Girls” are 3 women who act as the “Greek Chorus” with comedy and strong 3-part harmonies who guide the narrative, playing many characters genders while breaking the fourth wall at whim to air their own dirty laundry.
Beyond broad comedy and Jerry Springer-worthy confrontations, the show is about rising above our impulses, mistakes and surroundings to make a future we can believe in, despite the past.
Directing this crazy gang of characters is Darlene Yannetta (2025 Broadway World Best Director) with Stage Manager, Terri Vollmuth.
Who Should Audition:
Performers of all backgrounds, identities, and body types are encouraged to audition.
Content Notice: This production contains adult language and situations. Performers should be comfortable with mature themes, broad comedy, and heightened characters.
CHARACTER BREAKDOWN
“The Lovers”:
JEANNIE GARSTECKI: 35–45 Vocal Range: Mezzo-Soprano/belt
Jeannie has lived in a trailer at Armadillo Acres for 20 years with her husband and high-school sweetheart, Norbert. A faded beauty, she was 17 when she married, 18 when her son was born, and 23 when he was kidnapped. That trauma, combined with a truly disastrous perm, has turned her into an agoraphobe who hasn’t left her trailer in decades. She loves her husband desperately and is determined to win him back—if only she could make it out the front door.
NORBERT GARSTECKI: 35–45 Vocal Range: High Baritone
Jeannie’s husband Norbert collects tolls for a living and does his best to be a good spouse to an agoraphobic wife. A former high-school football star, his rugged good looks are now worn down by fatigue and emotional strain. He longs for a normal life but lacks the emotional tools to help Jeannie heal. He has never loved, or slept with, another woman—until he meets Pippi.
PIPPI: 28–35 Vocal Range: Mezzo Big belt
A striking beauty with a taste for clothing that shows it off, Pippi has spent her life surviving however she can. A professional stripper with talents for dancing and petty theft, she’s trying to stop making bad choices and start over. To do that, she hides out in a North Florida trailer park—hoping to stay one step ahead of her most recent mistake.
DUKE: 24–28 Vocal Range: Rock Tenor
Pippi’s obsessive, possessive, Magic-Marker-sniffing boyfriend—ex-boyfriend, according to Pippi. Not so, according to Duke. Not the brightest guy south of the Mason-Dixon Line, Duke leaves chaos and destruction wherever he goes. His arrival at Armadillo Acres is full of surprises, even for residents accustomed to drama.
“The Girls” (Greek-chorus-style trio who guide the story, play multiple characters of all genders, and frequently break the fourth wall):
BETTY: 38–60 Vocal Range: Rough belt Mezzo
Betty went to high school with Jeannie and Norbert and has lived at Armadillo Acres just as long. She now runs the leasing office and prides herself on knowing everyone’s business. Although she claims to be a “bad-ass,” she’s really the park’s mother hen—grounded, dry, and deeply loyal. Very comedic.
LINOLEUM “LIN”: 30-50 Vocal Range: Belt Mezzo
Named for the kitchen floor she was born on, Lin has a husband on death row at Florida State Prison. Since the electric chair only works when most of the town’s power is on, Lin obsessively monitors everyone’s electricity in hopes of keeping it malfunctioning. Fierce, sharp-tongued, and hinting at a wild rock-and-roll past, Lin is the spiciest of The Girls.
DONNA “PICKLES”: Late teens to mid-20s Vocal Range: Belt Mezzo
A newlywed nicknamed “Pickles” because she is perpetually hysterically pregnant—so
convinced she should be expecting that she shows symptoms. Her city-boy husband’s parents disapprove of the marriage, and Pickles is desperate to give him a family, even if she has to fake it. Sweet, airy, and blissfully ignorant, she is the dimmest (and most earnest) of The Girls.
