According to this article in Playbill:

The Great American Trailer Park Musical will return to New York at Off Broadway's Dodger Stages Aug. 20 with Shuler Hensley, Kaitlin Hopkins, Linda Hart and more in tow.

Producers Jean Doumanian (Democracy) and Jeffrey Richards (Glengarry Glen Ross) will team to present the work seen last summer at The New York Musical Theatre Festival to tentatively reopen in the new Off-Broadway venue Sept. 15, according to production spokespersons.

Featuring music and lyrics by David Nehls with a book by Betsy Kelso (who also directs the show), the country-rock and blues musical centers around "an agoraphobic housewife who must tear herself away from Dr. Phil long enough to leave her trailer and save her marriage.

Congratulations guys! I saw the showcase production of The Great American Trailer Park Musical at NYMF 04 and really enjoyed it. I was volunteering for the festival so I was able to grab a seat in a sold out performance (I just had to fold some programs). It was fun, trashy, fresh, goofy and a definite crowd pleaser.

Whatever rough edges there were, were more than overcome by the freshness of the piece, and the sense that it knew exactly what it was, and was delivering it come hell or high water. I also recall the cast being fabulous. There was only one moment in the show where it broke the fourth wall ("of course we'll have a happy ending, this is a musical") and despite the fact that it got a big laugh, was completely unnecessary to the charm of the show. (Sorry, those nudge nudge wink winks are a touchy spot for me). I wonder if they left it in...

Shuler Hensely's credits include Oklahoma! and Van Helsing -- just like Hugh Jackman! Sorry, I just can't go that long without a reference to the Mighty Jackman...

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