
Director Karla Hartley calls the show a “white trash ‘Christmas Carol,’” in which the park’s Christmas-hating Scrooge, Darlene, gets accidentally electrocuted, wakes up, and forgets that she’s mean.
A trio of terrific comic actors returns from the original: Heather Krueger as Lin (short for Linoleum, site of her birth); Susan Haldeman as Betty, Armadillo Acres’ manager; and Julia Rifino as Pickles, hysterically pregnant last year but now pregnant for real and prone to narcolepsy. James Putnam, Quint Paxton and Ashley Whiting (as Darlene) round out the cast.
Expect some snazzy-tacky Christmas decor in the park, including, of course, lotsa tinsel and lotsa lights. “You can see the trailer park from space,” says Hartley.
And will there be caroling? Well, there will be a four-piece band, but the songs aren’t exactly traditional. For instance, one of the original numbers (music and lyrics by David Nehls) is “Fuck It! It’s Christmas!” So the show’s not for kids. But for the rest of us, says Krueger (who also choreographs), it promises to be “a fuckin’ good time!”
Tickets for “The Great American Trailer Park Christmas Musical” showing select nights Nov. 29-Dec. 22 at Stageworks Theatre in Tampa are still available and start at $25. Readers are invited to submit their own events to Creative Loafing Tampa Bay’s things to do calendar.
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This article appears in Nov 21-27, 2024.
