Composer David Nehls has updated his off-Broadway work, eighteen years later.
in 2022), and is Arpan's directorial debut with the company. Miners Alley feels like home for Arpan, and she is enjoying the opportunity to bring to life a musical she’s been wanting to do since she arrived on the Front Range.When Arpan moved to Colorado, she stumbled across a poster for a production of. “The poster caught my eye; I was like, 'What the hell is this?'” she recalls. “And then I did a little research, found out [David] wrote it, and just became obsessed.
She is so grateful to Nehls and the team at Miners Alley for letting her direct a show that hits so close to home for her. “It's totally up my alley,” Arpan says. “My husband and I own two bars; I went toand was raised all over the South, so I understand what this show is. It's a wild, raunchy, rock-and-roll, emotional take on this underserved group of people. I love it, and I'm so excited for people to see it.
Both Arpan and Nehls are delighted with the hard work of the cast throughout the rehearsal process, and they look forward to sharing an updated version of the musical with audiences. Kelso and Nehls have slightly rewritten the book and lyrics to update show references and make the musical more timeless.
Arpan also sought to make the cast of the musical reflective of 2023. “I’m proud of embracing diversity through our casting. The cast on Broadway was an all-white cast; our trailer park looks different than that,” she says. “There are all different genders, colors and shapes. It’s more like what you would see in a community like this.”opens on Friday, January 27, and the creative team is working hard to ensure that audiences have as much fun as possible.
“I hope that people forget all the crap that's happening outside while they're here and look at the idea of people living in a trailer park differently," adds Arpan."They're no different from anybody else, and hopefully, that will make people realize that no matter where you come from, we aren’t all that different from one another.”Friday, January 27, through Sunday, March 5; Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30 p.m.; Sundays at 2 p.m.
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