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From left: Ciara Neidlinger, Ken Martin, June Demond, Bowen Greenleaf, Kayla Charles and Ashley Kerr in M&D at the Eastern Slope Inn Playhouse's production of "The Great American Trailer Park Christmas Musical," which opened Thursday, Dec. 5. (LISA DUFAULT PHOTO)

CONWAY — M&D at the Eastern Slope Inn Playhouse is returning to Armadillo Acres, North Florida’s premier mobile-living community, in “The Great American Trailer Park Christmas Musical,” which opened Thursday, Dec. 5, with performances Thursday through Sunday for the next two weeks.

David Behls and Betsy Kelso’s “The Great American Trailer Park Christmas Musical” was first performed by M&D in 2015, but with a new venue (the Eastern Slope Inn Playhouse), director (Christopher Bellis), music director (my wife, Ashley Kerr), set designer (Tom O’Reilly), choreographer (Dale Amanda O’Reilly), costume designer (Mary-Ellen Jordan), lighting designer (Dan Tetreault) and a largely new cast, it almost feels like a completely different show. Even returning cast members Kerr and June Desmond are in different roles, which helps makes this new production feel fresh.

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From left: Bowen Greenleaf, Ciara Neidlinger and Ken Martin in M&D at the Eastern Slope Inn Playhouse's production of the "Great American Trailer Park Christmas Musical." (LISA DUFAULT PHOTO)

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Ciara Neidlinger (left) and Ashley Kerr in M&D at the Eastern Slope Inn Playhouse's production of the "Great American Trailer Park Christmas Musical." (LISA DUFAULT PHOTO)

Great American Trailer Park Christmas Musical

From left: Ashley Kerr, Ken Martin, Kayla Charles and June Demond in M&D at the Eastern Slope Inn Playhouse's production of "The Great American Trailer Park Christmas Musical." (LISA DUFAULT PHOTO)

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