December 6-21, 2008
by Ed Howard, Joe Sears and Jaston Williams
Producer: Robin Mishik-Jett/The Gallery Players
Director: Andrew K. Russell
Production Stage Manager: Erika Omundson
Assoc. Producer: Graham Mills
Set Designer: Edward Morris
Lighting Designer: Maureen Hanratty
Props Master: Nicole Gaignat
Costume Designer: Dawn Luna
Sound Designer: Mat Bussler
ASM/Props Assistant: DaVonne Bacchus
Starring:
Justin Barnette*
Brian Letchworth
*courtesy of Actors’ Equity Association
Buy tickets for A Tuna Christmas.
The Gallery Players ring in the holidays with the affectionate satire of small-town southern life, A Tuna Christmas. Bring the whole family down to The Gallery Players for this limited holiday engagement December 6-21, 2008!
In this hilarious sequel to Greater Tuna, it’s Christmas in the third smallest town in Texas. Radio station OKKK news personalities Thurston Wheelis and Arles Struvie report on various Yuletide activities, including hot competition in the annual lawn display contest. In other news, the voracious Joe Bob Lipsey’s production of “A Christmas Carol” is jeopardized by unpaid electric bills. Many colorful Tuna denizens, some you will recognize from Greater Tuna join in the holiday fun. Audiences who have and who have not seen Greater Tuna will enjoy this laugh filled evening. A Tuna Christmas has been called, “A hoot!” by The New York Times, and the NY Post exclaimed, “So funny it could make a raccoon laugh affectionately at Davy Crockett…. It’s far too good for just Christmas.”
“I remembered our local theater back in Indiana doing all the TUNA plays and thought to myself, ‘why not return to this tiny Texas town for a spell?’” says director Andrew K. Russell. “I forgot how funny the plays were and then re-read this script and couldn’t stop myself from laughing out loud. The challenge of directing two actors playing over 20 roles was also appealing.”
Mr. Russell directs performers Justin Barnette* and Brian Letchworth in hilarious fast-paced portrayals of twenty some-odd lively characters from Tuna, Texas.
