Greater Tuna
By Jaston Williams, Joe Sears, and Ed Howard
February 24-26, March 3-5, and March 9-11 (all shows at 7:30 PM)
Tickets $18 advanced ($16 for seniors, $15 for students)
Tickets at the door are $20
Starring Ryan Watson & Corey Music.
Directed by Doug Schutte
Recommended for ages 16 and up
Greater Tuna marks our very first "Throwback Production," something we plan to do once each season. While we continue to focus on producing new works, we were intrigued by this notion of choosing a play from a different time that somehow speaks very clearly to today. Greater Tuna fits that bill. Of course, it's first and foremost a fun show, and we love producing fun shows. But the events of the past year and a half have made this slice of small town as relevant as ever, and so we are thrilled to open our season with it.
What do Arles Struvie, Thurston Wheelis, Aunt Pearl, Petey Fisk, Phineas Blye and Rev. Spikes have in common? In this hilarious send-up of small town morals and mores, they are all among the upstanding citizens of Tuna, Texas' third smallest town.
Greater Tuna was originally produced in 1981 in Austin, Texas, by it's authors, Jaston Williams, Joe Sears and Ed Howard. The play's stars, Williams and Sears, played all twenty characters and Howard directed. One year after its premier, Greater Tuna opened Off-Broadway, ran for over a year and went on to tour major theatres all over America and spots overseas for the next thirty some years, and became one of the most produced plays in American theatre history.
"Howlingly funny."-Variety
"The audience all but exploded the theatre with laughter."- The New York Post
"Hilarious, a tribute to the art of acting" - Washington Post
"Sharp, satiric, & funny" - New Yorker
"A whale of a funny evening"- Houston Post
Greater Tuna was first presented Off Broadway by Karl Allison in association with Bryan Bantry at Circle in the Square in New York City on October 21, 1982. It starred Joe Sears and Jaston Williams and was directed by Ed Howard.
By Jaston Williams, Joe Sears, and Ed Howard
February 24-26, March 3-5, and March 9-11 (all shows at 7:30 PM)
Tickets $18 advanced ($16 for seniors, $15 for students)
Tickets at the door are $20
Starring Ryan Watson & Corey Music.
Directed by Doug Schutte
Recommended for ages 16 and up
Greater Tuna marks our very first "Throwback Production," something we plan to do once each season. While we continue to focus on producing new works, we were intrigued by this notion of choosing a play from a different time that somehow speaks very clearly to today. Greater Tuna fits that bill. Of course, it's first and foremost a fun show, and we love producing fun shows. But the events of the past year and a half have made this slice of small town as relevant as ever, and so we are thrilled to open our season with it.
What do Arles Struvie, Thurston Wheelis, Aunt Pearl, Petey Fisk, Phineas Blye and Rev. Spikes have in common? In this hilarious send-up of small town morals and mores, they are all among the upstanding citizens of Tuna, Texas' third smallest town.
Greater Tuna was originally produced in 1981 in Austin, Texas, by it's authors, Jaston Williams, Joe Sears and Ed Howard. The play's stars, Williams and Sears, played all twenty characters and Howard directed. One year after its premier, Greater Tuna opened Off-Broadway, ran for over a year and went on to tour major theatres all over America and spots overseas for the next thirty some years, and became one of the most produced plays in American theatre history.
"Howlingly funny."-Variety
"The audience all but exploded the theatre with laughter."- The New York Post
"Hilarious, a tribute to the art of acting" - Washington Post
"Sharp, satiric, & funny" - New Yorker
"A whale of a funny evening"- Houston Post
Greater Tuna was first presented Off Broadway by Karl Allison in association with Bryan Bantry at Circle in the Square in New York City on October 21, 1982. It starred Joe Sears and Jaston Williams and was directed by Ed Howard.