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''A Tuna Christmas'' is the second in a series of comedic plays (preceded by ''Greater Tuna'' and followed by ''Red, White and Tuna'' and ''Tuna Does Vegas''), each set the fictional town of Tuna, Texas, the "third-smallest" town in the state. The trilogy was written by Jaston Williams, Joe Sears, and Ed Howard. The plays are at once an affectionate comment on small-town, Southern life and attitudes but also a withering satire of same. The plays are notable in that two men play the entire cast of over twenty eccentric characters of both genders and various ages. The first play, ''Greater Tuna'', debuted in 1981 in Austin; ''A Tuna Christmas'' debuted in 1989. Williams and Sears regularly tour the country to perform all four plays, with Howard directing. Sears and Williams did command performances of both ''Greater Tuna'' and ''A Tuna Christmas'' at the White House for President George H.W. Bush and Barbara Bush. A videotaped performance of ''A Tuna Christmas'' is available on VHS and DVD. The play continues to be regularly performed across the country to positive reviews.〔(‘Tuna Christmas’ kicks off season of gay holiday plays )〕 ==Cast of characters== Performed by Williams: *Arles Struvie - A disc jockey at radio station OKKK. *Didi Snavely - Owner of Didi's Used Weapons ("If we can't kill it, it's immortal") *Petey Fisk - Employee of the Greater Tuna Humane Society *Jody Bumiller - Youngest child of Bertha Bumiller *Stanley Bumiller - Aspiring taxidermist, fresh from reform school; twin to Charlene *Charlene Bumiller - Daughter of Bertha Bumiller and sister to Stanley and Jody; infatuated with Joe Bob Lipsey. (As seen with Bertha Bumiller (Sears) at the Kennedy Center ) *Vera Carp - Town snob and acting leader of the Smut-Snatchers of the New Order ("until the Rev. Spikes gets out of prison") *Dixie Deberry - Controller of the Tuna Electric Company *Helen Bedd - A waitress at the Tasty-Creme (As seen with Inita Goodwin (Sears) at the Kennedy Center ) *Farley Burkhalter - A "little person" and a patron of the Tasty-Creme *Garland Poteet- A soda distributor and one of Inita's many boyfriends Performed by Sears: *Thurston Wheelis - A disc jockey at radio station OKKK *Elmer Watkins - The victim of a tragic flameshooter incident, Elmer was left with no eyebrows. *Bertha Bumiller - Housewife and mother to Jody, Stanley, and Charlene; member of the Smut Snatchers of the New Order ("Censorship is as American as apple pie, so ''shut up!"'') *Leonard Childers - Entrepreneur and radio personality on OKKK *R.R. Snavely - UFOlogist and husband to Didi *Pearl Burras - Aunt to Bertha, former riveter in Houston during World War II (the Japanese "never sank one of () ships!") *Sheriff Givens - Called "Rubber Sheets" due to his having wet the bed at church camp *Ike Thompson- a slow-witted highway worker *Inita Goodwin - A waitress at the Tasty-Creme *Phoebe Burkhalter- Presumably Farley's significant other, Phoebe is voiced by Sears but onstage is a wig behind a window manipulated by a stagehand *Joe Bob Lipsey - the "not-the-marrying-kind" director of the Tuna Little Theater's "troubled production" of ''A Christmas Carol'' 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「A Tuna Christmas」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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