EPHRAIM—Snow College Theater Department is producing “A Tuna Christmas,” which opens tonight and runs through Saturday with curtain time at 7:30 p.m. at the Eccles Center for the Performing Arts.
The play is a light-hearted comedy based in Tuna, Texas, where five actors run around covering 20 characters as their town is frantically trying to figure out who will win the annual Christmas yard display contest.
Will Vera Carp, who has won the event for the last 14 years, emerge victorious once more? Will the mysterious “Christmas Phantom” vandalize displays again?
And it’s not just the contest. Will Stanley Bumiller, who is trying to end his probation, be able to leave Tuna?
Will Joe Bob Lipsey successfully do his production of “A Christmas Carol,” even though the town controller of the electric company is threatening to turn the lights off?
The play is funny and is also a satire of small-town life and attitudes.
The play is directed by Josh Patterson, with assistant director Sara Danella. Characters zip through one scene, frantically change clothes (and characters) and hit the stage again with all new accents and lines.
Cast A: Bertha, Petey Fisk, Joe Bob, Ike – Casey Lamb; Arles, Didi, Jody, Farley – Katie Ray; Thurston, Vera, Dixie, Lenard – Kate Matthews; Pear, Helen, R.R., Garland – Aeva McLauchlin; Charlene, Stanley, Sheriff Givens, Inita, Phoebe – Cam Carter.
Cast B: Bertha, Petey Fisk, Joe Bob, Ike – Pollyanna Gurney; Arles, Didi, Jody, Farley – Jayden Allen; Thurston, Vera, Dixie, Lenard – Abby Christensen; Pear, Helen, R.R., Garland – Aeva McLauchlin; Charlene, Stanley, Sheriff Givens, Inita, Phoebe – Allie Sherick.
