Last night Mrs K and I attended the Friday night second-weekend performance of A Tuna Christmas – the second installment of the famous Tuna trilogy by Jaston Williams, Joe Sears and Ed Howard. This marks the return of all the principles from last year’s Encore Award winning Greater Tuna (reviewed here ): director Jeremy Tuterow, and actors Jim LaMonte and Stephen Foxworthy. Many of the same characters are presented in this installment, and there are also a few “new faces” added to the storyline, which involves Tuna’s Christmas traditions and the mysterious Christmas Phantom. In my Greater Tuna review, I had noted how the storyline – a dark-sided one at that – had been a surprise and a bit of an encumberance to the fun of the script. In my opinion, it had been handled badly by the writers, taking the story places that the characters (and the audience) were not prepared to go and did not resolve when they got there.

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In my Greater Tuna review, I had noted how the storyline – a dark-sided one at that – had been a surprise and a bit of an encumberance to the fun of the script. In my opinion, it had been handled badly by the writers, taking the story places that the characters (and the audience) were not prepared to go and did not resolve when they got there. Greater Tuna is a comedy about a small town in Texas named Tuna, Texas' third smallest town. The wacky inhabitants of this town - men, women, children and animals - are all played by two skillful, transformative actors who must change parts at a rather breakneck speed and use inventive voicework.

That also was a problem with this “Tuna”, but I will get to that in a moment.

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The solid performances covered an incredibly wide range of characters, with each actor taking on 11 roles. Inventing so many different personae in a rapidly moving script is an intense undertaking. Mostly, these are very well done on both accounts, but having seen this 2 man troupe before, I had the feeling that there was slightly less energy at times or that there was an unsureness in places perhaps due to their coming back to the material after a few days rest. But for the most part it was a stunning variety of great creations on display and indeed, on this night, it got a standing ovation from the audience.

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After seeing 2 different shows in the trilogy, I now have my favorite characters. Foxworthy’s Aunt Pearl Burras could become a mainstay in any family – she is sweetly endearing, caring of her uncared for nephew Stanley and she is a rascal to boot as she plots against a bluejay who disturbs her chickens and against the townfolk who cause her pain. LaMonte’s Petey Fisk, the good-hearted-to-a-fault Tuna Humane Shelter worker is a person whom one would like to know. His unfailing good intentions for his herd of unwanted critters is sensitive and loving. In one of the funnier features of this script that herd includes some oddly fierce stable animals.

My opinion about problems: well, there was the usual sensitivity I suffer with over slow pacing (the first act ran over an hour and 10 minutes and didn’t need to be nearly that long) and there was the afore-mentioned storyline problem with the script. Re: the script – I came to the theatre with high expectations after last year’s amazingly funny and clever Greater Tuna. So I guess there was a little disappointment in that this script just didn’t seem to have the same “fun intentions” that the former had. It was more heavily plotted and it’s humor came and went with a much cleaner, funnier (and tighter) second act standing out between the two. I had wished Williams, Sears and Howard hadn’t felt like they had to take themselves so much more seriously when they wrote this sequel. But I am happy that Tuterow, LaMonte and Foxworthy got together to give us a return visit to Tuna.

A Tuna Christmas continues with two more performances tonight and tomorrow (Dec 17 & 18) with an 8 o’clock show this evening and a 6 o’clock show tomorrow. Call for reservations at 317-767-2774.

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Roadside Theater presents our never to be beaten,
always popular, often imitated but never equalled
'BARBECUE THEATER'

If you prefer, you can set yourself down in front of a slab of ribs
and a chunk of chicken and lots of other good stuff before the show.
Gorge yourself silly, and then waddle on into the theater. For one price,
you get ribs, chicken, cole slaw, baked beans, biscuits, a slice of apple
or cherry pie and iced tea. The Roadside bar will be open for
purchasing sodas and harder stuff. (note: the BBQ dinner is optional,
see below for reservations information)

CAST		CREW
Bob Dickerson as....	Thurston Wheelis Elmer Watkins Bertha Bumiller Yippy Leonard Childers Pearl Burras R. R. Snavely Rev. Spikes Sheriff Givens Hank Bumiller	Director........................... Technical Director............. Stage Manager................. Dressers and Properties....	R. John Roberts Dane Winters Sue Leibfried Linda Harley Regina Rosenberger Tom Carberry Jr Marion Ruck Stefanie Krebs Katie Smith
Ron Paoletti as........	Arles Struvie Didi Snavely Harold Dean Lattimer Petey Fisk Jody Bumiller Stanely Bumiller Charlene Bumiller Chad Hartford Phinas Blye	Set and Lighting Design..... Sound Design.................... Costume Design and Construction............... Specialty Wig Designs........ Light Operators.................. Sound Operator................. Props Design................... Lobby Display................... Volunteer Manager.......... Program Design............... Poster Design.................. Front of House Manager....	Dane Winters R. John Roberts, Ron Paoletti Michiel DeVito, Elfi Carberry, R. John Roberts Peter Kern of Peter K Salon, Lampertheim Victoria Metcalf, Jacki Paoletti Dane Winters Carl Johnson R. John Roberts Mary Brown, CPT Peter Perzel Valerie Laragy Dane Winters, R. John Roberts Christina Biggert Richard Roberts, Dale Coldwells

Performances:

Sept. 10, 11, 17, 18, 24 & 25 at 7:30 p.m. Dinner served at 6 p.m.
Sept. 19 & 26 at 3 p.m. Show only, no dinner.

Prices:

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For dinner and show
Adults: $25/20 €, Students/seniors: $23/18 €, children (under 11 years): $21/16 €

For show only
Adults: $12/10 €, Students/seniors: $10/8€, children (under 11): $8/6 €
Show-only Family Pass: $30/24€ for family of 4 or more.

Reservations are required four days in advance for all dinners, and highly recommended for all shows without dinner. Barbecue Theater is limited to 100 reservations each evening, so reserve early.

Season Ticket Reservations begin Aug 24. General Seating reservations begin Aug 31.

1. To make your show reservations, please use our web Reservations page. You do not have to book a dinner to see the show.

2. To make your dinner reservations, you must call the Roadside directly during our Box Office hours four days in advance to reserve your meal. Remember Barbecue Theater is limited to 100 reservations, so reserve early.

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'Greater Tuna' cartoon logo used with permission from The Greater Tuna Corporation