Red, White and Tuna
The Hilarious Follow-Up to Greater Tuna
Performances: August 13-29, 2010
Red, White and Tuna will be presented for the first time at Temple Civic Theatre August 13-29, 2010. Red, White and Tuna is one of the hilarious follow-ups to Greater Tuna.
Gary Gosney and Allan Lueck take the stage once more as the sole performers playing all of Tuna's inhabitants including men, women, children and animals (thanks to 40 lightning-quick costume changes).
Along with Tuna's perennial favorite characters, some new Tuna denizens burst into the 4th of July Tuna High School Class Reunion.
This sets the stage for a show full of fireworks and fun from the land where the Lions Club is too liberal and Patsy Cline never dies.
In this latest saga, the Prayer Posse led by Vera Carp and Reverend Spikes take on church hymns while Petey Fisk continues his offbeat pleas for a more humane Tuna.
The flirtatious Tastee Kreme gals (two new characters) have a food booth at the Reunion serving Aunt Pearl's prize winning potato salad that may have been in the heat too long.
You'll laugh till it hurts when you find out who the mystery write-in winner of the Homecoming Queen Contest is. Just another day in the life of Tuna, Texas.
Red, White and Tuna performances begin August 13, 2010 with both reserved seats ($20 per person) and special table seating on the floor ($30 per person). The table seating includes special drinks and snacks and availability is limited. Tuna is not part of the main-series season and there are no coupons applicable for this special event.
Tickets are NOW ON SALE. Evening performances (8 p.m.) include August 13-14, 19-21 and 26-28. Matinee performance (2:30 p.m.) include August 14-15, 21-22 and 28-29. Please note that Red, White and Tuna includes Saturday as well as Sunday matinee performances.
The production staff includes Ben Green (Director), Jim Hunter (Technical Director, Set Designer, Lighting Designer), Jody Donaldson (Producer, Sound Designer), Lori Honeycutt (Stage Manager) and Michael J. Fox (Production Coordinator).
Gary Gosney
 Some of the characters played by Gary Gosney include:
Thurston Wheelis -- Still at the helm of radio station OKKK, Thurston continues as one of Tuna's finest broadcasters. His ability to "tune out" non Tuna-related items especially in the midst of a militia holdout in Tuna, can only be attributed to his many years of professionalism behind the microphone.
Bertha Bumiller -- Her less than perfect children and her pending marriage to Arles Struvie continue to have Bertha's bouffant in a tease. She has managed to capture the spirit of the season this time in her red, white and blue outfit.
Aunt Pearl Burras -- Tuna's matriarch of mischief is still up to her usual high jinks when she tosses a string of lit firecrackers into her husband Henry's room as punishment for forgetting their anniversary -- again. Pearl is one of three candidates running for Tuna's Homecoming Reunion and her sponsor is Cumbie's Feed and Seed. She has graciously contributed her prize-winning potato salad recipie to Helen and Inita for their food booth at the reunion.
The Reverend Spikes -- Out of prison (again), Rev. Sturgis Spikes is scheduled to preach a special Independence Day sermon during a meeting of the Smut Snatchers of the New Order.
Joe Bob Lipsey -- Tuna's resident Little Theatre Director returns to town to direct a patriotic performance-art extravanganza entitled "Red, White and Fabulous." He finds himself embroiled in a battle with Vera Carp over mention of the word champagne in a dry county, and the elbow-length satin gloves come off.
Inita Goodwin -- The hormonally-charged Tastee Kreme waitress is dressed to thrill and serving up plenty of attitude along with Aunt Pearl's prize-winning potato salad at the reunion.
Allan Lueck
 Some of the characters played by Allan Lueck include:
Arles Struvie -- As Thurston's co-host, Arles finds himself away from the station for much of this show having been bitten by the love bug. Bertha Bumiller is the object of his affection, however, wedding plans turn sour when he and Bertha argue over honeymoon destinations. She is determined to go to the Passion Play in Eureka Springs, Arkansas while Arles is bent on the Rattlesnake Roundup in Sweetwater. Will love prevail?
Didi Snavely -- Didi is still providing quality used weapons to Tuna residents in pursuit of becoming Tuna's Homecoming Reunion Queen. (She is sponsored by Didi's Used Weapons, naturally.) Her raging hormones have prompted her to enroll in a single-adults-only Sunday school class, now that she has only one more day before R.R. is pronounced legally dead and the divorce is final. (R.R. mysteriously left on board a UFO.)
Petey Fisk -- Tuna's champion of the animal kingdom has found a new cause in protesting the upcoming Varmint, Critter and Pest Fest. Petey's stand against this event is given spotlight coverage at the Reunion when he spends five hours in a Plexiglas hut with 50 live scorpions.
Stanley Bumiller -- Stanley has become the object of everyone's admiration having left Tuna to become a successful spray-paint taxidermy artist in Albuquerque. His prosperity does not divert attention from the long arm of the law as Sheriff Givens continues to try to catch Stanley in the act of something illegal.
Charlene Bumiller -- Now that she has gotten over her crush on Joe Bob Lipsey, Charlene has even bigger worries on the horizon. In her present state, she continues to have scathing remarks for her mother -- especially on an empty stomach!
Vera Carp -- Tuna's richest citizen has devoted much of her time to the newly-formed Prayer Posse which has rewritten the lyrics to some popular church hymns. Vera is sponsored by First Farmers United Fidelity Equity Bank in her bid for Tuna's Reunion Queen Contest and is still unwavering in her devotion to the Baptist faith, despite constant aggravations by her domestic help named Lupe.
Helen Bedd -- The hormonally-charged Tastee Kreme waitress is dressed to thrill and serving up plenty of attitude along with Aunt Pearl's prize-winning potato salad at the reunion.
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