Gettysburg Stage Presents Red, White and Tuna

Following the successful staging of Greater Tuna in 2010, Gettysburg Stage returns to the third smallest town in Texas, with the highly anticipated follow-up, Red, White and Tuna.

It's the Fourth of July in Tuna, and fireworks are set to fly at the Tuna High School Reunion. Social maven Vera Carp has all but tied up the Reunion Queen crown, but used gun store owner Didi Snavely and chicken farmer Pearl Burras have another idea in store. Joe Bob Lipsey, Tuna Little Theatre's artistic director, is suicidal as usual, and with Didi's help, this just may be the day he ends it all! Recently widowed Bertha Bumiller's impending wedding to local celebrity and radio personality Arles Struvie is tittering on collapse, and her delinquent son Stanley has returned home seeking revenge. Tuna Humane Society president Petey Fisk is campaigning for equal rights for rattlesnakes and scorpions, and Didi's estranged husband R.R. has been spotted around town exhibiting bizarre mystical powers. All in all, it's just another typical day in Tuna, where the Lion's Club is too liberal and Patsy Cline never dies.

Portraying all twenty characters, Jeb Beard and Ryyn Currey will once again take the audience on side-splitting ride into the hearts and minds of polyester-clad citizens of Tuna, some familiar, some new. "Last year's production of Greater Tuna was a big success," says director Rebecca O'Leary. "It stretched Jeb and Ryyn's considerable talents, and we couldn't wait to take on the denizens of Tuna once again, in REd White and Tuna."

Performances of Red, White and Tuna are at the GAR Building at 53 East Middle Street, Gettysburg at 8pm on Saturday, June 18th and 24th, and at 2pm on Sunday, June 19th and 26th. To request reservations, or for group bookings of ten or more, please email info@gettysburgstage.org or phone (717) 638-8799. General Admission is $15, and $12 for students, seniors and military personnel.

Gettysburg Stage is a volunteer-based, non-profit theatre company that seeks to offer innovative theatrical experiences for regional audiences, actors and directors.

 

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