A Tuna Christmas
by Jaston Williams, Joe Sears, and Ed Howard
Directed by Roy Steinberg
November 15th – December 30th
Wednesday – Saturday at 7 PM
Sunday at 3 PM
“A unique Yuletide tale full of laughter, heart, and a whole lot of shenanigans.”
– DC Theater Arts
Spend the holidays in the fictional town of Tuna, Texas! With twenty-two different characters, dozens of costume changes, and just two actors, this play is a fun-filled, satirical look inside the workings of a small town at Christmas. Narrated by Arles and Thurston who keep you up on all the local news from their 275-watt radio station, it follows the Yuletide festivities of the delightfully eccentric cast of characters in the third smallest town in Texas.
Special Show Dates:
- Wednesday, November 15: Preview Night with discounted tickets
- Thursday, November 16: Opening Night with Post-Show Party
- Friday, December 1: Best Value Night – All tickets available at the best value price of $35
- Saturday, December 2: Special Matinee Show at 2 pm, before the West Cape May Christmas Parade
- Sunday, December 17: Pay-What-You-Wish Rush tickets – All available tickets on the day of the performance can be purchased at the box office for whatever price you wish to pay. Starts one hour before curtain, cash only.
Age Guide: 16+
Running Time: 2 hours, including an intermission
Advisory: This play contains adult language and mature content themes.
“The hilarity never lets up and the result is a magical Christmas experience with a sweet sense of nostalgia.”
– TheaterMania (2021)
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Ed Howard (playwright) is the co-author of the plays Greater Tuna, A Tuna Christmas, Red, White and Tuna, and Tuna Does Vegas, all published by Samuel French. He also co-authored Splendora, based on the novel by Edward Swift, and book and lyrics of the musicals The Body Snatchers and Boy Problems. He is presently at work on the play The Landscaper, about a conservative cul-de-sac neighborhood and a mysterious immigrant from Central America.
Howard is also the author of The Summer of Daisy Fay and The Glory Getter, both based on Daisy Fay and the Miracle Man, the first novel by Fanny Flagg; Hamlet, Texas, a modern day retelling of Shakespeare’s Hamlet set in West Texas on the ranch of an oil tycoon; and book and lyrics for The Tempest Tossed, a musical comedy spoof of the The Tempest featuring Shakespeare and the Muses.
Over the last thirty-plus years, Howard has directed Tuna co-authors and stars Joe Sears and Jaston Williams and other stars, including Oscar nominee John Hawkes and Oscar, Emmy and Tony winner Michael Jeters, in national tours of the Tuna plays. Off-Broadway, he directed Greater Tuna and on Broadway, A Tuna Christmas. Off-Off-Broadway, he directed Laughing Stock by Romulus Lenny, starring Frances Sternhagan and Jane Connell, which was selected by Time magazine as one of the top ten plays of 1984.
The Tuna plays were awarded the Los Angeles Dramalogue award, the San Francisco Bay Area Critics Award, and received Helen Hayes Award nominations. After its critically acclaimed Broadway début, A Tuna Christmas was published in Best Plays of 1995 and garnered Mr. Sears a Tony nomination.
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