Pearl Burras - Aunt to Bertha, who is, as Petey Fisk claims, addicted to killing dogs (in the play, called canicidal thumbitus).Bertha Bumiller - wife of Hank and mother to Jody, Stanley, and Charlene member of the Smut Snatchers of the New Order.Harold Dean Lattimer- OKKK's weatherman.Phinas Blye- A politician from Indiana who runs for City Council every election.Chad Hartford- A reporter from Houston who comes to interview Bertha.Arles Struvie - A disc jockey at radio station OKKK.Didi Snavely - Owner of Didi's Used Weapons ("If we can't kill it, it's immortal").Petey Fisk - Employee of the Greater Tuna Humane Society.Vera Carp - Town snob and vice president of the Smut-Snatchers of the New Order.Stanley Bumiller - fresh from reform school twin to Charlene.Jody Bumiller - Youngest child of Bertha Bumiller, followed constantly by "eight to ten dogs".Charlene Bumiller - Daughter of Hank and Bertha Bumiller, and sister to Stanley and Jody.Partial cast of characters Performed by Williams A videotaped performance of Greater Tuna (but not the Lear HBO production) is available on VHS and DVD. Bush and Barbara Bush.Īccording to the play's official web site, by 1985, Greater Tuna was the most-produced play in the United States. Sears and Williams did command performances of both Greater Tuna and A Tuna Christmas at the White House for President George H. Rare VHS taped copies have been sold on eBay in excess of $100. However, due to copyright conflicts between Embassy Television and the original copyright claimants (Joe Sears, Jaston Williams & Ed Howard) the broadcast was limited to only 3 months in 1984. Williams and Sears regularly tour the country to perform all four plays, with Howard directing.Īn HBO Special of Greater Tuna, produced by Embassy Television and Norman Lear, was aired in 1984. Duggan produced national tours of "Greater Tuna", "A Tuna Christmas" and "Red, White & Tuna" for twenty-six years. Vincent Summer Theatre produced the play in 2000, and No Name Players produced it in 2002. Greater Tuna debuted in Austin, Texas, in the fall of 1981, and had its off-Broadway premiere in 1982. The plays are notable in that two men play the entire cast of over twenty eccentric characters of both genders and various ages. Of the four plays, Greater Tuna is the darkest in tone, as it follows the news of the death (and possible murder) of Judge Buckner. The plays are at once an affectionate comment on small-town, Southern life and attitudes but also a withering satire of same.
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The series was written by Jaston Williams, Joe Sears, and Ed Howard. Greater Tuna is the first in a series of four comedic plays (followed by A Tuna Christmas, Red, White and Tuna, and Tuna Does Vegas), each set in the fictional town of Tuna, Texas, the "third-smallest" town in the state. Jaston Williams, Joe Sears, and Ed HowardĪ Tuna Christmas, Red, White and Tuna, and Tuna Does Vegas Jaston Williams and Joe Sears as Vera Carp & Pearl Burras, 2009
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