A TUNA CHRISTMAS

Description

River Falls Community Theatre presents ?A Tuna Christmas? by Jaston Williams, Joe Sears, and Ed Howard. Set the fictional town of Tuna, Texas, the "third-smallest" town in the state, it is are an affectionate comment on small-town, Southern life and attitudes but also a withering satire of same. The plot centers on the town's annual Christmas Yard Display Contest, won 14 times in a row by Vera Carp. A mysterious "Christmas Phantom," known for vandalizing yard displays, threatens to throw the contest into turmoil. Among the subplots are Stanley Bumiller's attempts to end his probation and leave Tuna, Bertha Bumiller's trying to hold her family together at Christmastime, and Joe Bob Lipsey's struggle to mount successfully his production of A Christmas Carol despite numerous vexations and obstacles. The twenty-two characters in the show are all played by Paul McMillan and Duane Werner. Performances will be held Thursday through Saturday, December 13, 14, 15 at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, December 16 at 2 p.m. in the lower level of the River Falls Public Library, 140 Union Street. Tickets are $10, and will be available in advance at Lighthouse Coffee or at the door.