Greater Tuna

By Jaston Williams, Ed Howard, and Joe Sears

Directed by: Lance Duddleston

Performances:
Jun. 5, 6, 7(m, cc), 11, 12(cc), 13

*(m) matinee performances

*(cc) Closed Captioning available by Cue Captions

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About the Show

What do Arles Struvie, Thurston Wheelis, Aunt Pearl, Petey Fisk, Phineas Blye, and Rev. Spikes have in common? In this hilarious send-up of small-town morals and mores, they are all among the upstanding citizens of Tuna, Texas’ third-smallest town.

Cast of Characters

Thurston Wheelis

folksy radio host

Elmer Watkins

head of Klan 249

Bertha Bumiller

beleaguered housewife

Yippy

half rat-terrier, half chihuahua

Leonard Childers

radio station owner and talk-show host

Pearl Burras

chicken farmer known for poisoning dogs

R.R. Snavely

drunken UFOlogist

Rev. Spikes

cliche spouting preacher

Sheriff Givens

clueless long arm of the law

Hank Bullimer

Bertha's philandering husband

Arles Struvie

wise cracking radio host

Didi Snavely

owner of Didi's Used Weapons

Harold Dean Lattimer

the weatherman

Petey Fisk

the one-man Greater Tuna Humane Society

Jody Bumiller

Bertha's youngest son who collects stray dogs

Stanley Bumiller

Bertha's other son, a reform school graduate

Charlene Bumiller

Stanley's twin sister, a cheerleader reject

Chad Hartford

a reporter from Houston

Phinas Blye

a near-sighted perennial political candidate

Vera Carp

society matron and vice-president of the Smut Snatchers of the New Order

2026:
Jun. 5, 6, 7(m, cc), 11, 12(cc), 13