 Greater
Tuna - set and production photos by David Granath
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Department of Fine
Arts
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Francis Marion University Theatre's final mainstage production of the
2009-2010 season
will be Greater
Tuna. "Greater Tuna" is the hilarious comedy about Texas' third smallest town, where the Lion's Club is too liberal and Patsy Cline never dies. Tuna is redneck America, and it's as clever as it is entertaining. The play is set in Tuna, a mythical small town in West Texas, where everyone listens to Radio OKKK, all 275 watts of it. Topping the headlines is the winning entry in the American Heritage Essay Contest, entitled: "Human Rights, Why Bother?" Tuna's residents include a variety of eccentrics, bigots, and oddballs . There's Aunt Pearl, who poisons the town's stray dogs; Vera Carp, the richest woman in town and vice president of the Smut Snatchers club, and Didi Snavely, a gun shop owner, who decorates her Christmas tree with hand grenades. "Howlingly funny...clever...entertaining...kind of a small-scale Peyton Place with a bigoted accent...hilarious...sort of a a SPOON RIVER ANTHOLOGY with a Texas drawl." -- Variety "...paints a wickedly amusing panorama of conservative mores...it's a great show." -- Washington Post "The jokes are...broad, but...quite sharp, too, there is real satire...comedy...enjoyable." -- The New Yorker |
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The cast of 17 was selected during
auditions open to all interested students regardless of major or
experience. Assistant Director – Holly Coleman Stage Manager - Paullet Weaver Scenic and Lighting Design - D. C. Granath Costume Design - A. M Kiker RESERVATIONS for Greater Tuna may be made beginning April 6 by calling the box office at 661-1365. The box office will be open to reserve seats Monday through Friday from 1 pm to 5 pm. All tickets are free to the public. Curtain is at 7:30. The Francis Marion University Theatre's 2009-2010 season's fall production was Buried Child by Sam Shepard, directed by Dawn Larsen. The winter production was Eleemosynary by Lee Blessing, directed by Keith Best. For additional information contact Mr. Gourley in FAC 224, 661-1538, agourley@fmarion.edu. Interested in working "behind the scenes"? Contact Mr. Granath in FAC 222, 661-1536, dgranath@fmarion.edu. |
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 Director
Gourley blocking cast in rehearsal - photo courtesy Matthew
Baker
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