CityRep Makes It 'A TUNA CHRISTMAS' 11/20 - 12/6

Oklahoma City Repertory Theatre (CityRep) presents the rollicking, two-man tour de force, A TUNA CHRISTMAS by Jaston Williams, Joe Sears and Ed Howard. A TUNA CHRISTMAS is the sequel to the audience favorite GREATER TUNA, where we welcome beloved characters like Vera Carp and Aunt Pearl Burris, and meet several new ones-including Inita Goodwin and Helen Bedd, who wait tables and cover the drive-thru at the local Tastee Kreme. Radio OKKK news personalities Thurston Wheelis and Arles Struvie are there to reintroduce us to all the denizens in the third-smallest town in Texas.

Starring in the CityRep production are Oklahoma City and CityRep favorites Jonathan Beck Reed, both of whom have won awards and delighted audiences for previous incarnations of the Tuna, Texas characters. Last season, we completely sold out the original run of the production, as well as added performances. Therefore we strongly urge theatergoers to reserve NOW for this production.

CityRep Artistic Associate Michael Jones directed the production, which will be restaged by CityRep Production Stage Manager Steve Emerson. Set and Lighting Design is by Don Childs, Costume Design by Jane Childs, Sound Design by Will Burns, and Properties Design by Josh Cain.

A TUNA CHRISTMAS will play in the CitySpace Theatre at the Civic Center Music Hall at 201 N. Walker in downtown Oklahoma City. Previews begin on Friday, November 20 at 8:00 pm, with a matinee preview on Saturday, November 21 at 4:00 pm. The Opening Night is Saturday, November 21 at 8:00 pm and the production runs for sixteen performances through Sunday, December 13, closing with a 2pm Matinee performance on that day.

Tickets are $8 (Student Rush Tickets), $15 (groups of ten or more), $25 (matinees) and $30 (evening performances), and may be purchased by calling the CityRep Ticket Hotline at 405-848-3761, the Civic Center Music Hall Box Office at 1.800.364.7111 or 405.297.2264. Ticket may be purchased online through the CityRep website at www.cityrep.com, or through the Civic Center Music Hall Box Office website at www.okcciviccenter.org. A TUNA CHRISTMAS is supported by Production Sponsors Richard P. Dulaney, Barney & Virginia Brown, and by Season Sponsors the Oklahoma Arts Council, and the National Endowment for the Arts.

PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE:

Friday, November 20, 2009 8:00 pm Preview Performance
Saturday, November 21, 2009 4:00 pm Matinee Preview
Saturday, November 21, 2009 8:00 pm Opening Night Performance
Sunday, November 22, 2008 2:00 pm Matinee Performance

Performances continue on the following schedule:

Friday, November 27, December 4 and 11 8:00 pm
Saturday, November 28, December 5 and 12 4:00 pm
Saturday, November 28, December 5 and 12 8:00 pm
Sunday, November 29, December 6 and 13 2:00 pm

CityRep (Oklahoma City Repertory Theatre), under the leadership of Artistic Director Donald Jordan, is one of only two Equity professional theatre companies in the state of Oklahoma, and as such provides a vital servIce To our community by presenting programming that is reflected in major arts communities around the country-and to our Oklahoma professional theatre artists by providing an Oklahoma venue for employment and an artistic home. CityRep operates under and agreement with Actors' Equity Association, the union of professional actors and stage managers in the United States.