Last night, we had our first rehearsal for TUNA CHRISTMAS. It's a small group - just the two actors (Mike Harrell and David Odom) along with Stage Manager Doug Hart and myself. It was good to get back into the rehearsal room and get back to work on directing - I have not directed a show since LES MISERABLES opened in February 2009. Of course, I'm going to be directing four shows in a row - TUNA, CHRISTMAS CAROL, the opening 2010 musical and the spring 2010 Yucca musical - so I am pretty much going to be in rehearsals and performances until late April 2010.
Working on TUNA CHRISTMAS is going to be fun for both myself and the actors. If you're familiar with GREATER TUNA, you understand the basic premise of the show - two guys play all of the people in Tuna, Texas. The original (GREATER TUNA) introduced you to these characters, and we had a tremendous run of this show in Mabee Theatre II in 2001. The guys who wrote the show live and perform in Texas, and have always restricted the rights to perform this show in their home state - in other words, for years you could do this show in 49 states - just not in Texas. They have actually written and are now performing a fourth version of the show based on Las Vegas, so I guess they released the rights to TUNA CHRISTMAS in Texas.
I will try to blog more now that I am in rehearsals and keep you updated on our progress. Opening night for the show is Friday, October 24, 2009.
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