Who's Who in Tuna

By Robert Faires, Fri., April 12, 2002

The three Tuna plays feature a total of 29 citizens of Tuna (Tuners? Tunites? Tunanians?), along with three non-human characters: a dog, an extraterrestrial, and a reporter from Houston. Here are a few snapshots from the municipal memory book, identifying each character and the parts of the Tuna Trilogy in which he or she appears. GT: Greater Tuna; ATC: A Tuna Christmas; RWT: Red, White, and Tuna

Not pictured: Phinas Blye (GT), Jody Bumiller (GT, ATC), Farley Burkhalter (ATC, RWT), Phoebe Burkhalter (ATC,RWT), Leonard Childers (GT, ATC, RWT), Dixie Deberry (ATC), Sheriff Givens (GT, ATC), Chad Hartford (GT), Harold Dean Lattimer (GT), Joe Bob Lipsey (ATC, RWT), Garland Poteet (ATC, RWT), Ike Thompson (ATC), Elmer Watkins (GT, ATC, RWT), Yippy (GT), and Zerk Zerk (RWT)

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