Podcasts about Greater Tuna

Season 3: Episode 41 - Love LockhartWelcome back to 78644 Podcast! In this episode host Steven Collins, takes us through a night of live music, heartfelt love stories, and the creative spirit of Lockhart. We experience the energy of Arts & Crafts Open Mic Night, hear touching “How We Met” stories, and highlight incredible local talent, including Voxtrot and Nam Joti Kaur Khalsa, with beautiful artwork displayed at the Commerce Gallery. Plus, we get an exclusive chat with Jaston Williams, the legendary co-creator of Greater Tuna, as he prepares for his Paramount Theater performance.Guests in This Episode:Ben White (Paul) & Luke Langston (Reign the Barbarian) - Local musicians sharing their open mic experiences.Lew & Patti - Their “How We Met” love story.Voxtrot - Featured in this week's Local Tracks segment.Wendy & Ray - Another heartwarming love story.Nam Joti Kaur Khalsa - Artist spotlight on her broom-making and creative journey.Jaston Williams - Texas theater legend on his new show High Heels and Cowboy Boots at the Paramount Theater.What's Inside:The magic of Arts & Crafts Open Mic Night and its impact on the Lockhart music scene.Lew & Patti's love story, from a chance meeting to nearly 50 years of marriage.Local Tracks: Voxtrot and their influence on the indie rock scene.Wendy & Ray's journey from high school sweethearts to a 51-year marriage.Nam Joti Kaur Khalsa and the art of broom-making as a spiritual and artistic practice.Stunning artwork by local artists showcased at the Commerce Gallery.Jaston Williams on Greater Tuna, Texas humor, and his love for Lockhart's characters.Episode Breakdown: [01:19] - Open Mic Night experiences with Ben White (Paul) & Luke Langston (Reign the Barbarian)[06:04] - How We Met: Lew & Patti's five-decade love story for Valentine's Day[12:49] - Local Tracks: Voxtrot's music, influence, and Lockhart connection[17:06] - How We Met: Wendy & Ray's love, obstacles, and a hippie van[23:45] - Artist Spotlight: Nam Joti Kaur Khalsa on broom-making as art & spirituality [27:34] - Beautiful artwork of artists showcased at the Commerce Gallery [28:45] - Jaston Williams shares stories from his latest solo show High Heels & Cowboy Boots and the colorful journey of a life in the theaterFollow Our Guests:

Woodstock Fringe is presenting "Greater Tuna" at the Byrdcliffe Theatrein Woodstock, NY - opening tonight and running through September 8th.Meet Arles Struvie, Thurston Wheelis, Aunt Pearl, Petey Fisk, Phineas Blye and Rev. Spikes, just some of the upstanding citizens of Tuna, the third smallest town in Texas, where the Lion's Club is too liberal, and Patsy Cline never dies.

What do you do when you're a talented corporate type who is diagnosed with a crippling disease which might put you in a wheel-chair?If you're artist Janna Garza, you file for divorce after 18 years: "He wasn't the guy I wanted pushing me around".  But Kristi's long-time friend, who calls herself a "collector", and had moved from Texas into a plush corporate apartment in Chelsea, was about to discover her artistic side for real.It came about, as she says, through traveling, collecting vintage jewelry, fabrics, and oak treasures, watching people, and blogging about them.Now she has books - sometimes the design comes first, and sometimes the words. The latest is "Looks Familiar" - a spectacular collection of her haphazard, yet spectacularly accurate, portraits of often-familiar characters. She came to visit Liss'NKristi in July, amid the Texas storms, and while mascot Winslow was having a turn. website:https://www.jannagarza.com/https://www.facebook.com/jannajgarzahttps://www.instagram.com/janna.garzaSTORIES00:00 - Start00:11 - Winslow's tummy troubles00:53 - "Welcome Janna, to the house, my tit has popped out and there's dogshit everywhere"01:15 - The official introduction of Janna and her book "Looks Familiar"01:39 - "O.Henry meets Sex and the City"01:54 - "Kinda Tracey Ullman, visually you can see some Wes Anderson"02:29 - I borrow from photographers such as William Eggleston03:13 - "I did a one woman show, wrote plays, started this project in 2006"03:25 - "I got sick with a condition called "Polymyositis", a progressive muscle-wasting disease05:01 - In New York, working for a product company, 2013-1506:20 - "I couldn't get out of a chair"07:15 - "As strong women, we power through"09:20 - "Polymyositis was the best of the evils"10:34 - "Within a month of the diagnosis I filed for divorce"13:34 - Auto-immune protocol, awful meds, and my hair's falling out15:02 - "I started messing with wigs, and then it just kinda started"16:35 - Getting lost in Hobby Lobby19:10 - I wanted to photograph the visuals22:18 - American Savings and Loan23:44 - "I loved doing these characters. Sometimes the visual came first. Sometimes the story.24:59 - Western shirts and Dwight Yoakam26:42 - "I didn't start out to monetize it, practical wasn't on my radar"27:50 - "I was invited to display the art in a gallery - it didn't occur to me that anyone would buy it."31:21 - "I'd call it storytelling art"31:50 - The story of Bobby Broussard33:42 - Create to create35:23 - "I was a Chelsea Girl, but I've never been as home sick"36:15 - Janna's go-to advice

Join us this weekend in Lockhart, Texas, as we celebrate Texas Monthly's 14th anniversary of all things meat. To kick off the festivities on November 3rd, the first Friday of the month, we're hosting our very own live show titled "A Smoky Home Compadre: A Celebration of Tasty-Ness." But that's not all; we've also prepared a special 78644 Showcase for Saturday!In this episode we get a sample of the kind of music that will be on the main stage in Lockhart. We hear interviews and performance by Tomar Williams (Tomar & the Fcs), Shane Renfro (RF Shannon), Sean "Lou" Lewis (Rattlesnake Milk), and an exclusive interview with the versatile Jaston Williams, renowned for his contributions as a humorist, playwright, actor, director, producer, essayist, and novelist, especially in the iconic Greater Tuna quartet of plays. All because of BBQ! BBQ has a special way of bringing people together, and what BBQ Fest brings to our world, particularly in Lockhart, is its ability to amplify just how fascinating people can be, especially the people of Lockhart! So, grab your napkins and a cold beer because it's time for some delicious SMOKY MEATS!Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/78644/exclusive-content

Greater Tuna is a hysterical little show where 2 actors make up the whole town of Tuna, Texas. Each character plays about 10 different parts and is appropriate for all ages.

Greater Tuna is a hysterical little show where 2 actors make up the whole town of Tuna, Texas. Each character plays about 10 different parts and is appropriate for all ages.

On the Aug. 5 program Genevieve Randall and guests have lively conversations about: River City Theatre Organ Society's Concert; Tada Theatre's production of “Greater Tuna;" Merryman Center's Season announcement; Art in the Park Hastings; and Lincoln Calling: In The Parks. Also, Kwakiutl Dreher reviews "Hallelujah," poetry by Sarah McKinstry-Brown and cartoonist Jeff Koterba is selling his old cartoons at Gallery 72 in Omaha.

On the Aug. 5 program Genevieve Randall and guests have lively conversations about: River City Theatre Organ Society's Concert; Tada Theatre's production of “Greater Tuna;" Merryman Center's Season announcement; Art in the Park Hastings; and Lincoln Calling: In The Parks. Also, Kwakiutl Dreher reviews "Hallelujah," poetry by Sarah McKinstry-Brown and cartoonist Jeff Koterba is selling his old cartoons at Gallery 72 in Omaha.

Jaston Williams is an American humorist, playwright, actor, director, producer, essayist and novelist. He is best known as the co-author and co-actor of the Greater Tuna quartet of plays. Greater Tuna is the first in a series of four comedic plays (followed by A Tuna Christmas, Red, White and Tuna, and Tuna Does Vegas), are each set in the fictional town of Tuna, Texas, the "third-smallest" town in the state. In 1971, Williams left Texas Tech University and moved to San Antonio to begin his acting career, where he joined the "First Repertory Company in San Antonio." He gained footing in the industry with the Taos Magic Mirror Players and TransAct Theatre of Austin. Along the way, he collected material for volumes of plays, essays and other writings. One of his popular true-to-life stories featured in his one-man show, I'm Not Lying, is a counterculture experience involving Williams wearing a chicken suit and performing at a Renaissance Fair at Dennis Hopper's mansion in Taos. Williams' performances have played on and off Broadway at the Kennedy Center, the Edinburgh International Arts Festival, the Spoleto Festival U.S.A. and all over America. Jaston received the L.A. Dramalogue Award for both Greater Tuna and A Tuna Christmas. A Tuna Christmas was published in "Best Plays of 1995." For several years, he toured in Larry Shue's The Foreigner. He performed in The Fantasticks and directed the musical, Bad Girls Upset by The Truth. Jaston received the Texas Governor's Award for Outstanding Contribution to the Arts by a Native Texan, and has performed command performances at the White House on three occasions. He has appeared at the State Theatre in Eugene Ionesco's The Chairs and at Zachary Scott Theatre in Jay Preston Allen's Tru, for which he received the Austin Critics Table Award for Best Actor in a drama. He appeared at Zachary Scott Theatre in The Laramie Project. Awards and nominations In 2018, Williams received the national Marquee Award, a lifetime achievement award, from the League of Historic American Theatres. Williams has received five nominations for the Helen Hayes Award in Washington, D. C., the Los Angeles Drama-Logue Award for acting and writing, the San Francisco Bay Critics Award for acting and writing, He has also received the Distinguished Alumni Award at Texas Tech University (2015), the Texas Governor's Award for Outstanding Contribution to the Arts, and, along with Joe Sears, the first Paramount Theatre Marquee Walk of Fame Award. Jaston is the recipient of the 2013 Texas Medal of the Arts and has been inducted into the Buddy Holly Walk of Fame in Lubbock. ​ Jaston is the son of a West Texas farmer and a school teacher, (James P. Williams and Vivian Lindley), He was born in El Paso, Texas, and spent his first six years on a farm  between Valentine and Van Horn, Texas. His family moved to Olton, Texas, and then to  Crosbyton, where he graduated from Crosbyton High School. He attended San Jacinto College, Texas State University and Texas Tech University. Williams was married to his high school girlfriend, Larita Stephens from 1971 to1973, and they had one son, Patrick Shane Williams (b.May 9, 1971). Patrick died in an automobile accident on December 27, 1995.  Jaston's older brother, Corky Williams, was a cowboy poet, actor and writer. In an interview with the Washington Post, Williams reminisces about his late mother, "one of the toughest, funniest and occasionally meanest people I've ever known"; his brother, who "talks like Yosemite Sam"; his mother's best girlfriend, a pilot with emphysema who had to stop smoking for months every time she wanted to fly (something about the oxygen); and that lady's son,  a hairdresser who worked in the big city but regularly came back home and fixed all the women up with identical helmet hair ("you need it, what with that wind!"). In 2007, Williams married Dr. Kevin Mooney, a musicologist who teaches at Texas State University, and they have one son, Song Williams. “Here was a jazz musician who had never smoked weed, never been arrested,” Williams says of his husband, Kevin. “And I had never had a boyfriend who hadn't been on the Post Office wall.” But it worked out, and the two eventually adopted a 7-year-old Chinese boy with special needs. Song, 21, graduated from Lockhart (Texas) High School in 2019, lives with his fathers, and is the light of their lives. Williams says that they got the best child in China, out of millions.

Actor, Voice Director, Dancer, Paul Liberti (Encore_ The great Paul Liberti joins me on the show today. Paul currently teaches competitive classes in Los Angeles and New York City. He also teaches  Nationally for the SAG/AFTRA Foundation independently in Commercial Voiceover, Audio Book Narration, Video Game Character work, and Animation. Further, he teaches Accents for Actors – for Animation, Voice Actors, Film Actors, Broadway and London's West End Theater, and Regional Theater with recent shows like Disney's Frozen, USA Network – Falling Water, The National Theater's – One Night in Miami, Greater Tuna, Anastasia, My Fair Lady, Brigadoon. Paul also teaches annually to graduating University students from across the nation – Memphis, Western Michigan University, Oakland University, and many others. Paul has booked hundreds of voiceover spots and animated series including Pokémon, Blue's Clues, Noggin's, Pinky Dinky Doo, Saturday Night Live Cartoons, and Sesame Street. He is currently the voice of Curious George & the Man in the Yellow Hat www.curiousgeorge.com. He has narrated for Scholastic, Nickelodeon, Tavoli Entertainment and the Audie Award-winning series Goosebumps by R.L Stine. Mr. Liberti has also performed on Broadway, Broadway tours as well as film and TV, including The Daily Show, SNL TV's Funhouse, Showtime's Cartoon President, PBS, Nickelodeon, Showtime and more. A quick note to any actor listening to this podcast: You will get a master class in acting from Paul's thoughts on character creation, development, and performance.  In addition to being my teacher, he is also my friend. A gifted actor, dancer, teacher, and musician, Paul was kind enough to showcase his talents. He also gave his thoughts and wisdom so generously that I can't wait to have him on the show again as soon as possible! If you listen to the very end, you'll get a lovely surprise. It was glorious and fantastic as is the man himself! Do not wait! Find Paul and follow him on social media. You'll be so very glad you did. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt's Curious George Michael Bennett and his musicals on Facebook  Paul Liberti's VO Community: Voiceover Tuneup Paul's Facebook page   As a special bonus, because we talked about Paul's work and friendship with Jim Henson (and the Muppets), here's a photo of the Jim Henson and Kermit statue at the University of Maryland, College Park campus.

Town Square with Ernie Manouse airs at 3 p.m. CT. Tune in on 88.7FM, listen online or subscribe to the podcast. Join the discussion at 888-486-9677, questions@townsquaretalk.org or @townsquaretalk. Actor and playwright Jaston Williams took the traditions and characters of small-town Southern life to create a show that touched audiences for decades – even performing at the White House for former President George Bush and First Lady Barbara Bush. Williams is known for creating and performing the Greater Tuna shows set in the fictional town of Tuna, Texas. Plus, what is it about traditions and memories that bring us closer together, especially at this time of year? A sociologist from Rice University joins Town Square to talk about nostalgia during the holidays. Listeners shared their holiday memories, including Mary, who decided to create a new tradition this year. Guests Jaston Williams Actor and playwright Known for creating and performing the Greater Tuna shows with fellow actor Joe Sears His latest show is Blood and Holly - Christmas West of the Pecos Dr. Elaine Howard Ecklund Herbert S. Autrey Chair in Social Sciences Professor of Sociology Director of the Religion and Public Life Program at Rice University. Town Square with Ernie Manouse is a gathering space for the community to come together and discuss the day's most important and pressing issues. Audio from today's show will be available after 5 p.m. CT. We also offer a free podcast here, on iTunes, and other apps.

  Listen to the Show Right Click to Save GuestsGeorgetown Palace Theatre Greater TunaWhat We Talked AboutAnnie Live Hamilton will require Vax for Cast & Crew The Guardian.. We won’t bounce back Tina Turner in The RnR Hall of Fame Goodman’s Online Streaming Met opening and their unions Streaming Theatre Little Shop of Horrors Ann Reinking Documentary Dick Van Dyke Thank you to Dean Johanesen, lead singer of "The Human Condition" who gave us permission to use "Step Right Up" as our theme song, so please visit their website.. they're good! (that's an order)

Actor, Voice Director, Dancer, Paul Liberti The great Paul Liberti joins me on the show today. Paul currently teaches competitive classes in Los Angeles and New York City. He also teaches  Nationally for the SAG/AFTRA Foundation independently in Commercial Voiceover, Audio Book Narration, Video Game Character work, and Animation. Further, he teaches Accents for Actors - for Animation, Voice Actors, Film Actors, Broadway and London's West End Theater, and Regional Theater with recent shows like Disney's Frozen, USA Network - Falling Water, The National Theater's - One Night in Miami, Greater Tuna, Anastasia, My Fair Lady, Brigadoon. Paul also teaches annually to graduating University students from across the nation - Memphis, Western Michigan University, Oakland University, and many others. Paul has booked hundreds of voiceover spots and animated series including Pokémon, Blue's Clues, Noggin's, Pinky Dinky Doo, Saturday Night Live Cartoons, and Sesame Street. He is currently the voice of Curious George & the Man in the Yellow Hat www.curiousgeorge.com. He has narrated for Scholastic, Nickelodeon, Tavoli Entertainment and the Audie Award-winning series Goosebumps by R.L Stine. Mr. Liberti has also performed on Broadway, Broadway tours as well as film and TV, including The Daily Show, SNL TV's Funhouse, Showtime's Cartoon President, PBS, Nickelodeon, Showtime and more. A quick note to any actor listening to this podcast: You will get a master class in acting from Paul's thoughts on character creation, development, and performance.  In addition to being my teacher, he is also my friend. A gifted actor, dancer, teacher, and musician, Paul was kind enough to showcase his talents. He also gave his thoughts and wisdom so generously that I can't wait to have him on the show again as soon as possible! If you listen to the very end, you'll get a lovely surprise. It was glorious and fantastic as is the man himself! Do not wait! Find Paul and follow him on social media. You'll be so very glad you did. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt's Curious George Michael Bennett and his musicals on Facebook  Paul Liberti's VO Community: Voiceover Tuneup Paul's Facebook page   As a special bonus, because we talked about Paul's work and friendship with Jim Henson (and the Muppets), here's a photo of the Jim Henson and Kermit statue at the University of Maryland, College Park campus.

Hi! My name is Terry J. Aman and this installment marks my 62nd episode of "VideoFuzzy," my twice-monthly progress report on cataloging more than 2,800 VHS transfers and digital recordings. In this installment, titled "Everybody's Talking About How Bad This Is," I highlight "Masks in the Moonlight," a benefit I attended for the Bismarck Cancer Center, and recommend the cause to anyone able to help. I also discuss musical clips I've put together for past episodes, referencing television theme songs and so forth. With the potential for copyright infringement (none is or has ever been intended in this production), I'll be stepping away from including them in the future. My "Friday Night Feature" highlights a pivotal episode of "Mad Men." In the run-up to the second season finale, Don deals with separation from his family as the ad firm undergoes major developments in his absence. In "What I've Been Watching," Ralph and I attend a community theater production of "Greater Tuna," and the title reference, from the NBC series premiere of the Fran Drescher project "Indebted," that is, "Everybody's Talking About the Pilot." This was not a good show, but via "Golden Thread" extension from my "Cross Connections" discussion, I attempt to reconcile Steven Weber's role in that project and elsewhere in my collection, up to and including his significant role in Aaron Sorkin's "Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip," which I've identified as one of the mystical centers of my media collection. In my VHS-to-DVD "Classic Collection," I celebrate the debut of Kristin Chenoweth as Annabeth Schott in the sixth season of Aaron Sorkin's "The West Wing," the fourth episode, titled "Liftoff," with possible comic references to "Noises Off!" In my direct-to-DVD "Current Collection," I discuss "Supernatural," the run-up to the 12th season finale of "Doctor Who," the third season of "Sherlock," the run-up to the 18th season finale of "Project Runway," the "Bad Tina" episode of "Bob's Burgers" and connections with "Parks and Recreation," premieres of USA shows "The Sinner" and "Briarpatch" and Aaron Paul rocked in the Netflix production "El Camino" (2019). And in VideoFuzzy at the Movies, "Birds of Prey, and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn" was awesome!

Listeners might only hear three voices in a podcast featuring the cast and director of “A Tuna Christmas,” but the Arkansas Public Theatre comedy — a sequel to “Greater Tuna” — has 22 characters, a score of costume and wig changes, lots of Christmas trees and a great big dollop of holiday heart. Meet Tanner Pittman, Chad Cox and director Joseph Farmer, who bring to life the denizens of the tiny town of Tuna, Texas, as they chat with Features Editor Becca Martin-Brown. ------------ FAQ ‘A Tuna Christmas’ WHEN — 8 p.m. Dec. 13-14; 2 p.m. Dec. 15; again Dec. 19-22 WHERE — Arkansas Public Theatre at the Victory in Rogers COST — $30-$36 INFO — 631-8988 or arkansaspublictheatre.org

Hometown Radio 08/07/19 3p: Learn about "Greater Tuna," the new production from SLO Repertory Theatre

Interview with Bryant Bentley (actor) and Irene Wade (show host) to discuss his LA movie premiere for The Public (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HF2NOf3EkgE), upcoming showings of All or Nothin' (www.allornothinmovie.com) and other projects.Bryant Louis Bentleyhas traveled the country acting in theatrical performances. His theater creditsinclude Willie in Master Harold and theBoys (Clarence Brown Theater); Jackie Robinson in Most Valuable Player (Indiana Repertory Theater); Walter Lee in A Raisin in the Sun (Wright StateUniversity); Ceasar Wilkers in August Wilson’s Gem of the Ocean (Human Race Theater); Booth in Topdog/Underdog (Phoenix Theater); Levee Green in Ma’Rainey’s Black Bottom; Junior in Between Riverside and Crazy and Gabriel in Fences.He has also appeared in productions like Jitney,Two Trains Running, The Exonerated, Five Guys Named Moe, Greater Tuna,Cinderella, Blues for an Alabama Sky, and Plenty of Time.  Bryant has receivednumerous awards including the Central Ohio Theater’s Critics 14th Annual Pollfor Seasonal Achievement Best Actor Award for his portrayal of Boy Willie inAugust Wilson’s The Piano Lesson(CATCO Theater). Bryant completed his third reprisal role of Boy Willie at thePortland Playhouse Theater. The production was recognized as number one in theTop Ten Best Theater in Portland.

Trena Bolden Fields interviews actor award winning actor Christopher (Chiz) Chisholm about his energy and career as an actor.   Christopher Chisholm is an award winning actor who graduated Magna Cum Laude from the University of Miami with a BFA in Theatre. Mr. Chisholm’s scores of Theatre Credits range from Broadway to Hollywood including regional and repertory theatres across the country and around the globe. Christopher was also a host for E! Entertainment Television where he covered Hollywood News and Events, conducted hundreds of celebrity interviews and hosted E!’s television coverage of the Academy Awards, Emmy Awards, Grammy Awards and The Golden Globes.   Christopher is thrilled to be doing the 30th Anniversary Production of Greater Tuna at The Pelican Playhouse in Miami this fall.

Previews of two summer comedies that open on Thursday, 6/4: Snack at Orlando Shakespeare Theatre - it's a production of PB&J Theatre Factory; and Greater Tuna at UCF, with faculty member Mark Brotherton and guest artist David Moore. Both shows run through June 14.

In midtown NYC, went to bed at 9pm and got woken up by my roomates at 2am and couldn't go back to sleep. From 2-6:30am I worked on projects. Sign up for Drowsey Chaperone audition at Telsey Casting, talking to girl about podcasting, first time using my EMC card, went to Chelsea studios signed up for CATS audition (#141) at 9:30am, did the Chaperone audition, then to the Greater Tuna audition, they didn't like my improvised monologue, walking to CATS audition.