It’s said that laughter is the best form of medicine – and that may be especially true this holiday season as Limelight Theater in Gilroy presents a special comedy to raise money for Parkinson’s disease.
Laugh with the lovable redneck characters of the famous satire “A Tuna Christmas” this holiday season, a two-man show that focuses on the lives of people in the redneck town of Tuna, TX, and Limelight will donate $7 on every ticket to the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s.
The play is directed by Steve and Kae Jenny-Spencer, theater veterans who have been actively raising money for the Michael J. Fox foundation ever since Steve was diagnosed with Parkinson’s in 2005.
Kevin Heath, Gilroy Art Alliance director who stars in the play along with Bill Tindall of Morgan Hill, said reservations for the play are already filling up.
“For the first time as a theater, I’m looking at this and thinking we’ll have a full house every night,” Heath said.
Heath and Tindall play 11 characters each. Heath said the show retains a high level of energy with lightning fast costume changes and surprising character switches.
“I play everything from a 10-year-old boy to an 85-year-old woman,” Heath said.
As usual, guests are welcome to come early to the performance and bring dinner or snacks and mingle with their friends.
“We are the only theater we know of in a 100-mile radius that allows people to bring dinner to the show. We love that people can come in, relax, talk with their friends before the play begins. It creates such a positive mood in the theater so people can laugh together, or sometimes cry together, throughout the play,” he said.
Limelight will also be holding raffles at each show for gift cards to local restaurants, wineries, vacation homes, and professional portrait packages.
“A Tuna Christmas” opened Nov. 16. Performances are scheduled for Nov. 23, 24, 25, 30, and Dec. 1, 2, 6, 7 and 8. Tickets are $25, and reservations are recommended. For showing times, visit limelightactorstheater.com.
