Charlie and I love watching unique Holiday Movies. This year we may visit The Downtown Cowtown at the Isis Theater to watch JASTON WILLIAMS’ ALL NEW SHOW BLOOD AND HOLLY – A CHRISTMAS WEST OF PECOS . Would you like to join Charlie and I and we could have dinner in the Stockyards and do our Christmas Shopping.
JASTON WILLIAMS’ ALL NEW SHOW BLOOD AND HOLLY – A CHRISTMAS WEST OF PECOS MAKES It’s Fort Worth DEBUT AT The Downtown Cowtown at the Isis Theatre
WHEN: December 10th and 11th 2021 at 7:30pm
WHERE: Downtown Cowtown at the Isis Theatre 2401 N Main Street, Fort Worth, TX 76164
TICKETS: all seats are $35. Available now at
Fort Worth, TEXAS – Downtown Cowtown at the Isis Theatre presents Blood and Holly, a hysterical Holiday performance based on his own life experiences by Greater Tuna’s Jaston Williams. Limited two-show engagement December 10th and 11th 2021 at 7:30pm. Tickets are on sale now and will be available at or by visiting the Box Office at 2401 N Main Street Sunday-Saturday 11am-11pm.
In his new solo show, Blood and Holly, Jaston Williams remembers his childhood Christmas celebrations as being an odd mix of Babes in Toyland with occasional detours through Franco’s Spain. Meet the two elderly Texan sisters minus all their eyebrows, the members of the Hugger family whose Christmas list includes everything from rubber knives for the kids to new teeth for Grandma and spend Christmas Eve, in a local bar, in the company of a delightfully merry gentleman. Known as the co-creator of the Greater Tuna plays, Jaston will have you in stitches. Get your holidays off to a “grand” start with Williams’ performance in the Fort Worth Premiere of his original Blood and Holly – Christmas West of the Pecos production.
Written and performed by Jaston Williams. Directed by Kristen Rogers. Lighting design by Luke Moyer. Costume Design by Susan Branch Towne. Sound design by Ken Huncovsky. Wig Design by Willa Kaye Warren. Produced and General Management by Kevin Bailey/MB Artists.
Jaston Williams is the author and co-actor of the two-person Greater Tuna plays, Greater Tuna, A Tuna Christmas, Red, White and Tuna and Tuna Does Vegas. All four played across the U.S. for over thirty years, with stops off and on Broadway and in such venues as the Kennedy Center, Ford’s Theatre, The Alley Theatre in Houston, Pasadena Playhouse in L.A, American Conservatory Theatre in San Francisco, The American Spoleto Festival and as an official American entry to the Edinburgh Festival, as well as two command performances at the White House.
He also wrote the screenplay and performed in the Norman Lear H.B.O. version of Greater Tuna. The Tuna plays are still among the most produced scripts in America offered in the Samuel French catalogue and A Tuna Christmas was chosen for inclusion in Best Plays of 1995. In a forty-year career, he has performed in plays running the gamut from the avant-garde works of Eugène Ionesco to the joy of musical comedy.
For his solo work, Jaston was awarded the national Marquee Award for Outstanding Contribution to Historical Theatres. He is a seven-time nominee for the prestigious Helen Hayes Awards, which recognizes and celebrates excellence in professional theatre, a recipient of the L.A. Drama-Logue Award, and the San Francisco Bay Area Critics Award. He has also received the Texas Governor’s Award for Contribution to the Arts in Texas, and the Texas Medal of Arts. He holds an Outstanding Alumnus Award from Texas Tech University, where he is guest lecturer on the subject of playwriting.
Jaston’s post-Tuna career has featured a number of original performance pieces presented coast to coast and which range in subject matter from his father’s nervous breakdown the night the Beatles appeared on Ed Sullivan, to escaping down a rumbling Guatemalan volcano while being pursued by armed kidnappers, to showing up at a 1970s Renaissance Fair held at Dennis Hopper’s house, while wearing a chicken suit and passing himself off as Michelangelo. It’s been every kind of life but boring.
Jaston lives in Lockhart, Texas, which is well within the Austin sphere of influence, with his husband, Kevin, and their son, Song.
About Downtown Cowtown at the Isis Theatre
Located in the historic Fort Worth Stockyards, the newly renovated Downtown Cowtown at the Isis Theatre engages guests with a variety of unique, quality entertainment.
Formerly the New Isis Theatre, the venue originally opened in 1915 as a single screen movie Theatre featuring silent films with live piano accompaniment. After a fire in 1935, the Theatre was rebuilt into one of the largest movie screen Theatres in Fort Worth. The Theatre closed its doors in 1988 and the building sat vacant for 30+ years until its rebirth in 2021.
Now, Downtown Cowtown at the Historic Isis Theatre gives new, vibrant life to the space. This 500-seat multipurpose venue boasts a private event area, a family-friendly bar, movie concessions and a gift shop. Preserving 106 years of historical significance, the Theatre gives audiences an opportunity to revel in its unique character and artifacts that transport them back in time. Downtown Cowtown at the Isis Theatre strengthens its historic neighborhood by providing visitors one-of-a-kind experiences that entertain, inspire, and reflect the community. For additional information, visit call 817-808-6390, or follow on Facebook and Instagram.
Thank you,
Glenda, Charlie and David Cates
