“A Tuna Christmas” isn’t your typical Christmas show.

Most are about peace and goodwill. Betty Baute said she doesn’t think there’s a peaceful person or any goodwill to be found in Tuna, Texas.

“This show was written in the 1980s and first took the stage in 1989 and when people started to become offended about things,” she said. “We will offend everyone and anyone, and this isn’t for the faint of heart when it comes to being offended.”

Actors Community Theatre of Seymour also isn’t making this a typical production of “A Tuna Christmas.”

The show usually features two men combining to portray more than 20 characters. In ACTS’ production, two women combine to play 22 characters.

“I directed this show before, and it’s absolutely hilarious,” said Baute, who is directing the ACTS show, which is set for 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, 7:30 p.m. Dec. 16 and 17 and 2 p.m. Dec. 18 in Suite 208 at Shops at Seymour.

In the 2013 production by Jackson County Community Theatre that Baute directed, Matt Nieman and Greg Simons were the actors.

“When I did this show the first time, it was an absolute hoot, and it was so funny,” Baute said. “That was the first time Greg was onstage in this area. He had moved here. He auditioned and he just blew everybody’s socks off.”

The turnout, however, wasn’t very good due to ice storms both weekends.

Since then, Baute has wanted to direct the show locally again, and she’s hoping for better weather so there can be a better turnout this time around.

Written by Ed Howard, Joe Sears and Jaston Williams, “A Tuna Christmas” is a comedy set in the fictional town of Tuna, which is billed as the third-smallest town in Texas. The audience will barely realize the quirky characters who appear onstage are all played by two actors in the fast-paced scenes.

The plot centers on the town’s annual Christmas yard display contest, which has been won for the past 14 years by citizen Vera Carp. She is determined to win again this year and retire the trophy; however, mayhem is in the works.

Someone objects to the Carp dynasty. A mysterious “Christmas phantom” is vandalizing the yard displays, which has the contestants on edge. As the events unfold, the other characters are introduced.

For the ACTS show, the actors are Elyse McGill and Kat Baute.

“There’s nothing that said you can’t cast two women, so that’s what I did this time,” Betty said. “I’ve probably got my two most versatile actresses that I’ve worked with over here. I think either one of those could play anything.”

Kat said the show is a satire of small town life in the south and includes a little bit of everybody, from kids to her generation to older folks.

“You see people in different positions throughout the town, so we’ve got the sheriff comes in, we’ve got a construction worker, we’ve got some small business owners, we’ve got a pair of diner waitresses,” she said. “Just folks from all sorts of different places throughout the town, just how they are comfortable with each other. Each person has their own quirks, but everybody is comfortable with each other.”

Everybody knows everybody and knows everybody’s business, McGill said.

“A Tuna Christmas” is one of four shows based around Tuna, Texas, done by the three playwrights. McGill said she was more familiar with the other three shows.

“I was just approached about it, and I always am the one that’s like, ‘Aw, men get all of the good parts,’ and then (Betty) was like, ‘I want to do it with two women,’ and I was like, ‘Sold,’” McGill said.

The director and actors are excited about presenting the show the next two weekends.

“I was just excited for a chance to do something different,” Kat said. “It ended up being a little more than what I anticipated having to memorize half a show, but ultimately, it has been a lot of fun to get into each of the characters and everything and just figure out each different voice to go with it.”

McGill said they each have 400 lines plus monologues.

“We recommend this for mature audiences because the language is more blue than Christmas red and green,” Betty said. “I think this will really just add a new or a different light to the Christmas holiday shows.”