David Sedaris Returns to Playhouse Square TOnight

David Sedaris makes his return to Playhouse Square tonight, October 24, bringing his sardonic wit and incisive social critiques to the Connor Palace stage. Follow Playhouse Square on Facebook (www.facebook.com/playhousesquare) for your chance to access the ticket presale prior to the public on sale.

David Sedaris is the author of Barrel Fever and Holidays on Ice, as well as collections of personal essays, Naked, Me Talk Pretty One Day, Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim, When You Are Engulfed in Flames, and his most recent book, Let's Explore Diabetes with Owls, each of which became an immediate bestseller. The audio version of Let's Explore Diabetes With Owls is a 56th Annual GRAMMY Awards Nominee for Best Spoken Word Album. He is the author of the New York Times-bestselling collection of fables entitled Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk: A Modest Bestiary (with illustrations by Ian Falconer). He was also the editor of Children Playing Before a Statue of Hercules: An Anthology of Outstanding Stories. Sedaris's pieces appear regularly in The New Yorker and have twice been included in "The Best American Essays." There are a total of ten million copies of his books in print and they have been translated into 29 languages.

He and his sister, Amy Sedaris, have collaborated under the name "The Talent Family" and have written half-a-dozen plays, which have been produced at La Mama, Lincoln Center, and The Drama Department in New York City. These plays include Stump the Host, Stitches, One Woman Shoe, which received an Obie Award, Incident at Cobbler's Knob, and The Book of Liz, which was published in book form by Dramatists Play Service. David Sedaris's original radio pieces can often be heard on public radio's This American Life. David Sedaris has been nominated for three GRAMMY Awards for Best Spoken Word and Best Comedy Album. A feature film adaptation of his story C.O.G. was released after a premier at the Sundance Film Festival (2013).

Tickets are on sale Friday, June 26 at 11am for DAVID SEDARIS, OCTOBER 24, 2015, 7:30 p.m. at Playhouse Square's Connor Palace. Tickets are $10 - $47.50 at playhousesquare.org, 216-241-6000 or the Playhouse Square Ticket Office. Groups of 15 or more call group sales at 216-640-8600.

For additional information, visit: http://www.davidsedarisbooks.com/

This performance engagement is a part of the Smart Seats program at Playhouse Square that offers smart entertainment at a smart price. For more information on Smart Seats, visit playhousesquare.org/smartseats.

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