Comedian Tracy Morgan Brings His PICKING UP THE PIECES Tour to Thousand Oaks

Award-winning and multi-talented actor and comedian Tracy Morgan is bringing his wild and unpredictable stand-up to the Fred Kavli Theatre on Saturday, September 24, 2016 at 8:00 pm.

After a triumphant return to the Hollywood stage at this year's Emmy Awards and a visit to his old stomping grounds at Saturday Night Live, audiences can look forward to the entertainer doing what he does best: bringing bag loads of funny and making people laugh.

Starring for seven seasons on NBC's Emmy and Golden Globe Award-winning 30 Rock, Morgan appeared opposite Tina Fey and Alec Baldwin as "Tracy Jordan," the unpredictable star of Lemon's (Fey) hit variety show, TGS with Tracy Jordan. In 2009, Morgan received his first Emmy Nomination for this role, in the Supporting Actor category; he has also been nominated multiple times for a Supporting Actor NAACP Image Award.

Morgan has successfully turned his love for stand-up comedy into a couple of TV specials. His first, an HBO Special titled Black & Blueand the second, a Comedy Central Special, titled Tracy Morgan: Bona Fide, which brought Comedy Central one of its largest viewership for a stand-up special in 2014. To round out his list of achievements, Morgan released his first book entitled "I Am The New Black", a compilation of studied anecdotes and some of the more serious moments that shaped him and his career.

He joined Saturday Night Live in 1996 where he appeared for seven seasons and created such memorable characters as "Astronaut Jones" and "Brian Fellows".After leaving SNL, Morgan went on to star in his own comedy series The Tracy Morgan Show and voiced "Spoonie Luv" on Comedy Central's Crank Yankers.

Single tickets are priced at $71 - $41 with group discounts available. Tickets are available from Ticketmaster at 800-745-3000, online atwww.ticketmaster.com, or through the Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza Box Office, located at 2100 Thousand Oaks Boulevard. For more information call 805-449-ARTS (2787) or visit www.civicartsplaza.com.