Photo Flash: First Look at RLTP's THE SANTALAND DIARIES

Due to popular demand, Road Less Traveled Productions (RLTP) recently announced an extension of David Sedaris' & Joe Mantello's The Santaland Diaries. RLTP will offer two additional performances, Friday December 19th & Saturday December 20th at 7:30pm. Check out a first look at the production below!

RLTP's production of this hilariously irreverent one-man show features Marc Sacco in the role of David Sedaris under the direction of Doug Weyand.

Infamous from its annual rotation on National Public Radio's "This American Life," this expanded theatrical monologue tracks David's epic journey from an aimless existence as a snarky New York layabout ("twenty dollars away from walking dogs") to a promising and only semi-humiliating seasonal career as a Macy's department store elf.

Despite his distaste for adults in costumes and his lack of any marketable skills whatsoever, David is tapped to join the proud ranks of the diminutive, the jug-eared, and the chinless as an official underling to a legion of faux Santa Clauses. As "Crumpet the Elf," David must lure unwitting shoppers into the labyrinth that is Santaland, sell them photographic keepsakes of their visit, and maintain his composure under the perpetual procession of indignities rained upon him by neurotic toddlers, parents, and co-workers.

A note for NPR fans: The Santaland Diaries will be presented uncensored and unabridged, and will therefore feature a touch of salty language not heard on "This American Life" and potentially not appropriate for all ages.

The Santaland Diaries, a limited engagement, opens Thursday, December 4th and runs through Saturday, December 20th (no performance Thursday, December 18th) at the Road Less Traveled Theater in the Market Arcade Film and Arts Centre. Please note: Only patrons of Road Less Traveled Theater will be permitted access into the Market Arcade Film & Arts Center during regular season performances and events.

Regular performance times are Thursday, Friday, and Saturday at 7:30PM and Sunday at 2:00PM. Tickets are $35 general admission. Try-It Talk Back Thursdays & Friday Night Coffee Talk will not be offered during the holiday production. Tickets can be ordered online at www.roadlesstraveledproductions.org, by calling the RLTP Box Office at(716) 629-3069, or by visiting the Box Office during the 30 minutes prior to any performance. Reservations are suggested.

Photos courtesy of © 2014 Vincent Lopez