Palace Theatre to Host AN EVENING WITH DAVID SEDARIS 10/23

One of America's pre-eminent humor writers, David Sedaris is the author of the bestsellers Naked, Me Talk Pretty One Day, Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim, and When You Were Engulfed in Flames, and a regular National Public Radio contributor. He will appear in Columbus for one night only, offering an evening of engaging recollections, all-new readings from his most recent title, and a book signing.

CAPA presents An Evening with David Sedaris at 7pm on Sunday, October 23, at the Palace Theatre (34 W. Broad St.). Tickets are $47.50, $52.50, and $57.50 at the Ohio Theatre Ticket Office (39 E. State St.), all Ticketmaster outlets, and www.ticketmaster.com. To purchase tickets by phone, please call (614) 469-0939 or (800) 745-3000.

Tweaking the familiar until it warps, Sedaris mines poignant comedy from his peculiar childhood, his bizarre career path, and his move with his lover to France. One of six children in a second-generation Greek family, Sedaris grew up in Raleigh, North Carolina. In 1977, he dropped out of Kent State University to hitchhike around the country. Aside from working as an elf, he has worked a number of charmingly quirky jobs such as a house painter, an apple picker, an aide in a mental hospital, a creative writing teacher at the Art Institute of Chicago, and an apartment cleaner.

Sedaris made his comic debut recounting his strange-but-true experiences of being a Macy's elf, reading his Santaland Diaries on NPR's "Morning Edition" in 1992. His sardonic humor and incisive social critique have made him one of NPR's most popular and humorous commentators. In 2001, he was named Humorist of the Year by Time Magazine and received the Thurber Prize for American Humor.

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