David Sedaris News

BETC is proud to announce the casting for the remainder of Season 6.

Actor and comedian, Tom Lenk (Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Transformers, Broadway's Rock of Ages), is giving the UK what it really wants - an alternative comedy/storytelling show live in London!

Thanks to a joint production of Nashville's Rhubarb Theater and Pendulum 3, Sedaris' twinbill for Christmas - The Santaland Diaries and Season's Greetings to Our Friends and Family, adapted for the stage by Joe Mantello - gave audiences just the right twist to the season, delivering laughs and evoking deeper thought, thanks to the superb performances of Bob Roberts, as Sedaris' onstage doppelganger, and Trish Crist as the Christmas letter-writing doyenne of the fictional Dunbar family. Directing each other in their halves of the show gave Roberts and Crist the opportunity to show us their dual roles in exemplary fashion.

The American Shakespeare Center has announced its 2010-2011 seasons, a program of 16 productions presented over 52 weeks in 5 separate repertory seasons, offering the largest number of plays per year by Shakespeare and Early Modern playwrights of any theatre in the world.

The Santaland Diaries, the stage adaptation of David Sedaris' acerbic and hilarious account of his stint working as a Christmas elf in Macy's 'SantaLand,' runs at Hennepin Stages in downtown Minneapolis, Friday, Nov. 26-Friday, Dec. 31, 2010.

The Alley Theatre was founded over sixty years ago as Houston's theatre company. It exists to provide audiences with the highest quality theatre, offering a wide variety of work including new plays, classics, the re-discovered and the rarely-performed, and new musical theatre, with an emphasis on new American works - to provide the inspirational and the provocative - to make our audiences think, feel, dream and be entertained. Under the leadership of Artistic Director Gregory Boyd and Managing Director Dean Gladden, the Alley is committed to moving forward to increase its reach into the community, to further its collaboration with the best theatre artists working today, and to encourage and cultivate the new voices, new work, new artists of the American theatre. For more information call 713-220-5700.

The Alley Theatre was founded over sixty years ago as Houston's theatre company. It exists to provide audiences with the highest quality theatre, offering a wide variety of work including new plays, classics, the re-discovered and the rarely-performed, and new musical theatre, with an emphasis on new American works - to provide the inspirational and the provocative - to make our audiences think, feel, dream and be entertained. Under the leadership of Artistic Director Gregory Boyd and Managing Director Dean Gladden, the Alley is committed to moving forward to increase its reach into the community, to further its collaboration with the best theatre artists working today, and to encourage and cultivate the new voices, new work, new artists of the American theatre. For more information call 713-220-5700.

The Alley Theatre was founded over sixty years ago as Houston's theatre company. It exists to provide audiences with the highest quality theatre, offering a wide variety of work including new plays, classics, the re-discovered and the rarely-performed, and new musical theatre, with an emphasis on new American works - to provide the inspirational and the provocative - to make our audiences think, feel, dream and be entertained. Under the leadership of Artistic Director Gregory Boyd and Managing Director Dean Gladden, the Alley is committed to moving forward to increase its reach into the community, to further its collaboration with the best theatre artists working today, and to encourage and cultivate the new voices, new work, new artists of the American theatre. For more information call 713-220-5700.

Ron Megee and Jeff Church are back at the Unicorn this holiday season, this time serving up a dose of classic Hollywood.

This season, Nevada Public Radio is extending its greetings across the airwaves with its special holiday programming on both its News 88.9 KNPR and Classical 89.7 KCNV stations.

Blackfriars Theatre, a not-for-profit mid -sized professional theatre on Rochester's "Theatre Row" is pleased to announce the opening of "The Santaland Diaries," a comedy by nationally acclaimed author David Sedaris (adapted for the stage by Joe Mantello), returning to the Blackfriars stage by popular demand.

Blackfriars Theatre, a not-for-profit mid -sized professional theatre on Rochester's 'Theatre Row' is pleased to announce the opening of 'The Santaland Diaries,' a comedy by nationally acclaimed author David Sedaris (adapted for the stage by Joe Mantello), returning to the Blackfriars stage by popular demand.

It wouldn't be the holidays without A TUNA CHRISTMAS and THE SANTALAND DIARIES, and CityRep is proud to bring them to you once again.

American Stage Theatre Company continues its "After Hours" series tradition of holiday productions with readings of the irreverent musical A VERY MERRY UNAUTHORIZED CHILDREN'S SCIENTOLOGY PAGEANT by Kyle Jarrow and Alex Timbers and famous author David Sedaris' THE SANTALAND DIARIES running in repertory with each other, Dec. 9 thru Dec. 22.

The Santaland Diaries by David Sedaris, Adapted for the stage by Joe Mantello plays The Circuit Playhouse

Actor and comedian, Tom Lenk (Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Transformers, Broadway's Rock of Ages), is giving the UK what it really wants - an alternative comedy/storytelling show live in London!

Blackfriars Theatre, a not-for-profit mid -sized professional theatre on Rochester's "Theatre Row" is pleased to announce the opening of "The Santaland Diaries," a comedy by nationally acclaimed author David Sedaris (adapted for the stage by Joe Mantello), returning to the Blackfriars stage by popular demand.

Who Wants Cake? is thrilled to announce the return of their wacky awards show with a holiday twist. The Holly Mollies are Who Wants Cake?'s own awards ceremony celebrating the best performances and events at The Ringwald Theatre over the past year.

The Drilling Company presents the Kitchen Theatre Company's New York Premiere of BRIAN DYKSTRA'S HO!.

Back by popular demand Flashpoint Theatre Company presents David Sedaris's *The Santaland Diaries*, adapted for the stage by Joe Mantello, December 1 - December 19, 2010.