David Sedaris News

THE SANTALAND DIARIES / DEC 10 - 23 By David Sedaris Directed By Kristianne Kurner Featuring NVA Ensemble Member Daren Scott

This holiday season Capital Stage will present the David Sedaris cult-hit Santaland Diaries, adapted for the stage by Joe Mantello. Capital Stage associate artist Janis Stevens will direct actor Gary Wright (formerly of the Foothill Theatre Company) in this sardonic one-man holiday tour-de-force.

NEW EDGECLIFF THEATRE is excited to announce our third annual 'SWEET SUSPENSE' - an evening of chills, thrills, and tasty treats presented classic radio-show style at the Columbia Performance Center on October 24th! Join us for a trip back in time and see how classic radio drama was done BEFORE you could download the clips on YouTube!

San Francisco's cutting-edge Cutting Ball Theater opens its 10th season with Eugène Ionesco's comic masterpiece THE BALD SOPRANO, in a new translation by Cutting Ball Artistic Director Rob Melrose.

The Horizon Theatre will open THE SANTALAND DIARIES for its 11th straight season beginning November 27th. THE SANTALAND DIARIES is written by critically-acclaimed author David Sedaris and runs through January 3rd, 2010.

Deep Dish Theater Company presents an informal discussion of Clyde Edgerton's The Bible Salesman Thursday, November 12 at 6:30 p.m. in Tyndall Galleries in University Mall. The conversation, presented in conjunction with the theater's production of Glengarry Glen Ross at 7:30p.m., will be led by Evelyn Daniel and is free and open to the public. No prior attendance or registration is required.

Nicholas Brendon will star in The Blank's limited engagement of David Sedaris' THE SANTALAND DIARIES, directed by Michael Matthews. THE SANTALAND DIARIES is the first offering of The Blank's 'Great Writers' season which begins performances on Friday, November 20, 2009 and opens on Friday November 27, 2009 at The Blank's 2nd Stage Theatre in Hollywood.

With sardonic wit and incisive social critiques, David Sedaris has become one of America's pre-eminent humor writers. The great skill with which he slices through cultural euphemisms and political correctness proves that Sedaris is a master of satire and one of the most observant writers addressing the human condition today.

Pacific Theatre just passed the quarter-century mark - our first public performance was in September 1984 - and we're celebrating! With a whole new look, and our most exhilarating season ever: plays familiar and plays brand spanking new, singing and dancing, damnation and redemption.

NEW EDGECLIFF THEATRE is excited to announce our third annual 'SWEET SUSPENSE' - an evening of chills, thrills, and tasty treats presented classic radio-show style at the Columbia Performance Center on October 24th! Join us for a trip back in time and see how classic radio drama was done BEFORE you could download the clips on YouTube!

David Sedaris, the New York Times best selling author and National Public Radio humorist, returns to Hennepin Theatre Trust's State Theatre on Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2009 at 7:30 p.m. With sardonic wit and incisive social critiques, he has become one of America's pre-eminent humor writers and has more than seven million copies of his books in print. Immediately following his talk, he will participate in a book signing.

Pacific Theatre just passed the quarter-century mark - our first public performance was in September 1984 - and we're celebrating! With a whole new look, and our most exhilarating season ever: plays familiar and plays brand spanking new, singing and dancing, damnation and redemption.

Hollywood's Blank Theatre Company (Daniel Henning - Founding Artistic Director, Noah Wyle - Artistic Producer) is proud to announce its 19th Season featuring 'Great Writers' : David Sedaris, Christopher Durang, and Michael John LaChiusa plus 12 new plays by inspired teenaged playwrights.

CATCO will open its 2009-10 26th season with a black comedy and central Ohio premiere by Ohio native Jeffrey Hatcher, Murderers, Sept. 30-Oct. 18, 2009. The season also includes two other central Ohio premieres, a revival of a CATCO favorite from 1990, and the unveiling of a world premiere about Columbus native and internationally renowned folk artists Elijah Pierce.

Leicester Square Theatre is celebrating the news that a staggering 262,000 people bought tickets for its eclectic mix of big name comedy stars and cutting edge theatre in its first 12 months in the West End.

Florida Rep Announces its High Flying 12th Season Florida Repertory Theatre is pleased to announce its High Flying 12th season, opening Oct. 27 with one of Broadway's hottest comedies, the 2008 Tony-winner Boeing-Boeing.

Phantom Audio will transform their large Chelsea loft into an art gallery - Phantom Gallery - for four days in September, and will present an exhibit of artist Don Florence's celebrity portraits entitled ACTORS, AUTHORS, OTHERS. Phantom Gallery is located at 48 West 25th Street, which is between 5th and 6th Avenues on the 10th Floor, and the exhibit ACTORS, AUTHORS, OTHERS will be held from September 24th through September 27th and will benefit the Playwrights Realm Theater Company.

With sardonic wit and incisive social critiques, David Sedaris has become one of America's pre-eminent humor writers. The great skill with which he slices through cultural euphemisms and political correctness proves that Sedaris is a master of satire and one of the most observant writers addressing the human condition today.

The cast of the five-time Tony nominated hit musical, ROCK OF AGES, will continue to rock eight times a week through summer 2010. Tom Lenk joins the cast as 'Franz,' the role he originated in the Los Angeles and Las Vegas productions, beginning Monday, September 14, 2009 for a six month limited engagement. Mr. Lenk is best known for his portrayal as 'Andrew Wells' on television's 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer.' Mr. Lenk is taking over for Wesley Taylor, who will play his final performance on Sunday, September 13. Mr. Taylor is leaving to join the cast of the upcoming production of The Addams Family.

Triad Stage opens its 2009-2010 Season - 'A Season Together' - with Picnic, William Inge's portrait of life in the American heartland. The greatest risk is love. It's a peaceful time for a quiet Kansas town in the early 1950s and summer is drawing to a close with the excitement of the annual Labor Day picnic. But the sudden arrival of Hal Carter, a handsome young drifter, stirs the emotions of a group of neighbors as he develops an instant attraction with Madge, one of the most beautiful girls in town. As Hal hides deep insecurities with grand shows of bravado, Madge is torn between her heart and her head in this Pulitzer Prize-winning drama where passions turn one small community upside down. Picnic runs September 6 through 27, 2009. Opening Night is Friday, September 11.