Denver Center Attractions willo present Boulder Ensemble Theatre Company's THE SANTALAND DIARIES. Local favorite Matt Zambrano dons the candy-cane tights, bringing to life David Sedaris' hilarious real-life story of working as an 'elf' in Macy's SantaLand. Filled with holiday hijinks and biting insights into the absurdities of the holiday season, THE SANTALAND DIARIES plays The Garner Galleria Theatre November 29 through December 24 only. Tickets are on sale now at denvercenter.org.
Back for its 15th Anniversary Production, Horizon Theatre Company turns 'ho ho ho' into 'ha ha ha' as it reprises its popular production of The Santaland Diaries by award-winning satirist David Sedaris. The perfect laughter-spiked antidote to the holiday blues, Creative Loafing calls this non- traditional, adult-only, Christmas comedy 'a fiendishly exhilarating, politically incorrect send-up of the holidays.'
Capital Stage presents a limited run of David Sedaris' THE SANTALAND DIARIES - Adapted by Joe Mantello. In time for the holidays, Capital Stage continues its ninth season THE HOMEFRONT with a production perfect for the humbug in all of us! For mature elves only, this play expresses the many frustrations associated with the season's festivities with the kind of candid wit any adult will appreciate.
The series, which follows three friends who explore the fun and sometimes overwhelming options available to a new generation of gay men, also features Frankie J. Alvarez, Murray Bartlett, Russell Tovey, and Scott Bakula.
The Chicago theater community will present a wide variety of festive plays and musicals, as well as dance and concert offerings this Holiday season. In support, the League of Chicago Theatres will once again create a comprehensive Holiday Theater Guide that will be available beginning in November at hotels, theaters, events, and destinations across the Chicago area. An updated list of holiday shows with additional details about each production will be available throughout the season at www.chicagoplays.com.
Garret Storms will make his WaterTower Theatre debut as David (Crumpet the Elf) in the David Sedaris holiday season comedy The Santaland Diaries, December 13 to 29, 2013, in the Studio Theatre at the Addison Theatre and Conference Centre. Kelsey Ervi, Assistant to the Producing Artistic Director at WaterTower Theatre, directs.
Award-winning PBS producer and author Slash Coleman will present the stage version of his best selling book, The Bohemian Love Diaries, at the 4th Annual United Solo Theater Festival on November 23, 2013 at 6:00 pm. The festival, which is an annual international festival for solo performances held at Theatre ROW in the heart of the New York City theatre district on 42nd Street runs from October 3 - November 24, 2012.
Audience favorite Patrick Lennon returns as the sometimes sanguine, frequently surly David (AKA Crumpet the Elf) in Joe Montello's adaptation of The Santaland Diaries, David Sedaris' witty and sardonic chronicle of the holiday season. The Santaland Diaries previews December 5th, and runs December 6th to 24TH, 2013 at the historic Bathhouse Theater on Green Lake.
Charles Dickens' classic A Christmas Carol is returning to Frederick for the twentieth straight year with Maryland Ensemble Theatre's production December 20 through 22 at the Weinberg Center for the Arts. The cast of over two dozen actors portraying the ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Future will transport audiences to Victorian England as the penny-pinching Ebenezer Scrooge learns the error of his miserly ways and embraces the true spirit of Christmas. 'We really do feel like it's a holiday gift we can give to our community,' said the show's director Julie Herber. 'The spirit of the show is infectious, the energy we feel greeting the audience after the show is always so cheerful and heartwarming.'
Deck the halls with boughs of monkeys! Drop by the BPA Gallery December 6 for 'The Sock Monkey Diaries.' The First Fridays Art Walk serves up primate encounters to playfully balance the height of the holiday pandemonium. Join artist and author Sally Jo Martine's one-of-a-kind sock monkeys as they return to Bainbridge Island for a fun Christmas frolic, food, and friends beginning at 6:00 p.m. in the BPA Gallery, PLUS the opening night reception (beginning at 6:30 p.m.) for Bainbridge Performing Arts' The Santaland Diaries, the hilarious cult classic that chronicles David Sedaris' experience as Crumpet the Elf in Macy's Santaland display.
Seattle Public Theater (SPT) cautiously welcomes back the horrible Herdman family for another assault on our seasonal sensibilities in The Best Christmas Pageant Ever at the historic Bathhouse Theater on Green Lake.
The show will run December 20 and 21 at 7:30pm and December 21 and 22 at 2pm at the Weinberg Center for Arts (20 West Patrick Street, Frederick). Tickets are $12 through $24 and can be purchased at the Weinberg Box Office, at 301-600-2828 or online at weinbergcenter.org. The show will also be presented prior to the Weinberg performances at the Carroll County Arts Center the weekend of December 14 (carrollcountyartscouncil.org).
2013 MIDWINTER'S TALES: SIMPLE GIFTS - A Celebration of the Season in Music and Musings, benefiting both Oak Park Festival Theatre and Prevail (formerly Oak Park River Forest Walk In Ministry) will be held at 7 PM, Saturday, December 7, 2013, at the Unity Temple in Oak Park, Illinois.
Portland Ovations brings humorist David Sedaris to Merrill Auditorium on Thursday, November 21 at 7:30pm for a sold out evening of cutting wit and social satire.
The WaterTower Theatre has announced its calendar from December 2013 through February 2014. All performances held at The Addison Theatre Centre unless otherwise noted. Details below!
If you thought the bestselling 'Go The F***k To Sleep' wasn't appropriate for children - you haven't seen anything yet! Combining real Bible verses with whimsical illustrations, 'Awkward Moments (Not Found In Your Average) Children's Bible' offers much more than an irreverent gag gift for the coffee table. 'The goal of the project,' says author Horus Gilgamesh, 'is to challenge readers from all walks of life to gain a better understanding of the content of the Bible and its context in modern day culture. The fact that our fans report shooting milk out their noses from laughter is just an added bonus.'
On a 40-city tour to promote his new book LET'S EXPLORE DIABETES WITH OWLS, David Sedaris makes a whistle stop at the Hanover Theatre in Worcester for one night only. His low-key, relaxed delivery draws lots of laughs and an occasional tear as he shares stories that are personal, profound, and punny.
WCVE presents David Sedaris, author of the previous bestsellers Naked, Me Talk Pretty One Day, Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim, and regular National Public Radio contributor who will be appearing for one night only at the Landmark Theater tonight, October 19th at 8:00pm.
Generously sponsored by Fallon Community Health Plan, David Sedaris returns to The Hanover Theatre for the Performing Arts on Tuesday, October 22 at 7:30pm to celebrate the release of his latest book "Let's Explore Diabetes with Owls." Tickets are on sale now.
Writer, actor and comedian Kelly Kinsella is set to bring her hilarious one-woman play WHEN THOUGHTS ATTACK to NYC's the cell: A Twenty First Century Salon (338 West 23rd Street) for a limited 8-week run beginning on Sunday, 11/3 at 7pm. In this honest and funny show about anxiety, Kinsella begs to answer the question 'Is everyone crazy or is it just me?'
