David Sedaris' snarky holiday comedy, The Santaland Diaries, is back for a fourth season at Florida Rep, playing Dec. 19 - 30 in the new ArtStage Studio Theatre. Starring Florida Rep regular, Jason Parrish, The Santaland Diaries follows the outrageous exploits of an unemployed writer who desperately takes a job as a Macy's Elf and exposes the underside of the Christmas season.
Open Stage veteran Stuart Landon and OSHKids performer Lance Miller bring Dylan Thomas and his Christmas classic to life under Donald Alsedek's direction
When you walk into the Whisenhunt Stage to see their current production of The Santaland Diaries and are greeted with fractured Christmas songs such as "Chipmunks Roasting on an Open Fire," "It's the Most Fattening Time of the Year," and "Yellow Snow, Yellow Snow, Yellow Snow," you know you're in for an unconventional and twisted Holiday show. In its final year at ZACH, their annual production of Santaland Diaries is still fresh, entertaining, and hysterical.
On the heels of winning a Barrymore for Best New Play and the prestigious Brown Martin Award for their hit Slip/Shot, Flashpoint Theatre Company has announced its 2012-2013 season. Their season begins this December with their annual Holiday Repertory Show and then it continues with two World Premieres in the New Year. Tickets and more information are available at www.flashpointheatre.org.
The Alley Theatre will present David Sedaris' The Santaland Diaries on the Neuhaus Stage. This is the last holiday season that the Alley Theatre will produce this show, directed by David Cromer, who won the MacArthur Genius Award and Obie Award for Best Director. Alley Artist Todd Waite reprises his role as 'Crumpet the Elf' in the outlandish--and true--chronicles of David Sedaris' experience as a worker in Macy's SantaLand display.
The Blank Theatre's annual holiday production of "The Santaland Diaries" by David Sedaris, now in its fourth year, again stars Paolo Andino and is directed by Michael Matthews. "Santaland" began preview performances on Friday, November 16, and opening night is set for tonight, November 24 at the Stella Adler Theatre in Hollywood.
ZACH Theatre - Austin's Theatre and Texas' longest running theatre, presents THE SANTALAND DIARIES, written by David Sedaris and adapted for stage by Joe Mantello. ZACH's production will be directed by Dave Steakley and star Martin Burke, Amy Downing (for evening performances) and Jill Blackwood (on matinees).
Playhouse on the Square announces its 2012-2013 season of plays and musicals. Reservations and ticket information can be found at http://www.playhouseonthesquare.org/boxoffice/ or by calling (901) 726-4656. The Box Office is located inside Playhouse on the Square at 66 South Cooper Street, Memphis, TN 38104. Ken Ludwig's TWAS THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS Plays The Playhouse on the Square Today Thru 12/30. Check out what else is coming up!
ZACH Theatre - Austin's Theatre and Texas' longest running theatre, presents THE SANTALAND DIARIES, written by David Sedaris and adapted for stage by Joe Mantello. ZACH's production will be directed by Dave Steakley and star Martin Burke, Amy Downing (for evening performances) and Jill Blackwood (on matinees).
The SantaLand Diaries is a merrily subversive holiday comedy about an out of work writer who takes a job as an elf at Macy's Department Store writen by David Sedaris and adapted by Joe Mantello. Last seen on Hartford's TheaterWorks stage in 2005, this hysterically funny holiday classic will be directed by Rob Ruggiero. Jeff Kready (Broadway's Billy Elliot and Goodspeed's Carousel) stars as Crumpet, the sardonic Yuletide elf.
The Blank Theatre's annual holiday production of "The Santaland Diaries" by David Sedaris, now in its fourth year, will again star Paolo Andino and be directed by Michael Matthews. "Santaland" begins preview performances tonight, November 16, and opening night is set for Saturday, November 24 at the Stella Adler Theatre in Hollywood.
Denver Center Attractions and Nancy Rebek Productions are proud to present WORKS IN PROGRESS: AN INTIMATE EVENING WITH DAVID SEDARIS. Best-selling author and NPR contributor David Sedaris comes to Denver for an unprecedented eight performances only in the intimate Garner Galleria Theatre January 21-27, 2013. Patrons may purchase a limit of four tickets per performance. Tickets are on sale at denvercenter.org or by calling 303.893.4100.
Christmas is right around the corner, and so is Shakespeare & Company's annual production of David Sedaris' irreverent Christmas memoir, The Santaland Diaries. Once again directed by Artistic Director Tony Simotes, this will be the third and final year Shakespeare & Company calls on an actor to don the regulation pointy-toed socks. This year, Shakespeare & Company welcomes longtime Company member David Joseph Hansen to play Sedaris' less-than-merry autobiographical self, Crumpet the Elf.
Chicago's Theater Wit has announced that The MacArthur Fund for Arts and Culture at Prince has awarded the company a three-year, $60,000 grant for general operating support.
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 in mid-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.
This fall, road warriors Davy and Peter Rothbart are hurtling your way on FOUND Magazine's 10th Anniversary Tour! For a decade, the FOUND team has collected and published anything that gives a glimpse into someone else's life -- love letters, birthday cards, to-do lists, poetry on napkins, anything goes! Heartwarming, hilarious, and outrageous submissions pour in each month from readers around the world. Now the Rothbarts are hopping back in the tour van for an exciting cross-country romp through 37 states and 79 cities.
Ocean State Theatre Company (OSTC), the not-for-profit which brought new life to the historic Theatre By The Sea for the past five years, has announced the opening of their first two productions at their new state-of-the-art theatre located at 1245 Jefferson Boulevard in Warwick. Something "Naughty & Nice" for the Holidays, which features productions of both SantaLand Diaries and The Winter Wonderettes, will open in previews on Wednesday, December 5.
The Santaland Diaries will open Parade Productions' second season on December 13th, and run through December 23rd at the Studio Theatre at Mizner Park in Boca Raton. The Santaland Diaries hilariously relates David Sedaris' experiences when he reluctantly worked as an elf in Macy's Christmastime Santaland display, and offers an uproarious behind-the-scenes look at how department stores manufacture Christmas spirit.
The Alley Theatre will present David Sedaris' The Santaland Diaries on the Neuhaus Stage. This is the last holiday season that the Alley Theatre will produce this show, directed by David Cromer, who won the MacArthur Genius Award and Obie Award for Best Director. Alley Artist Todd Waite reprises his role as 'Crumpet the Elf' in the outlandish--and true--chronicles of David Sedaris' experience as a worker 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, running December 7th to 24th, 2012 at the historic Bathhouse Theater on Green Lake.
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