Steppenwolf Theatre Company (Venue Partner)
1650 North Halsted Street
312.335.1650
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Sedaris
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June 8, 2010 – June 13, 2010
Tuesdays–Fridays (7:30pm)
Saturdays–Sundays (3:30 & 7:30pm)
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$35
“With the possible exception of Stephen Colbert, no one epitomizes a certain snarky, knowing comedy better than David Sedaris. Like Colbert — his sister Amy's onetime castmate at Second City — Sedaris honed his comedic sensibility as a younger sibling in a rambunctious Carolina family. But whereas Colbert subsumes his actual personality within his bombastic television character, Sedaris mines his own life for material, and his witheringly honest confessionals have earned him a devoted following. Tonight Sedaris reads selections from his forthcoming book, Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk: A Modest Bestiary, due out in October, followed by a Q&A session and a book and CD signing.”
Ben Bass, Flavorpill
Steppenwolf Theatre Company welcomes back best-selling author and NPR humorist David Sedaris for eight performances only in An Evening with David Sedaris, June 8-13, 2010. David Sedaris will be reading selections from his soon-to-be-released book Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk: A Modest Bestiary, due out in October. The performance will be followed by a Q&A session and book/CD signing with Mr. Sedaris.
Tickets for An Evening with David Sedaris go on-sale to the general public Wednesday, April 28 at 11am with a special phone-only pre-sale exclusively for Steppenwolf subscribers beginning Monday, April 26 at 11am.
ABOUT DAVID SEDARIS
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.
David Sedaris is the author of Barrel Fever and Holidays on Ice, as well as collections of personal essays, Nakes, Me Talk Pretty One Day, Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim and When You Are Engulfed in Flames - each of which became a bestseller. There are a total of seven million copies of his books in print and they have been translated into 25 languages. He was the editor of Children Playing Before a Statue of Hercules: An Anthology of Outstanding Stories. Sedaris' pieces appear regularly in The New Yorker and have twice been included in "The Best American Essays." His newest book, a collection of fables entitled Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk: A Modest Bestiary (with illustrations by Ian Falconer), is due out this fall.
