Andrea Martin to Hold Dramatic Reading for TD Canadian Children's Book Week, 11/22

She wrote and performed in the critically acclaimed one-woman show Nude, Nude, Totally Nude in Los Angeles and New York City, where she garnered a 1996 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding One Person Show. Her lengthy theater credits include the leads in The Rose Tattoo and Betty's Summer Vacation, both produced at The Huntington Theatre in Boston. Martin has played Wanda the Word Fairy in numerous short segments on Sesame Street. She starred as the special guest on the famous children's tv show "Sharon, Lois & Bram's Elephant Show" featuring Sharon, Lois & Bram. She appeared in one episode from Season 5 (1988) titled "UNICEF". Star Trek fans may recognize her as one of two actresses to play Ishka, Quark's iconoclastic mother on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. For her role, she was made up to appear as an older woman although in reality Martin is less than three years older than Armin Shimerman, who played Quark. She only played the role of Ishka once - finding the prosthetics involved to be uncomfortable Martin declined to return, and Cecily Adams was hired to play Ishka in all future appearances.

Tickets can be purchased directly from the National Arts Centre Theatre website. For more information, visit the TD Canadian Children's Book Week at www.bookweek.ca.