NPR Humorist and Best-Selling Author David Sedaris Returns to VPAC Tonight

David Sedaris, America's best-selling literary funnyman, returns to Valley Performing Arts Center for an evening of his captivating and hilarious storytelling tonight, November 21 at 8pm. Over the years, his many books have ranged on a wide variety of topics from his sister Amy Sedaris' hijinks to his adventures as an expatriate in Paris. This evening will be filled with Sedaris' keen observations on life. Opening for Sedaris will be humorist, playwright, author and comedian Dylan Brody.

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.

Tickets for David Sedaris range from $30 to $90 and can be purchased by visiting ValleyPerformingArtsCenter.org or calling (818) 677-3000. Valley Performing Arts Center is located on the campus of California State University, Northridge (CSUN), 18111 Nordhoff Street Northridge, CA 91330-8448, at the corner of Nordhoff and Lindley.

David Sedaris is the author of Barrel Fever and Holidays on Ice, as well as collections of personal essays, Naked, Me Talk Pretty One Day, Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim, When You Are Engulfed in Flames, and his most recent book, Let's Explore Diabetes with Owls, each of which became an immediate bestseller. The audio version of Let's Explore Diabetes With Owls is a 56th Annual GRAMMY Awards Nominee for Best Spoken Word Album. He is the author of the NYT-bestselling collection of fables entitled Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk: A Modest Bestiary (with illustrations by Ian Falconer). He was also the editor of Children Playing Before a Statue of Hercules: An Anthology of Outstanding Stories. Sedaris's pieces appear regularly in The New Yorker and have twice been included in "The Best American Essays." There are a total of ten million copies of his books in print and they have been translated into 25 languages.

He and his sister, Amy Sedaris, have collaborated under the name "The Talent Family" and have written half-a-dozen plays which have been produced at La Mama, Lincoln Center, and The Drama Department in New York City. These plays include Stump the Host, Stitches, One Woman Shoe, which received an Obie Award, Incident at Cobbler's Knob, and The Book of Liz, which was published in book form by Dramatists Play Service. David Sedaris's original radio pieces can often be heard on the public radio show This American Life. David Sedaris has been nominated for three Grammy Awards for Best Spoken Word and Best Comedy Album. His latest audio recording of new stories (recorded live) is "David Sedaris: Live for Your Listening Pleasure" (November 2009). A feature film adaptation of his story C.O.G. was released after a premier at the Sundance Film Festival (2013). Since 2011, he can be heard annually on a series of live recordings on BBC Radio 4 entitled "Meet David Sedaris." David Sedaris' next book will be a collection of his diaries, entitled Theft By Finding (summer 2017)

IF YOU GO:

Venue: Valley Performing Arts Center, 18111 Nordhoff Street, Northridge, CA 91330

Date: Saturday, November 21 at 8pm

Tickets: Prices: $30 - $90

In Person: VPAC Ticket Office, located in the VPAC Courtyard

By Phone: (818) 677-3000

Online: ValleyPerformingArtsCenter.org

Photo by Anne Fishbein

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