ABOUT THE ARTIST 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, 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 was a 56th Annual GRAMMY Awards Nominee for Best Spoken Word Album. He is the author of the New York Times- 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 seven 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 PERFORMANCE DURATION: Approximately 90 minutes. No intermission. David Sedaris will sign autographs before and after the performance. is evening, David Sedaris has invited author Akhil Sharma to share a reading from his recent novel, Family Life. Tue, Jun 24 Royce Hall 8pm An evening with David Sedaris
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ABOUT THE ARTIST
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, 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 was a 56th Annual GRAMMY Awards Nominee for Best Spoken Word Album. He is the author of the New York Times-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 seven 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
PERFORMANCE DURATION: Approximately 90 minutes.
No intermission.
David Sedaris will sign autographs before and after
the performance.
This evening, David Sedaris has invited author Akhil Sharma
to share a reading from his recent novel, Family Life.
Tue, Jun 24Royce Hall
8pm
An evening with
David Sedaris
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 premiere at the Sundance Film Festival (2013).
Visit www.facebook.com/davidsedaris
MESSAGE FROM THE CENTER
Welcome to the final performance on the CAP UCLA 2013-2014 season, another wonderful evening of wit and wisdom from the one-and-only David Sedaris.
Every year David joins us as part of his annual book tour. Every year he posts up in Royce Hall before and after the show, lingering as long as necessary to sign a book or an autograph for every fan who wants one. And there are a lot of you. (His record is 10 and a half hours!).
Every year David also incorporates a book suggestion from another into his appearances. We love getting reading suggestions from authors who inspire us. This year, David was so moved by his book suggestion that he wanted to also invite Akhil Sharma—author of Family Life, a heartbreaking story based on his own life—to share with us excerpts from this story, which took Sharma 12 years to write.
It’s a remarkably generous sensibility to bring to this hall and we glad you are here to help us welcome both Sharma and Sedaris for an evening celebrating the art of the storyteller. We’re also proud also celebrate some young storytellers in our midst tonight. For the last several years, the Center has held a comedy writing competition for student writers here at UCLA. This year’s winners are in the audience with us tonight.
We reflect on this concept of storytelling in all we do. We are intrigued by the mythic al and myriad forms a story can take shape and wind it’s way into our psyche. We’re emboldened by the way an artist’s reflection of a story helps write the landscape around us---whether it’s told through words, wordless movement, embodied theatricality or inspired music. There’s power in a story and in the telling of it. And there’s power in the coming together of a community to hear it.
Thank you for joining us tonight. We look forward to experiencing more stories with you in our coming season.
Enjoy.
GUARDIANBaret C. Fink
CHAMPIONThe Feintech FamilyDr. Audree V. FowlerFariba GhaffariDeborah IrmasDiane KesslerRenee & Meyer LuskinGinny ManciniKathleen & John QuisenberryMaxine & Gene RosenfeldDr. Richard S. RossRalph & Shirley ShapiroDiane Levine & Robert WassRon WatsonWerner & Mimi Wolfen
BENEFACTOR AnonymousGail & James AndrewsBarry BakerDr. Peter & Helen BingMary Farrell & Stuart BloombergValerie & Brad CohenDr. Ellen Smith Graff & Fred CowanEliane Gans-OrgellDr. Allan Swartz & Roslyn Holt-SwartzJohn LiebesJoanne & Joel MogyEdie & Robert ParkerJaclyn B. RosenbergAlan M. Schwartz Anne-Marie & Alex SpataruDeedee Dorskind & Bradley Tabach-BankPatty & Richard WilsonKaryn Orgell WynneMarcie & Howard Zelikow
PATRONAnonymousBarbara AbellDrs. Helen & Alexander AstinAnna Wong Barth & Donald BarthNadege & Jay CongerDr. Lee & Ann CooperMarina F. DayDr. Bruce & Barbara DobkinLaura DonnelleyMary & Robert EstrinPatricia & William FlumenbaumDr. Irene GoldenbergJudy Abel & Eric Gordon
Dr. Jerry Markovitz & Cameron JobeDr. Lewis & Sandra KanengiserThe Karsten FamilyJoseph KaufmanRobert & Milly KayyemJoanne KnopoffDr. Sheelagh Boyd & Larry LayneRonald L. Johnston & Joan LesserSusan & Leonard NimoyClaude PetiteAstrid & Howard PrestonRonnie RubinSuzie & Michael ScottCynthia Chapman & Neil SelmanSrila &Man Jit SinghSaletta SmithLester & Carolyn SteinCarol & Joseph SullivanDr. Elwin V. Svenson & Ann SvensonSue & Doug UpshawMichael Sopher & Debra VilinskyCarol & Arnold VinsteinJudy Fiskin & Jon WienerCarla B. Breitner & Gary Woolard
SUSTAINERAnonymous (3)Robert C. AndersonKathleen Flanagan & Keenan BehrleJacquelynn & Roland BeverlyJames BlakeleyStephanie Delange & David BodyDr. & Mrs. Thomas BrodMatthew Michael & Laurence ChryslerRoberta ConroyHelene & Prof. Edwin CooperDr. Fereshteh & Khossrow DibaJennifer & Royce DienerLinnea DuvallRose & Al FinciSandra & Neil GafneySanford & Pat GageLinda & Stanley GoodmanLori & Robert GoodmanJackie & Stan GottliebPattikay & Meyer GottliebAnn & William HarmsenLois HaytinHanna HeitingLisa & Steven HiltonSusan & David HirschFiona & Michael KarlinTamara Turoff Keough
Aliza & Michael LesserSusan LevichBea & Leonard MandelMel & Margalit MarshallSandra Klein & Donald McCallum Linda McDonough & Bradley RossGil & Joanne SegelMuriel & Neil Sherman Laurie & Rick ShumanJennifer SimchowitzJudith TaylorDonna L. Dees & Timothy P. TobinAlice & Norman TulchinWilliam TurnerStephanie Snyder & Michael WarrenJoan & Joe WertzDr. Albert & Marilouise ZagerStuart & Carol Zimring
PARTNERAnonymousLeslee Hackenson & Roger AllersSylvia & Joseph BalbonaGil Valenzuela & Randy BarbatoSusan & Stephen BaumanRosanna BogartRonald & JoAnn BusuttilCity National BankOlga Garay & Kerry EnglishBillie and Steven FischerSherry & Matthew FrankCaryn Espo & David GoldCarol & Irving GreinesDr. Robin Garrell & Dr. Kendall HoukMarti KoplinMorelle Lasky LevineBernard & Peggy LewakKaren & Peter LockePauline & Roger MayerMerle & Gerald MeaserLeslie MitchnerPhylis NicolayevskyDr. Jeffrey & Jacqueline PerloffMargaret QuonLynda & Stewart ResnickDr. Ari & Ann RosenblattBernard “Bud” Heumann & Patricia RosenburgRita RothmanMartha Kaufman & Michael SkloffAndrea Weiss & Jerry WhitmanSamantha & John WilliamsSteve & Jan WinstonArline Zuckerman
CAP UCLA is sincerely grateful to our members whose gifts directly support arts education and the art of performance at UCLA. Thank you!
This listing represents memberships from March 1, 2013-June 15, 2014. If you have questions or would like further information on how you can support CAP UCLA please contact Yvonne Wehrmann at [email protected] or (310) 794-4033.
ADVOCATEAnonymousDr. Yoshio & Natsuko AkiyamaMimi & Sherman AndelsonDiane & Noel ApplebaumDr. Scott Beasley & Digna BeasleyLinda Engel & Alan BenjaminBunny Wasser & Howard Bernstein Donna & Richard BesoneStephanie & Harold BronsonRene CruzStephen DavisVanessa & Brian DokkoLorenzo DoumaniThe Edlow FamilySue & David EisnerDr. Paul & Patti EisenbergDavid & Linda EllisWilliam EscaleraShirley & Herbert FeitlerBeverly & Chester FiresteinAnn GoldbergDeborah GluskerDavid GrayLinda & Jerry JangerKerry KorfMarilyn LevinHon. Sherrill D. LukeKarin & Herbert MachlederLaura & James MaslonLaurie McCrayPaulette & Ronald NessimSarah & William OdenkirkAnne OsbergDr. Joseph & Marjorie PerloffLinda PetersonSolomon Riley, JrNancy & Brad RosenbergCaron & Colin SapireJohn SchwartzIna SinsheimerMary Lou & William SteinmetzRobert SuiterRobert UhlNancy & Alan VoorheesHarold WilliamsBonnie & Paul Yaeger
