Program: David Sedaris

AN EVENING WITH DAVID SEDARIS

at UC San Diego Sunday, November 22, 2015, at 7 pm Balboa Theatre

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ArtPower presents

AN EVENING WITH DAVID SEDARIS Sunday, November 22, at 7:00 pm Balboa Theatre

PROGRAM A reading of new unpublished material by David Sedaris, followed by 20–30 minutes for audience questions. No intermission.

ABOUT THE ARTIST With sardonic wit and incisive social critiques, David Sedaris has become one of America’s preeminent 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 best seller. 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 New York Times best-selling 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 and Lincoln Center. 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. Sedaris’s original radio pieces can often be heard on the public radio show This American Life. 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). Since 2011, he can be heard annually on a series of live recordings on BBC Radio 4 entitled “Meet David Sedaris.” His next book will be a collection of his diaries, entitled Theft By Finding (summer 2017).

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ARTPOWER DONORS 2015–16 VISIONARY ($50,000+)

Joan and Irwin Jacobs Fund of the Jewish

Community Foundation

CATALYST ($20,000–49,999)

Jon and Bobbie Gilbert George Clement Perkins Endowment The Weil Family Foundation

CREATOR ($10,000–19,999)

Epstein Family Foundation Sam B. Ersan Michael and Susanna Flaster Elaine Galinson and Herbert Solomon of

the Galinson Family Foundation Eric Lasley and Judith Bachner New England Foundation for the Arts

PERFORMER ($5,000–9,999)

Amnon and Lee Ben-Yehuda Joan Jordan Bernstein Hamburger Chamber Music Series

Endowment Fund

ADVOCATE ($2,500–4,999)

Ann Spira Cambell Ronald and Wynnona Goldman Mehran and Susan Goulian Renita Greenberg Alexa Kirkwood Hirsch Charles and Marylin Perrin Edith High Sanchez and Paul Sanchez Lee and Judith Talner

GUARDIAN ($1,000–2,499)

Joyce Axelrod and Joseph Fisch Bjorn Bjerede and Josephine A. Kiernan Maureen and C. Peter Brown Nelson and Janice Byrne Carol and Jeffrey Chang Alain Cohen and Denise Warren Ruth Covell Martha and Edward Dennis Wayne and Elizabeth Dernetz Dr. Diane Everett-Barbolla Drs. Edwin and Wita Gardiner Norman J. Goldberg and Fusako Yokotobi Pat Jacoby Liz Lancaster and Eli Shefter Marvin and Reinette Levine Barbara and Robert Nemiroff Hans Paar and Kim Signoret-Paar Clayton and Susan Peimer Anne Marie Pleska and Luc Cayet 4

Program

Robert and Lauren Resnik Elaine and Jerry Schneider Ruth Stern and Mort Levy Arthur and Molli Wagner Zelda Waxenberg

SUPPORTER ($500–999)

Janice Alper and Charles Kantor Ginger and Ken Baldwin Douglas Bradley Sam and Teresa Buss Bill Coltellaro and Eric Cohen Bill Michalsky Nessa O’Shaughnessy Anne Otterson Edward and Arlene Pelavin Samuel Popkin and Susan Shirk

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K. Andrew Achterkirchen Connie and George Beardsley William and Wendy Brody Patti and Brian Carlos Jeffrey C. Donahue and Gail Donahue Meg and Allan Goldstein Carol Hinrichs Barry and Helen Lebowitz Robert and Arleen Lettas Athina Markou and Mark Geyer Joani Nelson Rod and Barbara Orth Carol Plantamura and Felix Prael Gary and Brenda Ratcliff Doug and Eva Richman Jim and Kathleen Stiven Mr. and Mrs. Eli Strich Johanna Thompson Sylvia Wechter

SPARK ($100–249)

Shirley Babior and Judith Richards Paulyne Becerra Geoffrey Clow Ed and Edie Drcar Carol Hobson Carole Leland Elaine and Howard Maltz Kate Oesterreicher Ina Page Luc R. Pelletier Stephen and Susan Shuchter Janet Smarr Ellen Speert and Paul Henry Jimmy Tran Carey G. Wall Shirley Weaver Anonymous, In honor of Jimmy Tran

ARTPOWER STAFF DONORS Molly Clark Carolena Deutsch-Garcia Jordan Peimer Jason Smith Joanna Szu Rebecca Webb

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POWERPLAYERS PowerPlayers are an exceptional group of donors that have made a three year commitment to support ArtPower. This multi-year support is crucial to ArtPower’s continued success and growth.

Joyce Axelrod Joan Bernstein Alain Cohen Martha Dennis Phyllis Epstein Elaine Galinson Bobbie Gilbert Norman Goldberg Renita Greenberg Eric Lasley Kim Signoret-Paar Hans Paar Robert and Lauren Resnik Arthur and Molli Wagner Zelda Waxenberg Pat Weil

A portion of funding for ArtPower is provided by the UC San Diego Student Services Fee Committee.

Donor list as of 11.09.2015

ARTPOWER STAFF

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Planning & Education Carolena Deutsch-Garcia, Associate

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STUDENT STAFF

Grason Caldwell, Marketing Assistant Crystal K. Chan, Film Curatorial

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CHAMBER MUSIC / U.S.A.

CALDER QUARTET

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DANCE / JAPAN

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FOOVIE / U.S.A.

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