BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//jEvents 2.0 for Joomla//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20171201T130000 RDATE:20180311T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:America/New_York EST END:STANDARD BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20181104T010000 RDATE:20190310T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:America/New_York EST END:STANDARD BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20191103T010000 RDATE:20200308T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:America/New_York EST END:STANDARD BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20201101T010000 RDATE:20210314T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:America/New_York EST END:STANDARD BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20211107T010000 RDATE:20220313T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:America/New_York EST END:STANDARD BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20221106T010000 RDATE:20230312T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:America/New_York EST END:STANDARD BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20231105T010000 RDATE:20240310T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:America/New_York EST END:STANDARD BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20241103T010000 RDATE:20250309T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:America/New_York EST END:STANDARD BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20251102T010000 RDATE:20260308T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:America/New_York EST END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20180311T030000 RDATE:20181104T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:America/New_York EDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20190310T030000 RDATE:20191103T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:America/New_York EDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20200308T030000 RDATE:20201101T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:America/New_York EDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20210314T030000 RDATE:20211107T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:America/New_York EDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20220313T030000 RDATE:20221106T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:America/New_York EDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20230312T030000 RDATE:20231105T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:America/New_York EDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20240310T030000 RDATE:20241103T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:America/New_York EDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20250309T030000 RDATE:20251102T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:America/New_York EDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:a5481463f11e5c2281665c8190a15b59 CATEGORIES:Arts, Entertainment, Libraries & Museums CREATED:20181017T155925 SUMMARY:The Santaland Diaries at Theater at Monmouth LOCATION:Theater at Monmouth\, 796 Main St\, Monmouth DESCRIPTION:Theater at Monmouth presents the cult holiday hit, The Santaland Diaries, a dapted by Joe Mantello from David Sedaris’ best-selling book Holidays on Ic e. This modern holiday classic, made famous when it aired on National Publi c Radio, recounts the tale of Sedaris’ stint as a Macy’s Department Store e lf named “Crumpet.” Sedaris’ off-kilter, witty, and often sentimental holid ay memoir (not suitable for children) will have you laughing into the New Y ear!\nThe Santaland Diaries features TAM favorite Mike Anthony as Crumpet, the quintessential elf-gone-bad, as he relates a series of merry misadventu res in this antidote for holiday havoc. Spend some time with one of Santa’s little helpers during Macy’s Christmas shopping rush as he handles the hor des of insufferable shoppers and their kiddos with whacked out wisdom and w icked humor. Producing Artistic Director, Dawn McAndrews explains, “You kno w that old saying when something goes terribly wrong, ‘Someday we will laug h about this’? Well, that’s exactly what David Sedaris has done; he’s taken the memory of an awful job during a rough year in his life, and turned it into a delightfully funny and deliciously decadent lesson for us all.”\nDav id Sedaris made his NPR debut in 1992, when he read his essay titled The Sa ntaland Diaries on the show “Morning Edition.” Since then, Sedaris has gone on to publish multiple bestselling books including Me Talk Pretty One Day and Let’s Talk Diabetes with Owls. He also has been a frequent contributor on NPR’s popular radio show, “This American Life,” all of which has contrib uted to his reputation as one of America’s top humorists. Sedaris’ story wa s adapted for the stage by Joe Mantello and premiered on November 7, 1996 a t the Atlantic Theatre Company in New York City.\n“Performing the role of C rumpet the Elf is a dream come true” says Mike Anthony. Mike spread holiday cheer from 2012-14 in This Wonderful Life based on Frank Capra’s classic f ilm and is back for his second year of curmudgeonly fun as Crumpet the Elf. When not at TAM, he has been starring in Hamilton on Broadway. In the lobb y. Behind the bar. Selling Junior Mints. While there he hung out with Presi dent Obama, Bruce Springsteen, Harrison Ford, Oprah Winfrey, and Amy Schume r (the tabloids were all about the $2,000 tip she left him, but the real st ory is their love). Who knew how far overpriced candy could get a guy? On a more serious note, Mike is currently producing a documentary about the pos sibility that life doesn’t end when the body does. He’s been honored to exp erience some life-changing moments in the course of the film and plans to s hare those moments in the not-too-distant-future. While studying the possib ility of an afterlife, one thing has become abundantly clear to him—the mir acle of THIS life, of which Theater at Monmouth is a large part.\nOn Thanks giving Day, tickets for the 7:30 p.m. performance are $10 with the donation of a\nnon-perishable food item for the Monmouth Food Pantry. Non-perishab le food donations will be accepted at all performances. Please note, The Sa ntaland Diaries is for Mature Elves Only. Tickets for all other performance s are $28.\nPerformance calendar: PREVIEW 11/22 at 7:30 p.m.; OPENING 11/23 at 7:30 p.m.; additional performance dates 11/24, 11/29, 11/30, 12/1 at 7: 30 p.m.; 11/24, 11/25, 12/1, 12/2 at 1:00 p.m. For tickets, please contact the TAM Box Office at 207.933.9999 or visit www.theateratmonmouth.org (http ://www.theateratmonmouth.org/).\n X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
Theater at Monmouth presents the cult holiday hit, The Santaland Dia
ries, adapted by Joe Mantello from David Sedaris’ best-selling book
The Santaland Diaries features TAM favorite Mike Anthony as Crumpet, the quintessential elf-gone-bad, as he r elates a series of merry misadventures in this antidote for holiday havoc. Spend some time with one of Santa’s little helpers during Macy’s Christmas shopping rush as he handles the hordes of insufferable shoppers and their k iddos with whacked out wisdom and wicked humor. Producing Artistic Director , Dawn McAndrews explains, “You know that old saying when something goes te rribly wrong, ‘Someday we will laugh about this’? Well, that’s exactly what David Sedaris has done; he’s taken the memory of an awful job during a rou gh year in his life, and turned it into a delightfully funny and deliciousl y decadent lesson for us all.”
David Sedaris made his NPR debut in 19 92, when he read his essay titled The Santaland Diaries on the sho w “Morning Edition.” Since then, Sedaris has gone on to publish multiple be stselling books including Me Talk Pretty One Day and Let’s Tal k Diabetes with Owls. He also has been a frequent contributor on NPR’s popular radio show, “This American Life,” all of which has contributed to his reputation as one of America’s top humorists. Sedaris’ story was adapte d for the stage by Joe Mantello and premiered on November 7, 1996 at the At lantic Theatre Company in New York City.
“Performing the role of Crum pet the Elf is a dream come true” says Mike Anthony. Mike spread holiday ch eer from 2012-14 in This Wonderful Life based on Frank Capra’s cla ssic film and is back for his second year of curmudgeonly fun as Crumpet th e Elf. When not at TAM, he has been starring in Hamilton on Broadw ay. In the lobby. Behind the bar. Selling Junior Mints. While there he hung out with President Obama, Bruce Springsteen, Harrison Ford, Oprah Winfrey, and Amy Schumer (the tabloids were all about the $2,000 tip she left him, but the real story is their love). Who knew how far overpriced candy could get a guy? On a more serious note, Mike is currently producing a documentar y about the possibility that life doesn’t end when the body does. He’s been honored to experience some life-changing moments in the course of the film and plans to share those moments in the not-too-distant-future. While stud ying the possibility of an afterlife, one thing has become abundantly clear to him—the miracle of THIS life, of which Theater at Monmouth is a large p art.
On Thanksgiving Day, tickets for the 7:30 p.m. performance are $ 10 with the donation of a
non-perishable food item for the Monmouth F ood Pantry. Non-perishable food donations will be accepted at all per formances. Please note, The Santaland Diaries is for Mature Elves Only. Tickets for all other performances are $28.
Performance calenda r: PREVIEW 11/22 at 7:30 p.m.; OPENING 11/23 at 7:30 p.m.; additional perfo rmance dates 11/24, 11/29, 11/30, 12/1 at 7:30 p.m.; 11/24, 11/25, 12/1, 12 /2 at 1:00 p.m. For tickets, please contact the TAM Box Office at 207.933.9 999 or visit www.theateratmonmo uth.org.
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