This season, along with Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol - A Ghost Story of Christmas,which runs on the Hubbard Stage, the Alley Theatre will present a second holiday production, David Sedaris' The Santaland Diaries on the Neuhaus Stage.
Based on the outlandish and true chronicles of David Sedaris' experience as Crumpet the Elf in Macy's Santaland display, this hilarious cult classic features comic encounters during the height of the holiday crunch. NPR humorist and best-selling author of Me Talk Pretty One Day and Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim , David Sedaris has become one of America's pre-eminent humor writers. Recommended for mature audiences.
Directed by David Cromer, The Santaland Diaries begins previews Tuesday, December 2, opens Friday, December 5 and runs through Sunday, December 28 on the Neuhaus Stage.
The Santaland Dairies will feature Alley Theatre Resident Company Member Todd Waite as Crumpet the Elf. Todd Waite starts his eighth season as a company member. Todd has appeared in over 30 productions including: Cyrano de Bergerac (De Guiche), The Lieutenant of Inishmore (Christy), Arsenic and Old Lace (Mortimer Brewster), Hapgood (Kerner), Deathtrap (Sydney), Twelfth Night (Orsino), The Goat (Martin), Art (Ivan), Stones in His Pockets (Jake), Sherlock Holmes (Sherlock), The Devil's Disciple (Burgoyne), The Invention of Love, and House and Garden . Before rejoining the Alley Theatre Resident Company in 2007, he was the Resident Director for Cirque du Soleil's "O" in Las Vegas. Prior to joining the Alley, he spent six seasons with the world-renowned Shaw Festival. Regionally, he received a Best Actor nomination for The Coronation Voyage (world premiere), a Critic's Choice Award for Best Actor in Ayckbourne's Intimate Exchanges at The Dallas Theatre Center, and was the original Enjolras in the Canadian premiere of Les Miserables.
Todd Waite was recently selected as an inaugural Lunt-Fontanne Fellow by Ten Chimneys Foundation, the National Historic Landmark estate of Broadway legends Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne, along with eleven actors from the top resident theatres in America. Acclaimed actress Lynn Redgrave (Alley's Shakespeare For My Father), named in honor of Lynn Fontanne, will be the first master teacher in the Lunt-Fontanne Fellowship Program.
The design team of The Santaland Diaries includes scenic design by Karin Rabe (Alley Theatre Properties Master), costume design by Blair Gulledge (Alley's Underneath the Lintel, Alley Theatre Design Assistant), lighting design by Kevin Rigdon (Alley's Secret Order, The Unexpected Guest, Underneath the Lintel, The Lieutenant of Inishmore, Alley Theatre Associate Director/Design) and sound design by Pierre Dupree (Alley's Secret Order, Alley Theatre Sound Supervisor). -- www.alleytheatre.org
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