An Evening with David Sedaris

David Sedaris returns to Seattle for his annual reading and signing at Benaroya Hall on Sunday November 10, 2024 at 7pm. With wickedly funny irreverence and occasional potty humor, he will once again delight the audience as he shares both published stories and works-in-progress. If we must live in such interesting times, there is no one better to chronicle them than the incomparable David Sedaris.

David’s sardonic with and incisive social critiques make him one of America’s preeminent humor writers. Likened to a modern-day Mark Twain, he is noted for his ability to draw humorous, touching, and universal observations about human nature from his own, often quirky, experiences. A master of satire and one of today’s most observant writers, David is a best-selling author with titles including Me Talk Pretty One Day, When You Are Engulfed in Flames, Let’s Explore Diabetes with Owls, and The Best of Me. His latest book is entitled Happy-Go-Lucky.

Sedaris will once again delight the audience as he shares both published stories and works-in-progress. His most recent book of essays Happy-Go-Luck debuted in the #1 spot on the New York Times bestseller list. In its review, the Washington Post said, “David Sedaris is a singularly talented humorist who lands acerbic zingers with the calculating precision of a kamikaze pilot…He’s maintained league-of-his-own status by staying light on his feet: Just when you’re expecting a wry jab, he clocks you with a poignant gut punch.”

Northwest Associated Arts (NWAA), KNKX (88.5fm), and The Stranger present An Evening with David Sedaris. Tickets are $70 – $80 and are available through the Benaroya Hall Box Office, at 206.215.4747 or online at www.benaroyahall.org

About David Sedaris:

David Sedaris is one of America’s pre-eminent humor writers. He is a master of satire and one of today’s most observant writers.

Beloved for his personal essays and short stories, David Sedaris is the author of the New York Times bestsellers Barrel Fever, Holidays on Ice, Naked, Me Talk Pretty One Day, Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim, When You Are Engulfed in Flames, Let’s Explore Diabetes with Owls, and Calypso. His book The Best of Me, collects 42 previously published stories and essays. Sedaris also wrote Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk: A Modest Bestiary, a collection of fables with illustrations by Ian Falconer. He is the editor of Children Playing Before a Statue of Hercules: An Anthology of Outstanding Stories. His pieces regularly appear in The New Yorker and have twice been included in “The Best American Essays.” The two volumes of his diaries, Theft By Finding: Diaries (1977-2002) and A Carnival of Snackery, Diaries (2003-2020) were New York Times bestsellers. An art book of Sedaris’s diary covers, David Sedaris Diaries: A Visual Compendium, was edited by Jeffrey Jenkins. His most recent book, Happy-Go-Lucky, debuted at number one on the New York Times bestseller list. The audio version of Happy-Go-Lucky, written and narrated by Sedaris, won the 2023 Audie Award. His first children's book, Pretty Ugly (TOON Books, February 27, 2024), has illustrations by Ian Falconer and received a ‘star’ review from Kirkus. 

Sedaris 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.

Sedaris has been nominated for five Grammy Awards for Best Spoken Word and Best Comedy Album. His audio recordings include “David Sedaris: Live for Your Listening Pleasure” and “David Sedaris Live at Carnegie Hall.” 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.” In 2019 David Sedaris became a regular contributor to CBS Sunday Morning, and his Masterclass, David Sedaris Teaches Storytelling and Humor, was released.

There are over 16 million copies of his books in print and they have been translated into 32 languages. He has been awarded the Terry Southern Prize for Humor, Thurber Prize for American Humor, Jonathan Swift International Literature Prize for Satire and Humor, Time 2001 Humorist of the Year Award, as well as the Medal for Spoken Language from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. In March 2019 he was elected as a member into the American Academy of Arts and Letters. In 2020 the New York Public Library voted Me Talk Pretty One Day one of the 125 most important books of the last 125 years.

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Category: Attractions | Talks and Lectures

Price:

Reserved Seating: USD 80.00