Name: The Library Foundation Presents: An Evening with David Sedaris
Start: 2024-10-25T19:00:00-05:00
Location: Gillioz Theatre

The Historic Gillioz Theatre Presents:
The Library Foundation Presents: An Evening with David Sedaris
October 25th, 2024
Doors: 5:30PM
Show: 7:00PM
Pre Sale: Wednesday, July 31st 10am - Thursday Aug. 1st 10pm
26 Club Pre Sale: Thursday, Aug. 1st 10am-10pm
Public On Sale: Friday, Aug. 2nd 10am
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David Sedaris is one of America’s preeminent 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. 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.

Proceeds from this event benefit The Springfield-Greene County Library Foundation, helping the Library to build a thriving community of lifelong learners since 1993.

Here are some things to keep in mind:
- Doors open at 5:30 p.m. Be ready to present your ticket or e-ticket.
- No concessions will be sold.
- Books will be available for purchase before and after the event. Cash, check or credit card accepted.
- David Sedaris will sign books before and after the event. He will sign purchased books and those you bring from home.
- At 7 p.m. Mr. Sedaris will deliver a one-hour reading, followed by a 20-30 minutes of audience Q&A.
- He will return to the lobby after the event and sign books as long as people are in line.
- No photography or video recording is permitted at any time in the book signing line and during the performance.

Photo credit: Anne Fishbein