{"id":4173,"date":"2009-11-25T05:54:55","date_gmt":"2009-11-25T10:54:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/utnews.utoledo.edu\/?p=4173"},"modified":"2009-11-25T12:17:21","modified_gmt":"2009-11-25T17:17:21","slug":"glacity-theatre-collective-to-offer-spirited-reading-of-santaland-diaries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/11_25_2009\/glacity-theatre-collective-to-offer-spirited-reading-of-santaland-diaries","title":{"rendered":"Glacity Theatre Collective to offer spirited reading of ‘Santaland Diaries’"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Dave<\/a>

Dave DeChristopher, UT instructor of theatre, as Crumpet the Elf <\/p><\/div>\n

Leave the young ones at home with a sitter and a \u201cRudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer\u201d DVD, and join the Glacity Theatre Collective for an alternative tradition of Christmas crimes and misdemeanors.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Santaland Diaries\u201d will open Friday, Nov. 27, at 8 p.m. at the Valentine Theatre, 410 Adams St. Performances continue Saturday and Sunday, Nov. 28 and 29, and Friday through Sunday, Dec. 4-6, and Dec. 11-13. Curtain time will be 8 p.m. except for Sunday matinees, which will take place at 2 p.m.<\/p>\n

Noted humorist David Sedaris first came to prominence on NPR with his wickedly funny story of playing Crumpet the Elf in the holiday extravaganza known as \u201cSantaland\u201d at Macy\u2019s. Now adapted into a play by Joe Mantello, \u201cThe Santaland Diaries\u201d has become a new, subversive Christmas classic with its backstage expos\u00e9 of that seamy underbelly of the holidays known as Elf School.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe story, when first read by Sedaris on NPR, quickly became the second-most requested piece in Morning Edition\u2019s history,\u201d said Glacity Theatre Collective Executive Director Holly Monsos, UT associate professor and chair of theatre and film. \u201cAnd it\u2019s not surprising. All too often the stress of trying to make the holidays perfect can drive people a little crazy. Crumpet the Elf deals with such craziness \u2014 and we\u2019ve all been there \u2014 with wit, subtle anarchy and something that almost, but not quite, resembles compassion.\u201d<\/p>\n

Dave DeChristopher, one of Glacity Theatre Collective\u2019s founding members, will play the acerbic Crumpet. He is an instructor in the UT Department of Theatre and Film.<\/p>\n

Glacity Theatre Collective Artistic Director Cornel Gabara, UT assistant professor of theatre, is directing the production. James S. Hill, UT professor of theatre and film, designed the set and lighting, and Monsos created the costumes.<\/p>\n

Ticket prices are $20 and are available in person at the Valentine Theatre Box Office, online at www.valentinetheatre.com\/boxoffice.html<\/a> or by phone at 419.242.2787.<\/p>\n

The Sunday, Dec. 6, matinee will be a \u201cpay what you can\u201d show, and tickets will be available at the door only.<\/p>\n

The Glacity Theatre Collective is a company comprised of professional local theatre artists, including UT faculty, staff and students. In September, it became a new resident company in the Valentine Theatre\u2019s studio spaces.<\/p>\n

For more information, go to www.glacity.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Crumpet the Elf shares some not-so-idyllic holiday stories in the Glacity Theatre Collective’s production of \u201cThe Santaland Diaries,\u201d which will open Friday, Nov. 27, at the Valentine Theatre.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,7],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4173"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4173"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4173\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4173"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4173"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4173"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}