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Sadly a very funny show finds it's end at The Alley. Santaland Diaries plays along with Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol - A Ghost Story of Christmas,which runs on the Hubbard Stage during the Holiday season. David Sedaris' The Santaland Diaries runs downstairs on the Neuhaus Stage. This is the last holiday season that the Alley Theatre will produce this show, directed by David Cromer, who won the MacArthur Genius Award and Obie Award for Best Director. Cromer's critically acclaimed production of Thornton Wilder's Our Town, ran for over a year on Broadway and most recently he directed  Sweet Bird of Youth, now running at the Goodman Theater in Chicago.  This past summer, David Cromer appeared in the premiere episode of Aaron Sorkin's The Newsroom on HBO.  Alley Artist Todd Waite reprises his role as "Crumpet the Elf" in the outlandish, and true, chronicles of David Sedaris' experience as a worker in Macy's SantaLand display.

A compact, one-character comedy, The Santaland Diaries  is a hilarious cult classic featuring 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 due to language and subject matter.   

The Santaland Diaries, by David Sedaris, adapted for the stage by Joe Mantello and directed by David Cromer , begins previews Saturday, November 24, opens Thursday, November 29 and runs through Sunday, December 30 on the Neuhaus Stage.

Todd Waite (Crumpet) is in his 12th season as an Alley Company Artist. Most recently seen in Death of a Salesman as Uncle Ben and November as Archer Brown, he has appeared in over 60 productions including four Christmas seasons of the one-man show The Santaland Diaries.

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