Boston Financial Data Service is pleased to be the VIP Sponsor of An Evening with David Sedaris at the Lied Center of Kansas.

Please join us in the Kemper Foyer for a post-performance book signing by David Sedaris with refreshments provided by the Lied Center Student Association.

This event is sponsored, in part, by the Lied Performance Fund.

Audio description services and recorded program notes are provided through a partnership between the Lied Center and Audio-Reader Network.

Please turn off or silence cellular phones and other electronic devices during performances. Food and drink are not allowed inside the hall.

Cameras and recording devices are strictly prohibited in the auditorium.

Wednesday NOV 9

7:30pm

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“Sedaris ain’t the preeminent humorist of his generation by accident” — Whitney Pastorek, Entertainment Weekly

“Sedaris has hit upon the narrative equivalent of Pepsi, or the PlayStation, or oxygen, or the haircut: something that others in the world might actually want and find useful. . . He’s smart, he’s caustic, he’s mordant, and, somehow, he’s . . . well, nice” — Bill Richardson, Toronto Globe and Mail

“Sedaris’s droll assessment of the mundane and the eccentrics who inhabit the world’s crevices make him one of the greatest humorists writing today” — Chicago Tribune

“Sedaris belongs on any list of people writing in English at the moment who are revising our ideas about what’s funny.” — San Francisco Chronicle

With sardonic wit and incisive social critiques, David Sedaris has become one of America’s pre-eminent humor writers. The great skill with which he slices through cultural euphemisms and political correctness proves that Sedaris is a master of satire and one of the most observant writers addressing the human condition today.

David Sedaris is the author Barrel Fever and Holidays on Ice, as well as collections of personal essays, Naked, Me Talk Pretty One Day, Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim, and When You Are Engulfed in Flames, each of which became a bestseller. There are a total of seven million copies of his books in print and they have been translated into 25 languages. He was the editor of Children Playing Before a Statue of Hercules: An Anthology of Outstanding Stories. Sedaris’s pieces appear regularly in The New Yorker and have twice been included in “The Best American Essays.” His newest book, a collection of fables entitled Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk: A Modest Bestiary (with illustrations by Ian Falconer), was published in September 2010 and immediately hit the New York Times Bestseller Fiction List.

He 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. David Sedaris’s original radio pieces can often be heard on This American Life, distributed nationally by Public Radio International and produced by WBEZ. David Sedaris has been nominated for three Grammy Awards for Best Spoken Word and Best Comedy Album. His most recent live album is David Sedaris: Live For Your Listening Pleasure (November 2009).

For more information, visit www.facebook.com/davidsedaris

THE CELTIC TENoRS Songs of the season SATURDAY, DEC 10 — 7:30pm

FREE ADDITIONAL ACTIvITY• Post-Performance Meet and Greet with artists

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THE SuzANNE FARRELL BALLET Celebrating George Balanchine’s dance legacySATURDAY, NoV 12 — 7:30pm

FREE ADDITIONAL ACTIvITIES• Pre-Performance Discussion with Suzanne Farrell

on Balanchine’s legacy — 6:30pm• Post-Performance Meet and Greet with artists

ETHEL String quartet on another level SATURDAY, NoV 19 — 7:30pm

FREE ADDITIONAL ACTIvITIES• Pre-Performance Discussion on the exploration

of the classical art of New Music — 6:30pm• Post-Performance Coffee and Conversation

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Rodgers & Hammerstein’sSOUTH PACIFIC An epic musical romance WEDNESDAY, JAN 18 — 7:30pm

UPcoming Performances

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CHAMBER ENSEMBLE oF THE SHANGHAI CHINESE oRCHESTRA

Traditional music from Shanghai MONDAY, FEB 13 — 7:30pm

FREE ADDITIONAL ACTIvITIES• Pre-Performance Discussion with the

Kansas City Traditional Chinese Orchestra — 6:30pm• Post-Performance Meet and Greet with

the Shanghai Chinese Orchestra

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CHIARA STRING QuARTET A musical conversation between friends

SUNDAY, JAN 29 — 2:00pm

ELVIS LIVES The Ultimate Elvis Tribute Artist Event

THURSDAY, FEB 2 — 7:30pm

MAMMA MIA! The smash-hit musical based on

the songs of ABBA TUESDAY, FEB 14 — 7:30pm

UPcoming Performances

A SALUTE TO OUR vIP SPONSORS

We proudly recognize our Very Important Partners. Not only do our vIP Sponsors offer essential financial contributions, they also provide valuable and enthusiastic promotion of Lied Center performances to their customers, employees and the community. Their commitment to the performing arts allows us to provide education activities, free school performances and high-quality events each year. We honor our vIP Sponsors throughout the season on our electronic sign and with onstage recognition at their selected performances. We hope you will also thank them when you visit their businesses. For more information regarding our sponsorship program, contact the Lied Center Director of Development, Megan Poindexter, at 785-864-2788.

Media sponsors provide important underwriting for Lied Center performances. Their contributions give invaluable support for advertising, promotions and marketing. For information on becoming a media sponsor, please call 785-864-3469.

Mnozil Brass

An Evening with David Sedaris

The Intergalactic Nemesis

ViP sPonsors

Media sPonsors

A salute to our

A salute to our

Open House and

Community Arts Festival

The National Acrobats of China

The Intergalactic Nemesis & Chiara String Quartet

Herbie Hancock

AnDa Union &

The Chamber Ensemble of the Shanghai Chinese Orchestra

& Jing Xing Dance Theatre

An Evening with David Sedaris

Suzanne Farrell Ballet

The Celtic Tenors

South Pacific

ELvIS LIvES

MAMMA MIA!

FARFALLE (Butterflies)

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ViP sPonsors

Media sPonsors

Lied Foundation TrustChristina M. Hixson, Trustee

William T. Kemper FoundationCommerce Bank, Trustee

KU EndowmentDale Seuferling, Monte Soukup

KU Design and Construction ManagementWarren Corman, Jim Modig, Marion Paulette, Steve Scannell, Bob Rombach, John Eye

KU Facilities, Operations and PlanningDoug Riat

KU Information TechnologyPatti Fisher, Joey Marchie

Helix Architecture + DesignReeves Wiedeman, Bryan Gross, Jacob Palan

Mar Lan Construction, LCGale Lantis, Brian Lantis, Fernando velilla

Acme Floor Company

Acoustical Stretched Fabric Systems

Alliance Fire Protection

B&B Drywall Company

Beran Concrete

D.H. Pace Door Services

Design Business Interior

Diamond Everley Roofing

Ewell Construction

Image Flooring

Henderson Engineers

R.D. Johnson Excavating

K Building Specialties

Kennedy Glass

KI-Furnishing Knowledge

Lawrence Decorating Service

Lawrence Landscape

McElroy’s, Inc.

MSM Systems

MultiVista Construction Documentation

Oliver Electric Construction

Precision Masonry

Professional Services Industries

Prosoco Restoration and Waterproofing

Topeka Foundry & Iron Works

Woodworking Specialties

The University of Kansas and Lied Center of Kansas wish to thank the following individuals and organizations for their generous gifts that made the Lied Center expansion project and Pavilion a reality. We would also like to acknowledge the outstanding work done by the architects, contractors and sub-contractors, whose planning and construction have made our hopes for a high-quality multi-purpose venue come true.

Thank you

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2011-12 FRIEnDS OF THE LIED UPDATE

BusIness FrIendsFELLOW ($2,500+)Bigg’s Barbecue

PATROn ($500+)The Janssen Clinic of Natural Medicine

IndIVIduAL FrIendsBEnEFACTOR ($1,000+)Venkata & Neeli BendapudiDon & Carol Hatton

PATROn ($500+)Karen & Dennis ChristillesTod & Sidney SuttonJan & Dale Willey

SPOnSOR ($250+)John W. & Ferry EvansDavid & Diana IceLucy Price

COnTRIBUTOR ($100+)Michele BerendsenJohn & Eliza BullockGeorge & Gloria ByersJanice & Robert CobbRichard & Betty ColbertRobert FriaufWilliam Sharp & Sonya LancasterAdam PoussonDr. Allan & Margi RossSharon Graham & Anthea ScouffasCharles SilvestriLori Norwood & Doug StullForrest & Donna SwallOlive J. Ubel

FRIEnDS ($50+)Eva S. AlleyCara Nossaman AndersonJack Winerock & Susan ElkinsKaren HallMary & Steve JonesBruce LevineEarl & Dee Anne Waters

2011-12 UPdate

Friends of the LiedThis list includes individuals and businesses that have initiated or renewed their Friends of the Lied membership since the original list was published.

The Lied Center is grateful for gifts of all sizes. We apologize for any errors or omissions.

You can support the Lied, too!

For more information or to join

Friends of the Lied, contact

the Lied Center Director of

Development, Megan Poindexter,

at 785-864-2788 or

meganp@ku.edu or go to

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