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So in addition to paying for the production costs of all three shows, the Warehouse must also pay the additional expense of bringing in Bradburn from Atlanta. “Our mainstream Main Stage shows are easily sponsorable,” Savas said of the decision to use Kickstarter for the coming-home project. “It’s a little harder to find sponsorship for our more David Sedaris- or more ‘November’-like shows.” According to the Kickstarter project page, 44 percent of the Warehouse’s revenue this season will come from charitable gifts. In a video promoting the Kickstarter project, Bradburn said he misses Greenville, especially the theater community.
“It’s where my heart is,” he said. “It’s where I grew up.” Bradburn is a designer who specializes in photo prop design, illustration, photo styling, scenic art, fabrication and graphic design. Savas called him “perfect” for the “Santaland Diaries,” which is the true and humorous account of David Sedaris’ stint as a Christmas elf at Macy’s
The Warehouse Theatre is turning to Kickstarter, a crowd-funding website for creative projects, to help pay for one of its Christmas shows, “The Santaland Diaries.” The campaign is titled “Bring Ryan Bradburn Home for the Holidays.”
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WHAT: “Santaland Diaries/Season’s Greetings” WHO: “Santaland Diaries”: Ryan Bradburn & “Season’s Greetings”: Kerrie Seymour WHERE: The Warehouse Theatre, 37 Augusta St., Greenville WHEN: Dec. 7-9, 13-16, 20-23, 28-29 Thursdays and Fridays, 8:30 p.m.; Saturdays and Sundays, 8 p.m. TICKETS: $30 INFORMATION: 864-235-6948 * Note: This show is not appropriate for children.
him coal for Christmas if he doesn’t straighten up. “Santa no longer traffics in coal,” Sedaris wrote. “Instead, if you’re bad, he comes to the house and steals things. I told Riley if he didn’t behave himself, Santa was going to take away his TV and his electrical appliances and leave him in the dark.” And traditional Christmas theatrical fare doesn’t address the irritated adults who threaten to have the elf fired during their wait for their kid’s two-minute sit in the fat man’s lap. “Go ahead, be my guest,” Sedaris wrote. “I’m wearing a green velvet costume; it doesn’t get any worse than that.” Paired with “Santaland Diaries” is “Season’s Greetings,” Sedaris’ take on Christmas family newsletters. “Season’s Greetings” is not for the kids, either. Contact Cindy Landrum at clandrum@communityjournals.com.
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Department Store in New York. Sedaris made his comedic debut reading the essay on National Public Radio’s Morning Edition on Dec. 23, 1992. It was adapted into a one-man oneact play by Joe Mantello in 1996, and has become a popular adult Christmas production, the opposite of “It’s a Wonderful Life” and “A Christmas Carol.” After all, traditional Christmas theatrical fare doesn’t address the “Oh, My God Corner.” That’s the place, Sedaris wrote, were people arriving to see the long line say, “Oh, my God!” It is an elf ’s job to calm them down and explain that it will take no longer than an hour to see Santa. Neither does traditional Christmas theatrical fare address the tantrumthrowing child whose mother wants the elf to tell him Santa will bring
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