Hospitality Under the Influence
Amy Sedaris
Wednesday, 12 Mar 2008 at 8:00 pm – Great Hall, Memorial Union
Amy Sedaris is best known for her role as Jerri Blank in the television series and 2006 movie adaptation of Strangers with Candy, and, most recently, for sharing her domestic skills in the satirical guide to entertaining I Like You: Hospitality Under the Influence. Sedaris has appeared in the movies Elf, School of Rock, Maid in Manhattan, the film version of Bewitched and on television in Rescue Me, Monk, Just Shoot Me! Sex and the City, and in My Name Is Earl. She also made a guest appearance on Sesame Street as a flustered Snow White who keeps losing her dwarves. With her brother, author and essayist David Sedaris, Amy has coauthored several plays. She also coauthored the text-and-picture novel Wigfield with Paul Dinello and Stephen Colbert, her coauthors for Strangers with Candy. Part of the National Affairs Series: Can Laughter Save America?Cosponsored By:
- National Affairs
- Committee on Lectures (funded by Student Government)
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