Sarah Vowell, "a cranky stylist with talent to burn" (Newsweek), best known for her monologues and documentaries for public radio’s This American Life. She is the best-selling author of Assassination Vacation, The Partly Cloudy Patriot, Radio On: A Listener’s Diary and Take the Cannoli: Stories from the New World. As a critic and reporter, she has contributed to numerous magazines and newspapers, including GQ, Los Angeles Times, The Village Voice, Spin and The New York Times Book Review, TIME and Salon.com.
Sarah provided the voice of teenage superhero Violet Parr in Pixar Animation Studio’s The Incredibles, and regularly appears as a social observer on Late Night with Conan O’Brien, The Late Show with David Letterman and The Daily Show with Jon Stewart.
Traffic presents a one-night only reading of her work, as well as an audience question & answer on the Steppenwolf stage.
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Sarah Vowell
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Sarah Vowell
Sarah Vowell, "a cranky stylist with talent to burn" (Newsweek), best known for her monologues and documentaries for public radio’s This American Life. She is the best-selling author of Assassination Vacation, The Partly Cloudy Patriot, Radio On: A Listener’s Diary and Take the Cannoli: Stories from the New World. As a critic and reporter, she has contributed to numerous magazines and newspapers, including GQ, Los Angeles Times, The Village Voice, Spin and The New York Times Book Review, TIME and Salon.com.
Date: February 27, 2006
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Sarah Vowell
Sarah Vowell, "a cranky stylist with talent to burn" (Newsweek), best known for her monologues and documentaries for public radio’s This American Life. She is the best-selling author of Assassination Vacation, The Partly Cloudy Patriot, Radio On: A Listener’s Diary and Take the Cannoli: Stories from the New World. As a critic and reporter, she has contributed to numerous magazines and newspapers, including GQ, Los Angeles Times, The Village Voice, Spin and The New York Times Book Review, TIME and Salon.com.
Date: February 27, 2006
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Sarah Vowell
Sarah Vowell, "a cranky stylist with talent to burn" (Newsweek), best known for her monologues and documentaries for public radio’s This American Life. She is the best-selling author of Assassination Vacation, The Partly Cloudy Patriot, Radio On: A Listener’s Diary and Take the Cannoli: Stories from the New World. As a critic and reporter, she has contributed to numerous magazines and newspapers, including GQ, Los Angeles Times, The Village Voice, Spin and The New York Times Book Review, TIME and Salon.com.
Steppenwolf does not offer advisories about subject matter, as sensitivities vary from person to person.If you have any questions about content, age-appropriateness or stage effects(such as strobe lights or theatrical fog) that might have a bearing on patron comfort, please contact the box office at 312-335-1650.