Comedy Superstar Dana Carvey to Tape National Television Special Live From Santa...

Comedy Superstar Dana Carvey to Tape National Television Special Live From
Santa Rosa
March 28th and 29th Taping Marks Second National TV Special from Sonoma County
Arts Center in Less Than a Month

SANTA ROSA, Calif., Nov. 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Perhaps best known as the
"Church Lady" from Saturday Night Live, Emmy Award-winning comedian Dana
Carvey is coming to Santa Rosa's Wells Fargo Center for the Arts to tape his
much-anticipated HBO Special. The special will be taped live from the Center's
1600 seat main theater on March 28th and 29th. It will be the second national
television special to be hosted at the Santa Rosa arts center in less than a
month. On February 30th and March 1st, Wells Fargo Center for the Arts will
also host the taping and live broadcast of legendary comedian George Carlin's
14th HBO Special, entitled "It's Bad For Ya."
"I don't want to put any pressure on the audience or myself," said Dana
Carvey, "but I plan on making history." Carvey, who calls the Wells Fargo
Center for the Arts the "greatest theater I have ever played," said,
"Everybody knows that this is the best theater in America. I'm going to be the
only Bay Area-raised kid to shoot an HBO comedy special at the Wells Fargo
Center for the Arts."
"What can we say ... this is just a great tribute to Sonoma County
audiences," said the Arts Center's Rick Bartalini. "We learned today from HBO
that this is the first time in the network's history that two artists have
requested to tape from the same venue in such a short time-frame. It's
especially flattering given the fact that both Dana Carvey and George Carlin
could have their pick of any theater nationwide, and they chose to come here."
Carvey, who was attending S.F. State University when he won the San
Francisco Comedy Competition, says he recalls coming to the Santa Rosa arts
center as a child. He played a sold out performance at the Center this past
summer, calling the audience "the smartest and nicest crowd I have ever played
to (and I'm not trying to kiss anyone's ass)." About his upcoming TV special,
Carvey promises it will be "nothing less than a love letter to the people of
Santa Rosa."
TICKETS
Dana Carvey's TV Special will be recorded at Wells Fargo Center for the
Arts, March 28 and 29 at 8:00 pm (theater doors close promptly at 7:30 pm).
Tickets ($35, $45, $65) are on sale Friday, December 7 at noon. Purchase
tickets at the Box Office located at 50 Mark West Springs Road in Santa Rosa,
by phone at 707-546-3600, or online at www.wellsfargocenterarts.org.
Print quality artist images available at:
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SOURCE Wells Fargo Center for the Arts

Kristi Buffo, Public Relations Manager of Wells Fargo Center for the Arts,
+1-707-527-7006, ext. 150, kristib@wellsfargocenterarts.org