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Rick Najera Exposes Comic Side of Fatherhood in
DADDY DIARIES
Award-winning
Actor/Playwright Rick Najera Returns To Lyceum Theatre for New
Fatherhood Comedy DADDY DIARIES - Performances Will Be Held For Two
Weekends Only! May 15-17, 22-24, 2009
 May 8, 2009 --– San
Diego REPertory Theatre welcomes
award-winning playwright RICK
NAJERA back to the Lyceum Theatre for
workshop performances of his latest comedy DADDY DIARIES. San Diego
native and local favorite, RICK NAJERA is a multi-hyphenated
actor-writer-director-producer and the father of three young children.
DADDY DIARIES explores his life as a father through his eccentric and
comedic point of view. Directed by GARY BLUMSACK and written and
performed by Najera himself, this live stage comedy will run Friday,
May 15 through Sunday, May 17; and continue on Friday, May 22 through
Sunday, May 24.
Paying homage to fathers everywhere, DADDY
DIARIES takes audiences from bachelorhood to the rough streets of
fatherhood and explains what to expect when you're not expecting.
Whether you are a dad, have a dad or just know a dad, this show will
have you laughing out loud!
RICK NAJERA, a Hollywood scribe
and professional actor, is also one of the most produced Latino
playwrights in the country. Known for his dramatic and comedic stage
plays, A Quiet Love, Latins Anonymous, Latinologues, Sweet 15, and now
Daddy Diaries, his nationally recognized play Latinologues ran on
Broadway for 137 performances, a historical achievement for a
Latino-oriented show. Najera was honored twice by Hispanic Business
Magazine's as "100 Most Influential Latinos in America" and was also
named '50 Most Creative in Hollywood' by Variety. His current projects
include serving as co-creator of KartoonTV.com and Content Strategist
for MioTV as head writer and producer for Camera Café. Najera's writing
credits include well-known television comedies such as MAD TV and In
Living Color and most recently, the holiday feature film, Nothing Like
the Holidays starring John Leguizamo, Debra Messing and Freddy
Rodriguez.
Rick
Najera's DADDY DIARIES Performance Dates:
Friday, May 15 @ 8pm
Saturday, May 16 @ 2pm & 8pm
Sunday, May 17 @ 2pm
Friday, May 22 @ 8pm
Saturday, May 23 @ 2pm & 8pm
Sunday, May 24 @ 2pm
Where: San Diego Repertory Theatre, Lyceum Space, 79 Horton Plaza, San
Diego, CA 92101
Tickets: $20 Adults; $15 Senior/Military/Students
Available at the REP's box office, 619-544-1000, or online at
www.sdrep.org
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