Something completely different is on its way to the CenterStage
at the Reston Community Center. Opening the 2013-14 Reston
Professional Touring Artist series is the cutting edge stand-up
comedy of Tig Notaro. Notaro has toured throughout the United
States with her own unique style and outlook. She has appeared on
Conan O'Brien, NPR's "This American Life" and "Wait, Wait, Don't
Tell Me, as well as "Comedy Central Presents," to name just a few.
Stand-up comedy is new to the CenterStage. Paul Douglas
Michnewicz, Reston Community Center arts and events director,
said, "because of its intimacy with the audience, the CenterStage is
an excellent venue for comedy. There is an immediate connection
between the artist and the patron. I think comedy will be an excellent
addition to our annual line up of great performances at the Reston
Community Center."
Notaro has a distinctive manner as she comments about the world
around her and her own life. She has a singular sense of "timing
and wry wit," said Michnewicz. "I can definitely predict that it will
be unpredictable. ... The set that catapulted her to stardom was
called 'Live' and it was in response to her then-recent diagnosis with
breast cancer. Louis CK was in the audience and said it was the best
set he had ever seen."