Comedian Paula Poundstone to bring insightful humor to Zeiterion

Marion - Armed with nothing but a stool, a microphone and a can of Diet Pepsi, Paula Poundstone will bring her delightfully insightful humor to the Zeiterion Performing Arts Center at 8 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 21.

Poundstone’s ability to create humor on the spot has become the stuff of legend. Little wonder people leave her shows debating whether the random people she talked to were “plants”— which, of course they never are, and complaining that their cheeks hurt from laughter. Poundstone’s spontaneity and razor-sharp wit have made her one of the most popular panelists on NPR’s hilarious weekly news quiz show, Wait Wait…Don’t Tell Me. (2008 winner of the prestigious Peabody Award for Broadcasting excellence), and her commentaries can be heard on NPR’s Morning Edition and read on the Huffington Post and comedy site: 23/6.

Her first book, “There’s Nothing In This Book That I Meant To Say”, (with a foreword by Mary Tyler Moore) was published by Random House and she is hard at work on her second for the same imprint. She also just released her first comedy CD: I HEART JOKES: Paula Tells Them In Maine, 60 minutes of hilarious comedy recorded live at the sensational Stone Mountain Arts Center – because as Poundstone says, “It’s very hard to do it any other way.”

Poundstone has had several solo specials on HBO and most recently, BRAVO. She was the first woman to win an ACE (the Cable EMMY) for Best Standup Comedy performance and the first woman to be invited to perform at the distinguished White House Correspondents dinner where those in attendance included the President. Poundstone has made frequent TV appearances, including Letterman, Leno, Craig Ferguson, as well as Garrison Keillor’s, A Prairie Home Companion.

The Zeiterion Performing Arts Center’s box office is located at 684 Purchase Street, New Bedford. Tickets are priced at $30, $30 and $25. This performance has a “culinary pairing” with Cork Wine & Tappas BarBox Office Hours are Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and one hour before each performance. For more information, visit www.zeiterion.org.