The Talk of Downtown: Theater announces debut lecture series - Signature Conversations

11/15/2006

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
November 15, 2006

CONTACT: Sheree Marcucci
(203) 755-8483 X 133
marcucci@palacetheaterct.org

THE TALK OF DOWNTOWN
Palace Theater Announces Debut Speaker Series – Signature Conversations

WATERBURY – The Palace Theater is pleased to announce Waterbury Hospital as the 2006-2007 season sponsor of Signature Conversations, a brand new speaker series making its debut at the Palace in January.

Innovative as well as informative, the series promises to stimulate and educate with a diverse roster of names and topics spanning the world of literature, politics, business and more. The series will include a minimum of three speakers, all of which represent a current facet in today’s society and will entertain audiences through thoughtful and memorable dialogue.

Each Signature Conversation event offers a VIP pre-show wine and cheese reception for 100 patrons. The party will be attended by the evening’s guest speaker, who will informally sign books for the private audience. Directly following the event, all patrons are invited to attend a post-show book signing in the theater’s lobby. Barnes & Nobles Booksellers will be on site, offering a variety of the presenter’s titles for sale.

The Signature Conversations series kicks-off on Wednesday, January 24, at 7:30pm, when Sex and the City author Candace Bushnell breaks down the bedroom doors of NYC’s rich and beautiful, sharing encounters, relationships and good-byes that provide an often humorous, sometimes bleak, but always honest look at what it means to be single in a city where "Cupid has flown the coop."

Then, on Thursday, March 15, at 7:30pm, widely published poet and best-selling author of the now-classic Under the Tuscan Sun, Frances Mayes reaches out to audiences about taking chances, living in Italy, the pleasures of food, wine, gardens and the voluptuous Italian life.

Tickets to the Signature Conversations events are $80, $47, $42, $37, and $27 and go on sale Monday, November 20 at 10:00am. Tickets can be purchased by phone at 203-755-4700, or online at palacetheaterct.org. Groups of 20 or more receive a 10% discount. The Palace Theater Box Office is located at 100 East Main Street in Waterbury.

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About the Palace Theater

The Palace's primary purpose is to revitalize the Greater Waterbury community through the presentation of the performing arts and educational initiatives in collaboration with area cultural and educational institutions. Its mission is to build a strong sense of community and an appreciation for the arts by operating, maintaining and sustaining itself as a financially viable not-for-profit performing arts center that generates a positive artistic, educational, social and financial impact on the Greater Waterbury area. For more information, visit: www.palacetheaterct.org.

The Palace Theater gratefully acknowledges support by: Bank of America, Chase Parkway Volvo, City of Waterbury, Connecticut Commission on Culture and Tourism, Naugatuck Savings Bank, Republican-American, Saint Mary's Hospital, ShopRite, The Junior League of Greater Waterbury, Waterbury Hospital, Webster Bank, and WTNH/WCTX.

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