Get Awkward with Comedian Demetri Martin at the CCA

The comedy of Demetri Martin relies on equal parts absurdity, pithy observations, quick-witted one-liners and at times, awkwardness. Extreme, stifling awkwardness. And now, that awkwardness should be front and center when his "Let's Get Awkward" Tour hits the CCA mainstage on Friday, April 13 at 8PM.

Martin started doing stand-up comedy in New York City. Then he worked as a staff writer at Late Night with Conan O'Brien. After that, he was a regular performer on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart.

Martin has released two standup comedy albums and three hour-long standup comedy specials, including one for Netflix in 2015 titled Demetri Martin Live. He created and starred in his own television series for Comedy Central called Important Things with Demetri Martin. He has appeared in several feature films and television shows, including Ang Lee's Taking Woodstock and Showtime's House of Lies. His first two books, This Is a Book by Demetri Martin and Point Your Face at This are both New York Times Bestsellers and his fiction has appeared in The New Yorker, Playboy and Esquire. Martin recently wrote and directed his first feature film, titled Dean, which he is currently editing.

Tickets for the April 13 "Let's Get Awkward" performance start at $39.50, plus any applicable fees for phone / Internet sales. They may be ordered by calling the Capitol Center for the Arts at (603) 225-1111 or online at ccanh.com. Tickets may also obtained at the Center's box office at 44 South Main St., Concord, NH, which is open Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday from 11AM to 6PM and Saturdays from 11AM-2PM.

About the Capitol Center for the Arts

The award-winning Capitol Center for the Arts (www.ccanh.com) inspires, educates, and entertains audiences by providing a quality venue for the performing arts as well as a wide range of professional-level, artistically-significant presentations. The Center is conveniently located off Rt. 93 in downtown Concord, New Hampshire and is close to several quality restaurants, shopping boutiques, and other area attractions. The facility first opened in 1927 as the Capitol Theatre, a prime stop on the Vaudeville circuit; it later became Concord's premier movie house and concert hall. After closing in 1989, it underwent a multi-million dollar renovation / modernization and reopened in 1995 as the Capitol Center for the Arts. Today, the Capitol Center is home to the 1304-seat Chubb Theatre, the Spotlight Café, The Governor's Hall ballroom, and the Kimball House, a Victorian mansion.