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SOPAC Presents Saturday Night Live Comedian Pete Davidson

originally published: 02/15/2019


(SOUTH ORANGE, NJ) -- Saturday Night Live featured player and comedy superstar Pete Davidson brings his standup to New Jersey in a just-announced laugh-out-loud performance at the South Orange Performing Arts Center on Tuesday, February 19 at 7:00pm.

Pete Davidson recently returned to Saturday Night Live for his fifth season. Davidson, 24, is the youngest member of the current cast, as well as the first SNL cast member to be born in the 1990s. Davidson shot his first one-hour stand up special for Comedy Central in 2016 and was named one of Forbes’ 2016 “30 Under 30.” He made headlines as one of the featured comedians on the 2015 Comedy CentralRoast of Justin Bieber. Most recently, he can be seen in the Netflix comedy Set It Up, and his upcoming projects include Netflix’s Mötley Crüe biopic The Dirt, the independent film Big Time Adolescence and Paramount Players’ What Men Want, set to be released in 2019. Davidson is from Staten Island, N.Y., and his birthday is Nov. 16.

Tickets are $49 and available online or by calling the box office at (973) 313-2787. SOPAC is located at One SOPAC Way in South Orange, New Jersey.

SOPAC programs are made possible in part by the National Endowment for the Arts and the New Jersey State Council on the Arts. The South Orange Performing Arts Center (SOPAC) is a 501(c)(3) charitable organization.

Since 2006, SOPAC has been serving as a premier performing arts center in the region. SOPAC offers innovative artistic and cultural experiences for diverse audiences in an intimate, inviting environment. The premier arts center hosts a variety of live performances, community events and education programs for all ages.  To further expand its offerings, SOPAC has a partnership with the Juilliard School of Music to present Juilliard @ SOPAC—a series featuring upcoming musicians from the acclaimed conservatory.  SOPAC is home for Seton Hall University Arts Council’s performances, including Classical Concert Series, Jazz ‘N the Hall performances and Seton Hall University Theatre productions.  SOPAC also presents performances by its theater company in-residence, American Theater Group.  

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