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Comedian Tig Nataro coming to Wilson Center

The Wilson Center at Cape Fear Community College has announced that Oscar-nominated producer and Emmy- and Grammy- nominated stand-up comedian, actor, writer, and podcaster, Tig Notaro, will bring her new “Out of Nowhere” tour to the center. (Courtesy photo)

WILMINGTON — The Wilson Center at Cape Fear Community College has announced that Oscar-nominated producer and Emmy- and Grammy- nominated stand-up comedian, actor, writer, and podcaster, Tig Notaro, will bring her new “Out of Nowhere” tour to the center.

The show will take place Friday, Jan. 8, 2027, at 7:30pm.

Named by Rolling Stone as one of the “50 best stand-up comics of all time,” Notaro hosts the critically acclaimed, GLAAD Award-winning podcast “Handsome” with comedians Fortune Feimster and Mae Martin. Nataro is also the author of the New York Times best-selling memoir “I’m Just a Person.” 

Notaro wrote and starred in the groundbreaking TV show “One Mississippi,” and co-directed the GLAAD-nominated feature film “Am I OK?” with her wife, Stephanie Allynne. Notaro’s latest special, “Tig Notaro: Hello Again,” premiered on Prime Video and garnered multiple Emmy nominations.

Notaro can be seen in “The Morning Show” on Apple TV and in both “Star Trek: Discovery” and “Star Trek: Starfleet Academy.” She appears in the Netflix films “Your Place of Mine,” “We Have a Ghost,” and in Zack Snyder’s “Army of the Dead.”

Tickets to see “Tig Notaro: Out of Nowhere” will be available online to Wilson Center Members on Wednesday, Oct. 14, at 10 a.m. Tickets go on sale online and in person to the general public on Friday, Oct. 16, at 10 a.m.


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