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Saturday, September 6th
2pm CT – North Stage

For nearly 30 years, Jeff Copeland worked as a show biz hobo, hopping from one gravy train to the next, working with legendary entertainers such as Madonna, Pee-wee Herman, Garry Shandling, and Carol Burnett. He was nominated for an Emmy (yay!) and lost (boo!), and has enjoyed creating fun, interesting, and exciting programs for a variety of networks and studios, including Sony Pictures, ABC, FOX, Discovery, A&E, and HGTV. But ironically, his most treasured Hollywood experience didn’t involve a major star. It occurred before he had success, when he was poor, naive, and struggling for a break. That’s when he befriended a washed-up, down-and-out Andy Warhol superstar named Holly Woodlawn, who was desperate to rekindle her limelight. They were two lost morons with big hopes and big dreams, so of course, they teamed up to make a movie, which was nothing but a disaster. But ironically, that debacle is what catapulted them into an absurd, magical whirlwind of chaos and success, which Jeff writes about in his hilarious new book, Love You Madly, Holly Woodlawn (Feral House).

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