The Kentucky Center for the Performing Arts

Dying to do Letterman

Special Free Screening

You won’t want to miss this special screening of the award-winning documentary film Dying To Do Letterman. When 35 year old stand-up comedian Steve Mazan learned he had cancer, and might only have five years to live, he dedicated his life to living his dream: performing comedy on The Late Show with David Letterman. Mazan and the film’s directors come to IF to share this amazing documentary that chronicles his five-year journey, as he races against his own ticking clock to achieve a nearly impossible goal. Hilarious, heart-breaking, and ultimately inspirational. This is a story that proves it’s not how much time you have, it’s what you do with it. 

See links below for additional IdeaFestival events! 

IdeaFestival All Access Pass

 Wednesday, September 21st

Thrivals 4.0: The Future of Learning

Thursday, September 22nd

• The Science of Kissing 
• Azure Antoinette 
• Mats Bigert & Lars Bergström 
• Many Worlds 
• Selling the Brain 
• How to Run the World 
• Taste of Innovation

Friday, September 23rd

• Deep Innovation 
• Creative Capital: Artists at the Edge 
• The Other Wes Moore 
• Personal Foul 
• Aneesh Chopra 
• Human Perception 
• Dying to do Letterman 

Saturday, September 24th

• Sam Graham-Felsen 
• The Drunkard's Walk 
• Elizabeth Scharpf 
• Live to be 250...and Beyond? 
• The Idea of Democracy 
•   The Future of Health and Wellbeing in the 21st Century