Actor, Comedian and SNL Legend Jane Curtin at UAlbany on April 29

ALBANY — Actor and comedian Jane Curtin, an original cast member on NBC’s “Saturday Night Live,” will visit the University at Albany on Saturday, April 29, for two distinct events.  Both appearances will take place at the UAlbany Performing Arts Center on the uptown University at Albany campus at 1400 Washington Ave.

At 4 p.m., the Emmy Award winner will participate in an on-stage interview with WAMC’s Joe Donahue as part of The Creative Life: A Conversation Series. This event is free and open to the public.  Later that day at 7:30 p.m., Curtin will be a part of the cast of Selected Shorts, the live version of the weekly public radio show that airs locally on WAMC Northeast Public Radio.  Tickets purchased in advance are $10-$15.

Starting in its first season in 1975, Curtin was one of the original “Not Ready for Prime Time Players” on “Saturday Night Live” and stayed with the show through the 1979-80 season. She later starred in two long-running television sitcoms, “Kate & Allie” from 1984 through 1989, during which she won back-to-back Emmy Awards in 1984 and 1985, and “3rd Rock from the Sun” from 1996 through 2001. Curtin also starred in all four seasons of “Unforgettable” as well as the television movie series “The Librarian” and its spin-off television show, “The Librarians.” Guest appearances have included “The Good Wife,” “48 Hours ’til Monday,”
“The Good Fight,” “Broad City,” “United We Fall” and, most recently, “The Conners.”