Dr. Laura Schlessinger

Radio host Dr. Laura Schlessinger will make her stage debut in a one-woman show in southern California.

The Lobero Theatre in Santa Barbara hosts "Dr. Laura: In My Never To Be Humble Opinion," Aug. 19 and 20.

Engagements in northern California and Texas are planned for later this year.

Directed by Marie Masters, the performance "will provide an intimate look into her mind and character, revealing personal secrets that she has never before shared with the public."

The play's promoter calls Act One "a tour-de-force performance piece that mixes humor with true-life stories plus current events pulled from the top stories of the day.

"Dr. Laura will share her opinions on everything from childbirth to death and all things in between including her own childhood, revealing a new side of her quick-witted, hilarious and frighteningly insightful mind."

In Act Two, she "will take pre-submitted questions from that night's audience and, in distinctive Dr. Laura style, mete out advice at the speed of light as she does every day on her radio program."

Schlessinger, one of the most popular talk show hosts in radio history, is the author of seven New York Times Bestsellers including last year's "The Proper Care and Feeding of Husbands."

She also is a WND columnist.

Asked about her stage debut, Schlessinger said, "I've listened to my callers' secrets for 30 years. Now it's my turn.

"There's a lot that people don't know about me, and I look forward to surprising my fans, my friends – myself, too."

Marie Masters has portrayed the town drunk "Dr. Susan Stewart" on CBS-TV's daytime drama, "As the World Turns" since 1968. She has won two Emmy Awards for her writing for the soap opera, and her theater credits include a long association with the New York City theater company The New Group.