A special tribute performance of “Erma Bombeck: At Wit’s End” is set for Sunday, April 22.

The one-night only tribute to the life and legacy of Erma Bombeck will be performed with her children in the audience. The event starts at 6:30 p.m.

The date, April 22, is the 22nd anniversary of Erma Bombeck’s passing. It is in her honor that this special performance is being held. Fountain Hills Theater will share a portion of the proceeds with the National Kidney Foundation of Arizona / The Erma Bombeck Project.

Tickets are $125. The price includes reserved seat, preshow reception with appetizers, post-show dessert, one drink ticket, the performance, a talk back with Bombeck’s children and a presentation by the NKF-AZ.

Reservations may be made at fhtaz.org, or by calling 480-837-9661, ext. 3.

“Erma Bombeck: At Wit’s End” is a funny, touching one-woman comedy based on the writings of long time Valley resident Erma Bombeck. It’s a comic look at one of the country’s most beloved voices, as Erma (Cathy Dresbach) tells her own story and leads the audience through her years as a mother and housewife who lampooned life in the suburbs in her weekly (then tri-weekly, then heavily syndicated) newspaper column called “At Wit’s End.” Erma captured frustrations of her generation by asking, “If life is a bowl of cherries, what am I doing in the pits?” Discover the story behind America’s beloved humorist who championed women’s lives with wit that sprang from the most unexpected place of all—the truth.