Comedian Dave Chappelle will perform at Lila Cockrell Theatre Dec. 14, the venue announced on Tuesday. Tickets are $55 and went on sale at 10 a.m. Tuesday at ticketmaster.com.

The abrupt announcement will mark Chappelle’s first show in San Antonio since he played a sold-out Municipal Auditorium in Nov. 2005, a few months after he walked away from his hit Comedy Central show. “Chappelle’s Show,” which premiered in 2003, was one of Comedy Central’s biggest hits for two seasons. Chappelle left his own show in 2005, citing unhappiness with the show’s direction.

Chappelle returned to touring last year, and recently sold out a 10-show engagement at Radio City Music Hall in New York.