UPTOWN PLAYERS PRESENTS FACTS OF LIFE: THE LOST EPISODE

DALLAS – May 20, 2008 - Uptown Players continues its 2008 season with a special limited run production, The Facts of Life: The Lost Episode. After sold out runs in New York City and Provincetown, NY the show makes its Texas premiere held June 13 - 29, 2008, at the Rose Room Theatre at the S4 nightclub.

Written by Jamie Morris, The Facts of Life: The Lost Episode is a parody of the popular 1980s television series with an all-male cast as the girls from Eastland College. In this fictional episode, Eastland is short on funds and looking to axe Mrs. Garrett (Paul J. Williams). Natalie (Chris Robinson), Tootie (Cameron Leighton Kirkpatrick), Jo (Kevin Moore) and Blair (Chad Peterson) will do anything to raise enough money to keep her on staff. Anything! As the sitcom's popular theme song proclaimed, "You take the good, you take the bad..." these girls take it all. Woven in are some amusingly funny songs inspired from of our favorite musicals.

This production is under the direction of Andi Allen, with choreography by Linda Leonard and music direction by Kevin Gunter.

The production runs June 13 through June 29, 2008, with shows at 8 p.m. Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays and at 7 p.m. on Sundays. All shows take place at the Rose Room Theatre at the S4 nightclub, located at 3911 Cedar Springs Rd, Dallas, Texas 75219. Tickets are $22-25 and can be purchased online at www.uptownplayers.org or by phone at (214) 219-2718.  

**Note: The Facts of Life: The Lost Episode does not incorporate actual episodes. This is a new parody inspired by the beloved sitcom. No one under 21 will be permitted into this performance.

About Uptown Players

Now entering its seventh season, Uptown Players has gathered a dedicated following with an annual audience base of nearly 12,000 patrons, including more than 850 season subscribers. The response from the community and critics has been remarkable, including more than 25 Leon Rabin Awards from the Dallas Theatre League, several hundred “The Column” Awards and 14 Theatre Critics Forum Awards in its first six seasons. Uptown Players has also been named the best theatre company by the Dallas Voice Readers in 2006 and 2007 and by the Dallas Observer in 2004 and 2005. Uptown Players is a 501 © 3 non-profit organization, presenting plays and musicals that challenge audiences artistically, build cultural bridges and strive to create greater positive public awareness and acceptance through the performing arts. There is no other theater group with this unique mission in the Dallas area.