UPTOWN PLAYERS PRESENTS ZANNA DON’T

DALLAS - July 30, 2008 - Uptown Players continues its season with Tim Acito’s Zanna, Don’t, held August 8 – September 7, 2008, at the KD Studio Theatre. Nominee for Best Off-Broadway Musical, Zanna, Don't is a musical fairy tale about a matchmaking teen who turns relationships upside-down, challenges our point of view and changes the world forever.

Welcome to Heartsville High, where the hormones are raging and the captain of the football team falls in love with the overachieving straight-A student. Shocking? You don't know the half of it. This is not your average American high school. With a high-octane score that runs the gamut from funk and R&B to classical musical theatre and touching ballads, Zanna, Don't takes you on a wild ride!

The cast includes Kayla Carlyle, James Chandler, Ryan Cowles, William DeHorney, Melissa Farmer, Steven Guez, Lindsey Holloway and Thomas Renner. This production is under the direction of Coy Covington, with choreography by Nan Gammon and music direction by Adam Wright and Kevin Gunter.

The production runs August 8 through September 7, 2008, with shows at 8 p.m. on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays and at 2 p.m. on Sundays (no matinee August 10). All shows take place at the KD Studio Theatre located at 2600 N. Stemmons Freeway; I-35 at Motor Street. Tickets are $25-30 and can be purchased online at www.uptownplayers.org or by phone at (214) 219-2718.

About Uptown Players

Now finishing its seventh season, Uptown Players has gathered a dedicated following with an annual audience base of nearly 10,000 patrons, including more than 800 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.