Uptown Players to Stage THE MOST FABULOUS STORY EVER TOLD, 12/5-15

Uptown Players closes its 2013 season with Paul Rudnick's hysterical comedy, The Most Fabulous Story Ever Told. The production runs December 5 through 15, 2013, at the Kalita Humphreys Theater.

In The Most Fabulous Story Ever Told, Rudnick presents a world that begins with Adam and Steve...and Jane and Mabel. He follows their lives through time as they move from Creation to the first brunch. They experience the Flood, visit Pharaoh's Egypt and attend the Nativity. Their lives move to the present where they experience the wonders and pains of relationships. Though the episodes are brief - and funny - each revisits the fundamental questions of humanity. Reminiscent of medieval Passion plays where popular characters were inserted into Bible stories to entertain while teaching, the lessons here are tolerance and understanding, taught with loads of laughter and fun.

Paul Rudnick, who wrote Jeffrey, The New Century and I Hate Hamlet, also wrote the screenplays for In and Out, Addams Family Values and Sister Act. He is the winner of The Outer Critics Circle Award for his play Poor Little Lambs and The Obie Award and the John Gasner Playwrighting Award for Jeffrey. He has written two novels: Social Disease and I'll Take It. Ben Brantley of The New York Times says 'Paul Rudnick may be the funniest writer for the stage and he confirms that with Fabulous.'

The cast includes Beth Albright, Marisa Diotalevi, Kelsey Ervi, Bronze Hill, Morgan Mabry Mason, Kevin Moore, Chad Peterson, Darius-Anthony Robinson and Paul J. Williams. The production is under the direction of B.J. Cleveland.

This show is rated R for adult language, adult situations and humor, and brief nudity.

The production runs December 5 through December 15, 2013, with shows at 8 p.m. on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays and 2 p.m. on Sundays. Performances take place at the Kalita Humphreys Theatre, 3636 Turtle Creek Blvd (at Blackburn), Dallas, TX 75219. Tickets are $25-$35 and can be purchased online at www.uptownplayers.org or by phone at (214) 219-2718.

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