DATING, DEPRESSION AND DIRTBAGS...A LOVE STORY Returns to Stage Left Studio Tonight

Dating Depression and Dirtbags...A Love Story written by and starring Elza Zagreda returns to Stage Left Studios starting tonight, April 10th. Joan Kane directs.

After her Prince Charming turned into the Prince of Darkness, Elza Zagreda dried her tears, strapped on her stilettos and embarked on a journey to find love again; not so easy in a city where women outnumber men by 5 to 1. From J date to Holy Communion to Ricky's Strip Club, Elza explores all venues where NOT to meet a potential suitor. She learns the hard way about the new war on terror...DATING.. and asks the proverbial question: "Have you seen what's out there?"! Turning heartbreak and tragedy on its ass with heartfelt humor and wit, Dating Depression and Dirtbags: A Love Story is painfully real and laugh out loud funny take on the NYC dating scene. Only the names have been changed to protect the guilty!

Elza Zagreda's previous solo shows, Corn Bread and Feta Cheese: Growing Up Fat and Albanian, Divorce Albanian Style!and The Best of Elza: Growing Up Fat, Albanian... & Happily Divorced, have been performed in theatres in New York, L.A., Detroit and Boston. You can see her this summer on Bravo TV's Odd Mom Out (with Andy Buckley from The Office) playing Monoma, the bitchy Russian housekeeper. She's appeared on Broadway at the Helen Hayes Theatre in Letters from Kosovo with Vanessa Redgrave and Tim Robbins directed by Eve Ensler. Other play credits include The Vagina Monologues at the Globe Playhouse in L.A. and Trojan Women directed by Ellen Mc Laughlin. She performed in Girls Girls Girls, an invitation only event featuring the funniest female comics in NYC. On television she co-starred in ABC's The Unusuals, 30 Rock, and Law and Order SVU (playing the memorable role of Svetlana, the Slavic mail order bride). Elza is currently in pre-production writing her 1st film,Corn Bread and Feta Cheese: A Love Story Growing up FAT & Albanian.

Director Joan Kane was named as one of the People of the Year in Indie Theater by Martin Denton of nytheater now. She's the artistic director for the theatre company Ego Actus and has directed plays and readings at Ensemble Studio Theatre, 59E59 Theaters, Abingdon Theatre, NADA, Lark Play Development Center and Theater for the New City among other venues. She holds an MFA in directing from The New School for Drama and is a member of SDC.

Dating Depression and Dirtbags...A Love Story will run at Stage Left Studios (214 West 30th Street, between 7th and 8th Avenues) on Fridays, 4/10, 5/15, 6/12, 6/19 and Saturday 6/6, 2015. All performances are at 8PM. Tickets are $20 in advance and $22 at the door. For tickets go to www.smarttix.com or call (212) 868-4444. For more information, visit www.elzazagreda.com.