Bearsville Theater
SCARED SKINNY - A One (hundred pound lighter) Woman Show written & performed by MARY DIMINO
Bearsville Theater & H. G. Fairfield Arts Present:SCARED SKINNY: A One (hundred pound lighter) Woman Show written & performed by MARY DIMINO
Sunday, September 9, 2012
3pm matinee
Tickets: $15 general admission "Q&A with Mary Dimino to follow Show"
Winner 2010 New York International Fringe Festival Overall Excellence Award for Outstanding Solo Show
www.scaredskinnyaonewomanshow.com
Winner 2010 MAC Award for Outstanding Female Comedian
www.marydimino.com
Winner 2008 Gracie Allen Award for Outstanding PBS Documentary
www.imdb.com/name/nm1809329/
About the show:
Italian American comedian Mary Dimino chronicles her colorful Queens childhood and her quest to lose 115 pounds in her one-woman show Scared Skinny.
- “She shares her story of weight loss and maturation with riotously funny delivery...a natural comedic performer.” —The Wall Street Journal
- “Utterly captivating....Dimino captures the essence of this struggle with humor and honesty like I’ve never seen before. Definitely catch this one." —nytheatre.com
- “Sensationally riveting.... indisputably magical. Yes, it’s just THAT fantastic.” —Nite Life Exchange
- “Dimino creates an atmosphere of good will and cheer that wins the audience, who root for her through and through.” —Show Business Weekly
- “A tough life can destroy you or make you uncommonly strong....Mary Dimino, an exceptionally down-to-earth and razor sharp comic who relates the mental process she went through to come out on top.” —The New York International Fringe Festival
Mary Dimino, winner of the 2010 MAC Award for Outstanding Female Comedian, is a bundle of hilarious contradictions; with an angelic smile and a tough, New York-Italian attitude, she tells it like it is. Her sweet face and energetic delivery makes Mary a favorite headliner with comedy club audiences nationwide. Her luminous smile is seen on Comedy Central, VH-1, HBO’s Chris Rock Show, NBC’s Today Show, sketches on Late Show with David Letterman, Late Night with Conan O’Brien, interstitial stand-up for American Movie Classics Network, and in dozens of national commercials. Her stand-up was featured on Comedy Central’s SAST and Mary Dimino is series studio warm-up act for Comedy Central's The Graham Norton Effect.
Mary Dimino performs and is or has been featured in The New York Underground Comedy Festival, Toyota Comedy Festival, Staten Island Comedy Festival, The Italian Chicks Comedy Tour, and Ladies of Laughter. Mary is winner of the 2008 Gracie Allen Award presented by American Women in Radio and Television. The Gracie honors exemplary contributions of individuals who have encouraged the realistic and faceted portrayals of women in entertainment, commercials and featured programming. In theaters, Mary plays Connie the Maid of Honor in Tony and Tina’s Wedding, Polly on New York Undercovern and appears in many television and film roles. Mary Dimino is a contributing writer for numerous shows, including the award-winning PBS documentary “Fat”, in which she also had a starring role.
After achieving and maintaining a weight loss of 115 pounds, Mary Dimino “exemplifies the hard work people do to lose pounds and stay healthy.” Weight is the defining battle of Mary’s life and the “hysterical heart of her comedy.”
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