Mary Dimino to Star in SCARED SKINNY at the Engeman Theater, Beginning 4/8

The John W. Engeman Theater is proud to present SCARED SKINNY, written & performed by Mary Dimino, and winner of The New York International Fringe Festival Overall Excellence Award for Outstanding Solo Show.

The John W. Engeman Theater at Northport is Long Island's only year-round professional theater company, casting its actors directly from the Broadway talent pool, providing high-quality theater in a uniquely elegant location. The newly renovated Engeman Theater seats 754 stadium-style, has state-of-the-art lighting and sound, along with full orchestra pit. Opening its doors in 2007, the Engeman Theater has organized over fifty productions of Broadway's finest musicals and plays.

The Engeman Theater is looking forward to "an invigorating night with Dimino" where she will tell what it was like growing up fat, funny and afraid in an Italian family from Queens. Award-winning actress/playwright, Mary Dimino vibrantly chronicles her colorful childhood and her quest to lose 115 pounds in this critically acclaimed one-woman play.

Mary Dimino is the MAC Award Winner for Outstanding Female Comedian and a Gracie Allen Award winning actress. Her book, Scared Skinny No More, based on the autobiographical show, is published by Sunbury Press and debuted #10 on their Best Seller List.

Mary Dimino's TV appearances include NBC's Today Show, FOX series Laughs, HBO's Chris Rock Show, VH-1's Best Week Ever, Comedy Central's Graham Norton Effect, American Movie Classics' Interstitial Movie Moments, sketches on Late Shows with David Letterman and Conan O'Brien, and numerous national commercials. On stage she has played the Maid of Honor in Tony and Tina's Wedding, Carmella in Surprise, and most recently (January 2015) landed the role of Vadalia in the off-Broadway hit My Big Gay Italian Funeral at St. Luke's Theater.

Scared Skinny is directed by Christine Renee Miller. Miller has directed other premiere award-winning works by Dimino (BIG DUMMY, FringeNYC, United Solo of Theatre Row Award), Michelle Glick (Asian Belle, Midtown International Theater Festival Audience Award), among others. Miller's acting credits include The Cycle (finalist for HBO short films), Sister Sister, Party of Five and General Hospital.

Tickets for SCARED SKINNY are on sale for $45. First performance is Wed. April 8th at 7:00 pm. Tickets may be purchased by calling (631) 261-2900, by visiting www.engemantheater.com, or at the Engeman Theater Box Office, at 250 Main Street, Northport. For more information about the show, visit www.scared-skinny.com. For more information about Mary Dimino, visit www.imdb.com/name/nm1809329/.

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