All For One Theater Festival Presents SCARED SKINNY at Theatre 80 St. Marks, 11/11 & 19

All For One Theater Festival presents THE SPECIAL NEW YORK ENGAGEMENT of "SCARED SKINNY" on Friday, November 11 at 9:00pm and Saturday, November 19 at 4:30pm ay THEATRE 80 St. Marks (80 St. Marks Place - just West of First Avenue - between 7th & 9th Streets - take the N or R to 8th Street/NYU stop; #6 to Astor Place Stop; L to 1st Avenue stop).

"SCARED SKINNY" is written and performed by Mary Dimino and directed by Christine Renee Miller. Tickets are $20 and can be purchased at www.AFOfest.org.

As a chubby Italian-American child growing up in Queens, Mary Dimino was warned by her mother that playing in a sandbox could lead to venereal disease, and cautioned by her "perverted" knife-wielding grandmother to stay away from all boys and dogs. Eating sausage and pepper sandwiches for lunch (with a cannoli for dessert), she suffered acute humiliation from her peers. Yet when she was only 8 years old, the realization of Mary's dream, to one day be skinny, was foretold by a Ouija board. Still an obese virgin at 26, Mary had an epiphany when she overheard two "guidos" from Brooklyn making merciless fun of her. Angry and determined, she faced her fears and after a number of false starts, finally fulfilled the destiny of her Ouija board. One hundred and fifteen pounds later, Mary Dimino tells the amazing and hilarious story behind her remarkable achievement.

One (hundred pound lighter) woman's tale of growing up fat, funny and afraid in an Italian family from Queens.

MARY DIMINO, winner of the 2010 MAC Award for Outstanding Female Comedian, is a face on television and a favorite with comedy club audiences nationwide. Scared Skinny: a one (hundred pound lighter) woman show, written and performed by Mary, won the 2010 New York International Fringe Festival Overall Excellence Award for Outstanding Solo Show. You may have seen her luminous smile on Comedy Central, VH-1, HBO's Chris Rock Show, NBC's Today Show, New York Undercover, sketches on The Late Show with David Letterman, Late Night with Conan O'Brien, as the series studio warm-up act for The Graham Norton Effect and in dozens of national commercials. Mary is a 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 has played Connie, the Maid of Honor in Tony and Tina's Wedding. Mary is a contributing writer for various TV 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 "exemplifies the hard work people do to lose pounds and stay healthy". Weight is the defining battle of Mary's life and as Meredith Vieira states, the "hysterical heart" of her comedy.

 

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