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Comedian Mary Dimino to bring Big Dummy performance to Rahway

originally published: 01/03/2018


(RAHWAY, NJ) -- At the Union County Performing Arts Center’s Hamilton Stage on February 9 at 8:00pm, comedian Mary Dimino will chronicle her colorful Queens childhood as a bright child in a funny, factory-working family with a simple dad as her best friend-- until, that is, she outgrows him by age eleven. Follow comedian Mary Dimino in the powerful one-woman show Big Dummy as we discover together that dad is brilliant, AS IS. In Big Dummy, Dimino explores her own desire to go to college and avoid the stereotypical careers of the time. The show also received the United Solo Award for its sold out run on Theatre Row.

Mary Dimino is the recipient of the 2010 MAC Award for Outstanding Female Comedian, as well as the 2008 Gracie Allen Award. The latter celebrates those who contribute to portraying women realistically in the media. She has appeared on VH1, Comedy Central, AMC (doing interstitial stand-up), Late Night with Conan O’BrienLate Show with David LettermanThe Chris Rock Show, NBC’s Today, and The Graham Norton Effect (as the studio warm-up act), as well as in countless commercials and various television shows and films.

This isn’t Dimino’s first time at the UCPAC’s Hamilton Stage, either; she has appeared twice in The Italian Chicks and presented her other “one (hundred-pound-lighter) woman show” Scared Skinny this past July. Dimino’s Scared Skinny features charming snapshots into her past, including memories such as being bigger than Santa Claus in a Christmas photo and playing with Ouija boards. Dimino’s open attitude when it comes to sharing her journey, as well as her ability to share these experiences with a comedic twist, without the fear of looking silly, make her a likeable, relatable and all the funnier comedian to watch.

Tickets for Big Dummy are $20 or $30, assigned seating, with the $30 price including prime seating, a backstage tour, a talk back, and a Q&A with Mary Dimino. Tickets may be purchased online at ucpac.org/events, over the phone by calling (732) 499-8226 or in person at the box office.

The Main Stage Box Office is located at 1601 Irving Street, Rahway, NJ. Hamilton Stage is located at 360 Hamilton Street in Rahway and both locations are easily accessible to major roads and public transportation.





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