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Dena Blizzard: One Funny Mother Comes To MPAC On September 12

originally published: 08/07/2019


(MORRISTOWN, NJ) -- Have you ever gone un-showered for days, fought with your husband over who works harder or had a kid throw up on you? Former Miss New Jersey Dena Blizzard's hilarious show One Funny Mother will make you realize you're not crazy.motherhood is! Blizzard performs One Funny Mother at Mayo Performing Arts Center on Thursday, September 12 at 8:00pm. Tickets are $29-$39.

Dena Blizzard is known as the "Target Mom" from her Back to School Rant (150 Million views) and Chardonnay Go (24 Million views) viral videos. She is a comedian and mother of three who's written and starred in her Off Broadway show, created "Chardonnay Go, The Board Game for Wine Lovers, Moms and Other Shameless People" and was a LIVE with Kelly Top 5 Co-Host Winner. 

She has served as the Official Host of the Miss America Pageant Preliminaries for 10 years, as co-host with Anderson Cooper, and has had her own talk show on NJ 101.5 FM. In her free time, Dena enjoys making videos about wine and laughing 'til her face hurts. She drinks in her living room every week on her Facebook LIVE show, Tipsy Tuesday, with thousands of fans worldwide. She hates doing dishes and enjoys eating gluten-free lasagna. 

Mayo Performing Arts Center, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, presents a wide range of programs that entertain, enrich, and educate the diverse population of the region and enhance the economic vitality of Northern New Jersey. The 2019-2020 season is made possible, in part, by a grant the New Jersey State Council on the Arts/Department of State, a Partner Agency of the National Endowment for the Arts, as well as support received from the F.M. Kirby Foundation and numerous corporations, foundations and individuals. Mayo Performing Arts Center was named 2016 Outstanding Historic Theatre by the League of Historic American Theatres, and is ranked in the top 50 mid-sized performing arts centers by Pollstar Magazine.

Mayo Performing Arts Center is located at 100 South Street in Morristown, New Jersey.




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