Mary Mack's Anti One-Woman Show: Sh*t makes Flowers Grow

Mary recounts the true adventures of her forest-dwelling, bowling-addicted, anxiety-invoking mother Jan. A codependency riot. Fellow comic Amber Preston paints her own family portrait for the final show.

A self-effacing attitude pervades Mary Mack’s solo riff on her anxieties and dysfunctional family issues. She says she tried to be an alcoholic but kept getting full. She points out how she has the voice of a 5-year-old, yet has the body of a fourth grader. A dazed and haunted facial expression is matched with quirky comments about New Age mysticism, repressed emotions of Minnesotans, and her mother’s pet raccoon. Though she rambles far too much, Mack is strangely effective and likable.