Combine the typical struggles of childhood with the emotional implications of being above average weight during that formative time, plus the nuances of growing up in an Italian-American family in New York, and mix it with a heaping spoonful of levity and humor: that's comedian Mary Dimino's Scared Skinny in a nutshell. Taking place at the Union County Performing Arts Center's Hamilton Stage on July 14 at 8 PM, Scared Skinny depicts Dimino's own journey to lose 115 pounds within the context of her colorful childhood.

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'Brien, Late Show with David Letterman, The 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.