Patchogue Theatre hosts comedy show about all-things motherhood
Mom comics Meredith Masony, Tiffany Jenkins and Dena Blizzard are bringing their live show “My Name Is Not Mom” to the Patchogue Theatre on Sept. 29. Credit: “My Name Is Not Mom”
It’s not surprising that Meredith Masony conducts a phone interview with Newsday about her live show “My Name Is Not Mom” while she’s getting her nails painted lavender at a salon near her home in Jacksonville, Florida, with the sound of the nail file moving back and forth in the background.
Multitasking is her M.O. — she frequently shares her everyday life with 3 million Facebook followers while folding laundry, cooking dinner, or, in cases of extreme parental overload, eating ice cream straight from the container while hiding in a closet to escape her children, ages 16, 13 and 12.
Masony will be performing on Long Island Sept. 29 when she and fellow mom comics Tiffany Jenkins and Dena Blizzard bring their onstage creation to the Patchogue Theatre.
Between the three women, they cover the little, middle and grown-and-flown phases of parenting, with kids from the age of 6 to 22.
"These three moms helped other moms during the pandemic and it really kept everybody sane when we were in lockdown," says Jodi Giambrone, associate director of the Patchogue Theatre. Now, local moms can meet them and hear from them in person, she says.
Here are four things to know about the 90-minute, no intermission, no-holds-barred comedy show:
“My Name is Not Mom”
WHEN | WHERE Show begins at 8 p.m., Sept. 29 at the Patchogue Theatre, 71 E. Main St., Patchogue; meet-and-greet begins at 6 p.m.
COST Show is $31 to $61 depending on seat, meet-and-greet, sold separately, is $85 and includes brief chat and photo with the women as well as a signed show picture. Meet-and-greet does not include show ticket.
INFO 631-207-1313, mynameisnotmom.com
Beth Whitehouse writes about families, parenting and great things to do with the kids on Long Island. She’s been a Newsday editor and shared a 1997 Newsday staff Pulitzer Prize for coverage of the crash of TWA Flight 800.
