Mid Life Mood Swing

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Early Show 16+/Late Show 18+

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If your group is 4 or more, please arrive 30min prior to showtime or your group may be broken up to seats available.

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Tickets are non-refundable after purchase. Performer may change without notice.

Show Description:

What happens when you turn 50, have two teenagers, and hit your 20th wedding anniversary? You experience a Mid Life Mood Swing!

Join comedian and actress Mary Kennedy (Shameless, CONAN, Hulu) as she takes you on a wild and hilarious journey through her life. From growing up as a roadie for her mom’s wedding band, having the real life Kennedy's as her cousins, and navigating the ups and downs of motherhood and menopause, Mary weaves together 80s nostalgia with the chaos of today.

With over 25 years of comedic experience and a recurring role as New Fiona on Shameless, Mary brings her sharp wit and real-life stories to the stage in this one-woman show. A hit at the United Solo Fest Off-Broadway and an Encore Winner at Whitefire Theatre’s Solofest 2024, Mid Life Mood Swing is a comedic ride through life’s milestones that you won’t want to miss.

About Mary E Kennedy:

Mary Kennedy was the recurring character “New Fiona” on Shameless, Season 7 and garnered the prestigious honor of being added to the Shameless Hall of Shame for the final season on Showtime. The movie Tales of a Fifth Grade Robin Hood, where she plays the role of “Berniece, The Lunch Lady”, is streaming on TUBI TV. Tales stars Jon Lovitz and Stephen Glickman. Just recently, the short, Free Chair, made it’s debut at Sherman Oaks Film Festival, with rave reviews! Mary also booked her second thriller Your Lucky Day, directed by Dan Brown which made its world debut at Fantastic Fest and has a US distribution deal with Well Go USA Entertainment. You can also see her in the upcoming series Beyond Belief, Fact or Fiction directed by Holger Frick through Superposition Films. One of the most fun, she had on set recently, was playing a crazed Chippendales fan, on HULU’s Welcome to Chippendales. In addition, she was a recurring, principal sketch actress on CONAN-TBS. Plus Funny or Die, with Director and Comedic Legend, Rick Overton.

Films include, Tiffany Johnson’s film Girl Callin with production company REFINERY 29. Kennedy was cast, as the “Waitress” and it premiered at the Palm Springs International Film Festival. She also was in “Shattered” as Mrs. Searcy, Starring Ray Wise, Molly Burnett and Arianna Zucker.

In Los Angeles, she appeared in the theatre production of AfterGlow the ‘80s Musical Experience with the #originalgorgeousladiesofwrestling (GLOW) as legendary wrestling manager, Jackie Stallone. Kennedy received two Broadway World Award Nominations: Best Supporting Actor and subsequently won a Best Ensemble Award.

Her one woman show, Mid Life Mood Swing, made it’s debut in LA at Oh My Ribs back in 2018, did a tour to sold out audiences on the east coast, including Mary’s hometown and just had a successful showing at SOLOFEST 2023 through The Whitefire Theatre in Los Angeles and at Off Cabot in Beverly, MA to sold out crowds. This show is a rollercoaster ride about being her mom’s roadie for the wedding band The Mood Swings in the 80’s, being cousins with the Kennedys, yeah those Kennedys and going through motherhood, midlife and menopause. This is on tour for 2023-2024 on both the east and west coasts.

Mary Kennedy, is a headlining comic, all over the country and appears regularly at Flappers Comedy Club, The Laugh Factory and Cinegrill-Roosevelt Theatre. She has also worked at the Comedy Store LA/La Jolla, Comedy Chateau, The Ice House and The Improv (Hollywood, Ontario, Irvine, Brea). When in NYC, she is a regular at Broadway Comedy Club and Greenwich Comedy Club. This past summer she headlined, Laugh Boston’s Off Cabot on the north shore of Boston. She toured nationally with Mom’s Night Out which subsequently was in development with NickMom/Viacom. Her hilarious comedy was also on the LIVE version of Showtime’s Comedy Special, Funny Women of a Certain Age at the Hollywood and Brea Improvs, Flappers and the Off Broadway Theatre-The Kraine in NYC.

Director: Charlene Ward:

Fun fact! Mary and Charlene went to college together in Boston but didn't start working together until they were paired up on a benefit show eons later in Los Angeles. They have been co-collaborating ever since!

Charlene would like to thank Mary for bringing her back to direct. She is so proud of this show and the journey Mary has taken with it.

Charlene directed an earlier incarnation of Mary's "Mid Life Mood Swing" to rave reviews in both Los Angeles and Mary's hometown of Marblehead, MA.

In 2023, “Mid Life Mood Swing” the current version, premiered at the Whitefire Solofest 2023 and performed to sold out crowds at Off Cabot in Beverly, MA in August of 2023.

In addition to directing, Charlene is also an actor, writer and stand-up comic. She won a Broadway World Award for Best Ensemble for her role as Young Matilda the Hun in "AfterGLOW – The Musical".

You can catch her Web Series on YouTube co-starring Kezia Norton, Lexie and Kathy.