A comedian tries to find the humor in his own brain in this surprisingly heartwarming one-man show.
Reviewed by Ellen Wernecke
To perform comedy is to put one's foibles and quirks front and center, but Drew Wininger takes it one step further by making his struggle with depression the center of his one-man show (presented as part of the Frigid Festival). Wininger traces his path through illness from a teen suicide attempt through several therapists and multiple drugs using slideshows, music and props like the Snoopy doll he still sleeps with. Wininger manages to make his personal history funny without trivializing the depth of his problems, or resorting to the usual cliches of the genre. But the show in general rests on the likability of Wininger, whose aw-shucks demeanor shows as genuine even when his revelations aren't particularly unique.
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