Nipples to the Wind

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More About

• Paula Coco
• Janye Anderson
• Little League Baseball Inc.
• Suicide
• Stand-up Comedy

Someone should give Paula Coco a big gold star for title writing — Nipples to the Wind has to be one of the best we’ve seen this season. Borrowed from an old Southern saying — loose translation, “full steam ahead” — the title promises a night of silly fun. Over the course of the evening Coco, along with her cohort in comedy Janye Anderson, spins through a series of monologues and scenes that introduce us to a handful of oddball ladies. There’s the self-absorbed suicide hotline operator, the too-eager Little League mom who ends up in the pokey, and even a wistful matron dreaming of her first crush. Sketch comedy is not usually deep theater, but it can be a breezy relief from too much summer heat.