"The statistics on sanity are that one out of four people is suffering from some kind of mental illness. Look at your three best friends. If they're okay, it's you!” declares a new script, “Crazy Mama ...

"Crazy Mama" is playing at the Rubicon Theatre in Ventura from March 26 through April 6. Tickets are available at RubiconTheatre.org. Linda Purl is also playing at the Catalina Jazz Club on March 16.

This one-woman, 16-character, tour-de-force is about a daughter’s decades-long dream of saving her mother from the soul-crushing grip of mental illness. A testament to the steely resilience of the ...