Known in comedy circles for her open-mike performances of Mama Truth—a flirtatious, crowd-working, pansexual performance art- eest —King exposes more of herself during her latest one-woman jaunt. Video and audio chats with King’s own small-town Texas parents (about the idea that someone can be good crazy or bad crazy) join monologues from Mama Truth and two others: an ex-gay evangelist and a lustless partygoer. The latter’s got a somewhat tragic story—the lack of sex drive stems from hormones she’s taking to donate eggs to her barren sister—but King always finds the funny. She’s a pro at it, having proven herself adept at making even the weirdest players (the moon-dwelling Nazi sidekick in Dr. Amazing, Your Country Needs You) seem grounded and infusing even the most one-dimensional boobs (the Peanuts’ Lucy in last year’s Annoyance Christmas Pageant) with humor.

But the real triumph comes about two thirds into the show, when King moves upstage, takes a seat and talks directly to God. Her confession (which we don’t want to spoil) not only sheds light on everything we’ve seen thus far, it crystallizes our understanding of the often-confusing Mama Truth. Like that of her peers, King’s art of course reflects life, but her inspired storytelling breaks away from the bunch with unabashed honesty about the Big Life Decisions she’s had thrown at her all at once. This finely crafted show puts all her previous work into perspective; truly, it’s a multishow callback.

Decide on Good Crazy/Bad Crazy Friday 9.