Comedian Mike Marino, with Ryan Schultz, will perform a benefit concert for Ryan’s Quest Sept. 12 at the Trenton War Memorial. (Photo courtesy of Kari Barrio.)

Comedian Mike Marino will perform at the Trenton War Memorial on Saturday, Sept. 12 to benefit Ryan’s Quest. Ryan’s Quest is a nonprofit organization created by the Schultz family of Hamilton after their son Ryan was diagnosed with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy when he was 2.

The mission of the organization is to increase awareness and allocate funding for research that has the greatest potential of finding a treatment or a cure for this generation of boys with DMD. All of the donations and proceeds received by Ryan’s Quest go to medical research for this disease.

Ryan’s Quest will be presenting Comedy for a Cure, starring Marino. Marino is a headliner at Laugh Factory and the Comedy Store in Hollywood, where he appears nightly.

The Young Business Leaders Council, part of the Mercer Regional Chamber of Commerce has partnered with Ryan’s Quest this year.

DMD is a progressive muscle disorder affecting nearly 1 out of 3,500 boys worldwide causing the loss of muscle function and independence. The disease usually claims the lives of these boys in their early 20s. To date, there is no treatment or cure.

Tickets to the 8 p.m. Mike Marino Comedy for a Cure show at the War Memorial are $30 to $45. Tickets to the after party are $20.

To purchase tickets to the show and after party, call the War Memorial Box Office at (609) 984-8400. For tickets to the comedy show you may call or purchase your tickets at http://www.nj.gov/state/division/memorial/season.
More about Ryan’s Quest is online at http://www.ryansquest.org.