FRIDAY, JAN. 10

Though this show was born when Megan Dolan’s son was diagnosed with Asperger’s, the one-woman performance is not really about her son or Aspergers. Rather, Dolan deals with the pressure to measure up that all mothers, fathers, well, just about everyone of every age feels these days, attempting to live up to some false narrative created and perpetuated by social media and reruns of “The Doris Day Show.”

Dolan touches on all the biggies of feeling small: the guilt, the shame, the confusion, the doctor who’s had some work done to their face. And, yes, a careful reading of this does reveal that this is a one-person performance, a type of entertainment that is usually either transformative or gawd awful. The fact that we’re featuring it should tell you where we think this one lands. But if you don’t believe us—and the fact that you don’t hurts, we’re not going to lie—then listen to Anne Lamott who knows a thing or two about entertaining confessionals, who said the show “has everything I love: humor, humanity, and heart.”

It does that, all of it delivered by Dolan, a Long Beach resident and Cal State Long Beach grad who has written and performed stories for all manner of outfits including “The Moth” Her solo show, “Snack” won an Encore! Producers Award at the 2015 Hollywood Fringe Festival.

She’s good. It’s good. Go.

Another great thing: We just recorded an episode of “Can You Hear Me, Long Beach?” with Dolan. She’s a hoot.

Giving us a moment’s pause: What’s our spirit animal?

“Lemur Mom” runs Friday through Sunday at the CSULB Players Theatre on the southeast corner of the CSULB campus, located at 1250 Bellflower Blvd. Performances are at 8 p.m on Friday and Saturday and 2 p.m. For more information or tickets ($20) click here.