The Moth Podcast

Jenny’s 2010 story at the Moth Mainstage has been selected for the Moth’s podcast. Listen to it on their website or on iTunes.

Jenny in Love, Loss & What I Wore

Jenny is thrilled to be joining the cast of Love, Loss & What I Wore from November 2 through December 4. If you haven’t seen the show already, I’d love to see you there.

Excepting Thanksgiving (November 24), here’s the schedule:
Tuesday – 7pm
Wednesday – 2pm & 8pm
Thursday – 8pm
Friday – 8pm
Saturday – 2pm & 8pm
Sunday – 3pm
Also, there may be an additional 7pm performance on November 6.

You can get tickets for any of these dates at Telecharge.

Venue:
Westside Theatre Downstairs
407 West 43rd Street (Between 9th and 10th Avenues)
New York NY 10036

Running Time is 100 minutes, with no intermission. And it may be inappropriate for 11 and under.

Andy Borowitz Presents the Funniest American Writers

Date: Wed, Oct 19, 2011, 8 pm

Venue: Kaufmann Concert Hall

Location: Lexington Avenue at 92nd St

Event Code: TF11S71535

More information and tickets available here.

Award-winning comedian and New Yorker humorist Andy Borowitz presents an evening of literary laughter and a look at the new Library of America collection he edited, The Fifty Funniest American Writers—a hilarious collection of American humor writing from Mark Twain and James Thurber to David Sedaris and The Onion.

Borowitz, who has been called “one of the funniest people in America” by CBS News Sunday Morning, will be joined onstage by an all-star cast including Alec Baldwin, Calvin Trillin, Jenny Allen, and more.

 

Trailer for I Got Sick Then I Got Better

Upcoming: Fillet of Solo Festival

Jenny will be performing “I Got Sick Then I Got Better” as part the 15th Annual Fillet of Solo Festival at the Lifeline Theater in Chicago.

Dates:
Thursday, 7/21, 8:30pm
Friday, 7/22, 7pm
Thursday, 7/28, 7pm
Friday, 7/29, 7pm
Tickets on sale now for $10, call 773.761.4477, or visit here
For more festival information visit the Lifeline Theater

Upcoming: Birmingham, Alabama

Jenny will be performing at the Norma Livingston Ovarian Cancer Foundation in Birmingham, Alabama September 1, 2011 at 7pm, in conjunction with Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month.

For more information visit Norma Livingston Ovarian Cancer Foundation

Jenny’s performances at THE MOTH

Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow

I Can’t Get It Out Of My Mind

Jenny in Naperville, Ill. for Cancer Survivors’ Day

June 5, from 1:30 to 4:30. This event is free, with a suggested $5 donation.

Funny Ladies at KGB Bar, 5/17

True Story: Nonfiction at KGB Bar
Jenny Allen, Nancy Giles & others read their latest funny stories out loud.

Event starts at 7pm

KGB Bar in the East Village of Manhattan
85 E 4th St, 2nd Fl.
New York, NY 10003-8904
(212) 505-3360
For more information about the True Story calendar of upcoming events, join the Facebook group! True Story: The KGB Nonfiction Series

You can also email kgbnonfiction@gmail.com

Berkshire Theatre Festival, 5/27-28

Photo by Sara Krulwich/The New York Times

Jenny Allen brought  I Got Sick Then I Got Better to the Unicorn Theatre at the Berkshire Theatre Festival on Memorial Day weekend.

Read a review in the Berkshire Eagle.

Read a feature in the Boston Globe.

More info at the Berkshire Theatre Festival website.