Jenny Allen delivers a comic monologue on one woman’s adventures after falling down the medical rabbit hole. Diagnosed with and treated for cancer in 2005, writer and performer Jenny Allen (The New Yorker, The New York Times) tells her story of the harrowing tailspin she took following her diagnosis, combining humor with emotion in a witty and bittersweet monologue. 

May 2, 2016
Four Arts Club
Christiana Creek Country Club
Elkhart, Indiana
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Jenny Allen will perform I Got Sick Then I Got Better at a fundraiser in support of Ovarian Cancer Research and Awareness. Diagnosed with and treated for ovarian cancer in 2005, Jenny Allen (The New Yorker, New York Times) tells her story of the harrowing tailspin she took following her diagnosis, combining biting humour with searing emotion in a witty, bittersweet monologue that showcases the personal and family collateral damage a life-threatening illness brings.
Do you have the ladyballs to talk about ovarian cancer?  Do you have the ladyballs to do something about the disease?  Do you have the ladyballs to help raise funds for research, increased awareness and support?
WE THOUGHT SO!  This is why you need to attend the first annual
LADYBALLS SHOW & TELL:  An Evening of the Arts

• Tuesday, May 10th, 2016
• Conexus Arts Centre, 200 Lakeshore Drive, Regina, SK
• Tickets:  $150/ticket or $1000/table (income tax receipts will be issued)

FUNdraising Reception:  6:00 – 7:15 cocktails and hors d’oeuvres

Opening Remarks:  Elisabeth Baugh CEO, Ovarian Cancer Canada

Feature Performance:  7:30 – 9:00 – I Got Sick Then I Got Better

A one-woman show by Jenny Allen

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Jenny will perform I Got Sick Then I Got Better at the 8th Canadian Conference on Ovarian Cancer Research on May 15. The conference is in Niagara Falls, Ontario, and runs through May 17. To register for the conference, visit the CCOCR website.

Sponsored by Ovarian Cancer Canada. Preceded by a short reception from 17:00-17:30.

I Got Sick Then I Got Better is a comic riff on one woman’s adventures after falling down the medical rabbit hole. Diagnosed with and treated for ovarian cancer in 2005, writer and performer Jenny Allen (The New Yorker, The New York Times) tells her story of the harrowing tailspin she took following her diagnosis, combining biting humor with searing emotion in a witty, bittersweet monologue that limns the personal and family collateral damage a life-threatening illness brings.