I Got Sick Then I Got Better Slated for Unicorn Theatre Memorial Day Weekend

Berkshire Theatre Festival and Colonial Theatre Artistic Director/CEO is proud to announce that the 2009 Off-Broadway hit I Got Sick Then I Got Better, written and performed by Jenny Allen, will play three performances at the Unicorn Theatre this Memorial Day weekend. The one woman show, directed by Tony Winner James Lapine and Darren Katz, will play Friday, May 27 at 8pm and Saturday, May 28 at 2pm and 8pm. Tickets are $25 and are available by contacting the BTF Ticket Office at (413) 298-5576 Monday-Friday from 10am-5pm and Saturday from 10am-2pm. Tickets can also be purchased online at www.berkshiretheatre.org.

The New York Theatre Workshop's thrice extended production is Ms. Allen's memoir of her journey through the treatment and recovery process after being diagnosed with ovarian cancer. This funny, warm, honest production was described as "Lovely...full of pithy, quotable observations that still acknowledge that facing death cannot be reduced to an epigram" by Ben Brantley of The New York Times and "Charming...stirring" by the Associated Press. The show has been seen in theatres, hospitals, universities and at cancer conferences around the country.

Jenny Allen's essays and articles have appeared for years in many magazines, including The New Yorker, The New York Times, New York Magazine, Vogue, Esquire, More, Huffington Post and Good Housekeeping. Recent essays appear in "Disquiet, Please!" a new anthology of humor pieces from the New Yorker, and in In The Fullness of Time: 32 Women on Life After 50 (Simon & Schuster). She is the author of a book of fables for grown-ups called The Long Chalkboard, illustrated by her husband, Jules Feiffer. She produces and performs stand-up comedy evenings in Manhattan, has appeared in Spalding Grey: Stories Left to Tell, and is a participating storyteller for The Moth. Ms. Allen received the 2010 "It's Always Something" award from Gilda's Club NYC.

I Got Sick Then I Got Better
Written and Performed by Jenny Allen
Directed by James Lapine & Darren Katz
Friday, May 27 at 8pm, Saturday, May 28 at 2pm and 8pm
at the Unicorn Theatre
All Tickets $25

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 tells her story of the harrowing tailspin she took following her diagnosis, combining biting humor with searing emotion in a witty, bittersweet monologue that illustrates the personal and family collateral damage a life-threatening illness brings.

Tickets

Contact the BTF Box Office at 413-298-5576, 6 East Street, Stockbridge MA 01262, or visit www.berkshiretheatre.org to purchase tickets. Ticket Office hours are Monday-Friday 10am-5pm; Saturday 10am-2pm and all show days
10am-curtain. All plays, schedules, casting, and prices are subject to change.

About Berkshire Theatre Festival/The Colonial Theatre
The Colonial Theatre, founded in 1903, and Berkshire Theatre Festival, founded in 1928, are two of the oldest cultural organizations in the Berkshires. Having united in November of 2010 under the helm of Artistic Director and CEO Kate Maguire, these two institutions are providing the Berkshires and beyond with the finest in live theatre, music, dance and the visual arts on three stages in Stockbridge, MA and Pittsfield, MA. The Fitzpatrick Main Stage (408 seats), cataloged by the National Register of Historic Places, was originally designed and built by Stanford White as the Stockbridge Casino in 1888. The intimate Unicorn Theatre (122 seats) is a home for emerging artists and new theatrical ideas. The Colonial in Pittsfield (800 seats) re-opened in August of 2006, following a $21 million restoration, and boasts pristine acoustics, classic gilded age architecture and state-of-the-art technical systems. Together they serve over 100,000 patrons per year and reach over 10,000 students through their educational and outreach programs. For more information on BTF call (413) 298-5536 and on The Colonial call (413) 448-8084. To purchase tickets, call (413) 997-4444 or (413) 298-5576 or go online to www.berkshiretheatre.org or www.thecolonialtheatre.org.

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