Jenny Allen will perform her one-woman show I Got Sick Then I Got Better to benefit the Adelphi NY Statewide Breast Cancer Program on Sunday, October 17, 2010, at 2 pm, in the Performing Arts Center Concert Hall on the main campus of Adelphi University in Garden City.

Written by Ms. Allen, I Got Sick Then I Got Better combines wit and bittersweet emotion to describe her diagnosis and treatment for ovarian cancer. First performed on Martha’s Vineyard in 2007, the production was later moved to off Broadway. Says Ben Brantley of the New York Times, “Ms. Allen speaks with passion and precision.” Erik Haagensen of Backstage writes, “Allen’s warts-and-all look at her experience celebrates the resiliency of the human spirit, and I was glad to be reminded of it. By the time you’re sent home, you feel as if Allen is one of your best friends, and you want to call her up and make plans for Sunday brunch.” Tony Award winning James Lapine and Darren Katz direct I Got Sick Then I Got Better.

Jenny Allen is a writer and performer. Her profiles, essays and reviews have appeared for years in many magazines, including The New Yorker, The New York Times, New York, Vogue and Esquire. She is the author of a book of fables for grown-ups called The Long Chalkboard, illustrated by her husband, Jules Feiffer.

Presenting Sponsors are Randall S. Feingold, MD, Ron Israeli, MD, and Peter T. Korn, MD. Gold Sponsor is Karen Kostroff, MD, FACS. Additional sponsorships are available. Platinum and Gold sponsors will also receive an invitation for two to a post performance private reception with Jenny Allen.

Ticket prices range from $50 for reserved seating to $30 for general admission (open seating). Tickets for Adelphi University students are $15.

Tickets may be purchased at: www.adelphi.edu/nysbreastcancer or by phone at the box office (516) 877-4000. Sponsorship information is available at the website.

The Adelphi NY Statewide Breast Cancer Hotline & Support Program has been helping New Yorkers cope with a diagnosis of breast cancer for 30 years. To reach the hotline, call 800-877-8077. You are not alone.