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The one-woman show, “Jonna’s Body, Please Hold,” comes to the Nazareth Performing Arts Center Tuesday, May 24.
The show is a chronicle of Jonna Tamases’ real-life bouts with cancer and takes the audience on a journey inside her body, where a sassy receptionist fields calls from a parade of quirky body parts. When two nasty killers invade, it’s a fight for Tamases’ life.
“What I really hated about having cancer was watching my identity narrow down to just this: being sick, having to go through treatment and sitting around hoping to get well," said Jonna Tamases. "There’s so much more to life than the sadness, seriousness and frustration that we associate with C-c-c-c-cancer. I wanted to make a show that expresses the fullness of life: the laughter, joy, silliness and power, as well as the struggle.”
A dark comedy, the show has been nominated for two Los Angeles Ovation Awards: Best World Premiere Play and Best Lead Actress.
The show is presented by Pluta Cancer Center in Henrietta. The event title sponsor is Wegmans, and the co-sponsor is the Breast Cancer Coalition of Rochester.
More about the event
WHEN 7 p.m. Tuesday, May 24
WHERE Nazareth Performing Arts Center, 4245 East Ave., Rochester
TICKETS $15, available at all area Wegmans stores
FOR MORE INFORMATION E-mail Pluta Cancer Center Director of Development Cindy Carroll at ccarroll@plutacancercenter.org.
The one-woman show, “Jonna’s Body, Please Hold,” comes to the Nazareth Performing Arts Center Tuesday, May 24.
The show is a chronicle of Jonna Tamases’ real-life bouts with cancer and takes the audience on a journey inside her body, where a sassy receptionist fields calls from a parade of quirky body parts. When two nasty killers invade, it’s a fight for Tamases’ life.
“What I really hated about having cancer was watching my identity narrow down to just this: being sick, having to go through treatment and sitting around hoping to get well," said Jonna Tamases. "There’s so much more to life than the sadness, seriousness and frustration that we associate with C-c-c-c-cancer. I wanted to make a show that expresses the fullness of life: the laughter, joy, silliness and power, as well as the struggle.”
A dark comedy, the show has been nominated for two Los Angeles Ovation Awards: Best World Premiere Play and Best Lead Actress.
The show is presented by Pluta Cancer Center in Henrietta. The event title sponsor is Wegmans, and the co-sponsor is the Breast Cancer Coalition of Rochester.
More about the event
WHEN 7 p.m. Tuesday, May 24
WHERE Nazareth Performing Arts Center, 4245 East Ave., Rochester
TICKETS $15, available at all area Wegmans stores
FOR MORE INFORMATION E-mail Pluta Cancer Center Director of Development Cindy Carroll at ccarroll@plutacancercenter.org.
