FUCK CANCER by Tanuja Devi Jagernauth

Grace is an uninsured freelance artist with a cancer diagnosis. When Grace looks into the options that she can afford, that align with her values, and those for which her friends can help her crowdfund, she finds Vandana, a just-out-of-school, also-uninsured acupuncturist who offers her services on a sliding scale. Will Grace be able to get the care she needs and beat her cancer -- or at the very least survive...
Grace is an uninsured freelance artist with a cancer diagnosis. When Grace looks into the options that she can afford, that align with her values, and those for which her friends can help her crowdfund, she finds Vandana, a just-out-of-school, also-uninsured acupuncturist who offers her services on a sliding scale. Will Grace be able to get the care she needs and beat her cancer -- or at the very least survive it? Will Vandana overcome her personal struggles and student loan debt, create a sustainable private practice, develop A Unifying Theory of Cancer Treatment, and become the practitioner that Grace needs? Each of these women learn quickly that they are in over their heads. How will they each identify and accept the support offered to them? At what cost?
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  • Nick Malakhow:
    27 May. 2023
    “ A really unique, theatrical piece that explores cancer, mental illness, healing, medicine, and more in a way I haven't seen before! It captures the overwhelming nature, uncertainty, helplessness, and other complex feelings surrounding the disease. More interestingly, it does so with a combination of funny and potent two person scenes as well as more metatheatrical and abstract sequences. The final moment was gloriously unresolved and included a brilliant extended metaphor used or hinted at throughout the piece. So wonderful to read a play on this topic that entirely eschews sentiment or expected/familiar treatment of a cancer narrative. ”
  • Cheryl Bear:
    12 Aug. 2020
    “ The riptide that is cancer and the desperate desire to fight and save as the water rises over their heads is beautifully communicated with expert craftsmanship. Incredibly moving and well done! ”
  • Shaun Leisher:
    11 Apr. 2018
    “ A really interesting plays that addresses illness and the ethics of medicine in such a highly theatrical way. I'd be very interested in seeing the different ways that directors, actors and designers will create the magical images that Jagernauth has written. ”
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