The Fat Ass Cancer Bitch Turns 49

Opens July 31

Edgy, unapologetic, funny, wickedly honest, hell-bent, and loudmouth, Christine Rathbun Ernst is a writer, poet, and performer. Her play about her battle with breast cancer, “Reconstruction or How I Learned to Pay Attention,” has been performed throughout New England. She performed “The Further Adventures of a Fat Ass Cancer Bitch” at Cotuit Center for the Arts in 2011, “The Fat Ass Cancer Bitch Goes Shopping,” there in 2012, "The Fat Ass Cancer Bitch Outside the Box" in 2013, and "The Fat Ass Cancer Bitch Outside the Box and Occasionally al Fresco" in 2014.

Ernst continues her autobiographical reflections, blending storytelling, spoken word, poetry, and commentary on daily life we can all relate to. The stories are about politics, aging, changing family dynamics, the examined life, and the “humor that you have to locate in your day-to-day—otherwise it would be unbearable,” said Ernst. “I write because all I know to do is to share the story. And the best part is that I hear the stories back. People say ‘I can so relate! I so hear what you are talking about. I feel the same way.’”

July 31-August 29
in the Art Studio
Friday and Saturday evening performances at 7:30pm
(No performance August 7)

Tickets: $15 / $12 Members