The Californer - "Lymphomaniac: The 10-Year Cancer-versary" Premieres at The Gregangelo Museum on Dec. 11, 2024

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SAN FRANCISCO - Californer -- Does cancer change your life? Sometimes, yes, a little, a lot, a month, a year, forever. But does it define who you are? No. As in No! As in **No!** And some pretty funny things still happen, sometimes ironically even on the darkest days. Just ask Megan Timpane, a San Francisco-born actress and playwright. She and cancer are old acquaintances, and (for now) it's gone and she's still here. With a big story, a few answers, and a lot of laughs, Megan is thrilled to announce the premiere of her one-woman show, "Lymphomaniac: The 10-Year Cancer-(free)-versary," at The Gregangelo Museum in San Francisco on December 11-13 and 18-20. It's a sequel; a poignant, sometimes moving and at times hilarious follow-up on her journey with cancer and over her past ten years in remission. In "Lymphomaniac: The 10-Year Cancer-versary," Megan tells an updated version of her original one-woman show about facing Stage 3 Hodgkin's Lymphoma at 22, and the six months of chemotherapy that followed. With her uncanny ability to become the characters in her life, her wicked sense of humor, and her profound capacity to reflect on some of life's most difficult moments, Megan takes you through what it was like to face her own mortality so young. While a decade has passed since the end of the first show's run at, the overarching message remains the same: sure, cancer may change your life, but it doesn't have to define who you are.

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"Lymphomaniac" runs December 13-20 at The Gregangelo Museum. Tickets at: https://bit.ly/3Z5ajb2 For more information about "Lymphomaniac: The 10-Year Cancerversaryl" and upcoming performances, please visit: https://www.gregangelomuseum.com/shows

About Megan Timpane: Megan Timpane is originally from San Francisco, CA, and currently resides in Brooklyn She graduated with a BA in Theater with an emphasis in Acting from UCLA. Additionally, Megan studied Shakespeare at the British Academy of Dramatic Arts at Oxford and at Groundlings Improv in Los Angeles. She has appeared in TV shows including It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia and Blood Relatives. Megan debuted the original version of this show at the Marsh Theater in San Francisco in 2014 and 2015. Additionally, she performed "Lymphomaniac" at theaters across Los Angeles in the Hollywood Fringe Festival in 2015 and 2016. Her final performance of "Lymphomaniac" was in 2016 at NAMBA Performing Arts Center in Ventura, CA. Megan currently works as a Corporate Trainer in NYC, teaching public speaking and executive communication for SpeechSkills (a San Francisco based company). She works with professionals in almost every industry, both in the U.S. and internationally, helping them become more confident and credible communicators. And her parents like birds. (Meg does, too.)

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