Jenny Allen is a performer, and the author of Would Everybody Please Stop?: Reflections on Life and Other Bad Ideas. Her articles and essays have appeared in The New Yorker and The...view moreJenny Allen is a performer, and the author of Would Everybody Please Stop?: Reflections on Life and Other Bad Ideas. Her articles and essays have appeared in The New Yorker and The New York Times, among other publications. Her award-winning solo show, I Got Sick Then I Got Better, has been seen in venues across the country and in Canada. She lives on Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts.view less