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The Vagina Monologues
'Feminist' show for male audience, too
SHELBY JONES
Issue date: 2/15/07 Section: Out & About
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The show, which was created by Eve Ensler and premiered Off Broadway in 1996, will start at 8 tonight in the University Chapel and run through Sunday.
The Vagina Monologues is shown every year on college campuses across the United States as a part of V-Day, a global movement to stop violence against women. The Athens event is produced by Project Safe, a local domestic violence shelter and all proceeds and donations benefit Project Safe.
"Eve Ensler developed the V-Day organization to end all violence against women. Period," said Co-Director Hannah Long. "According to RAINN (www.rainn.org), one in six women will experience sexual assault in her lifetime. That's an epidemic.
"Project Safe is a fantastic organization that does whatever is needed to help women and their children get out of violent households and establish themselves a new life. I am inspired by the work they do and am proud to be a small part of that process."
The play was developed from a series of interviews with various women. It's composed of a varying number of monologues and chorus-like list sections performed by various actors.
VAGINA MONOLOGUES
When: 8 tonight thru Saturday
Where: University Chapel
Cost: $15 at Frontier, Urban Sanctuary Day Spa, the Project Safe Thrift Store and at the door.
"Some individual pieces are based on one woman's story, and others are pieced together from several interviews but written as one," said Co-Director Erin McGinley. "When we cast the parts, we wanted to create a fresh, innovative presentation."
She said the production wanted to cast women who surprised them with delivery.
"'My Angry Vagina,' for example, will be performed by two very young women, and together their piece seems almost like a stand-up comedy act," she said.
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Hannah Long
posted 2/15/07 @ 10:27 AM EST
A couple of corrections:
The show runs Thursday through Saturday, and Erin and I are both Co-Directors.
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